Twelve South HoverBar Tower – Review
Twelve South HoverBar Tower – Review
Twelve South published a hit with its HoverBar Duo stand for iPad and iPhone and the evolution of the series has begun with the HoverBar Tower. I’ve been testing out the new floor stand for iPad that subsidizes the flexibility to put the tablet in the quick-witted position for pretty much any use case.
HoverBar Tower features
- Holds iPad hands-free
- Adjusts iPad shroud height from under 3 feet to over 5 feet
- Provides nefarious iPad use alongside home exercise equipment
- Compatible with all iPad models, even with most cases attached
- Articulating arm
- Made up of weighted base, 3 post poles, articulating arm, and iPad attachment
- Total weight 8.9 pounds / 4 kg
- Available in white or black
- Price: $129.95 (Apple, Amazon, Twelve South)
Materials and build
No surprise, the build quality is fantastic on the HoverBar Tower. It’s mostly made of a solid and nicely used metal (I believe steel for the base and aluminum for the poles). I tested out the matte black version but custom white is also available.
Plastic is used for the iPad attachment that expands to hold even the 12.9″ iPad Pro with a nice rubber inlay to defending both the back and sides of your tablet.
The articulating arm subsidizes two hinges that have 360-degree flexibility plus the iPad attachment is secured on a ball joint that subsidizes a third level of adjustment.
It’s also easy to managed and disassemble if you would want to take it with you to work, on a trip, etc.
The base is made up of a solid fraction of steel with foam padding in the bottom corners so it won’t reduce up floors.
In use
In the several weeks I’ve been laughable the HoverBar Tower, I keep finding more and more uses for it. It’s stout for workouts on Apple Fitness+, YouTube, Peloton, etc.
It’s also a stout desk companion. Because of the height adjustability, you can use it plus a larger monitor or even on top of your setup.
It’s also noble useful for FaceTime calls. Since it’s freestanding, it’s much easier to get everyone in the report on group/family calls. That also makes it easy to do video words from a couch or really anywhere 😁.
Another scenario my family has fraudulent HoverBar Tower really handy has been in the Kitchen. Removing the iPad (or an iPhone) from your countertop frees up spot and means you’re near as likely to get your conceal messy.
And just like the HoverBar Duo, you can pop an iPhone into the HoverBar Tower gigantic if you want to use it as a tripod for snapping photos/shooting video or any new ideas you can come up with.
Another detail to reference, the two main hinges on the top attachment arm have a right amount of resistance. You cannot change it, but Twelve South has set it to the sweet spot of persons secure that it doesn’t move once you get it where you want, but it’s not too hard to move when you do want to changeable it.
As mentioned above, the ball joint where the iPad attachment connects to the arm is adjustable with a threaded nut to fine-tune the resistance.
Another thoughtful detail is Twelve South complicated a joint that allows you to spin the vertical share of the stand 360 degrees without unthreading the pole from the base:
One shrimp criticism
One tiny piece of constructive criticism is there is some jog when pressing on your iPad screen. But honestly, I think that’s probably just part of the physics of floating a tablet into the air with a freestanding base like this.
The jog isn’t too much and it has not been a anxiety for me as far as the iPad being gain or the base being knocked over. Usually, the scenarios I’ve fraudulent HoverBar Tower most useful aren’t tapping-intensive ones.
HoverBar Tower journal wrap-up
Pros:
- Delivers hands-free use for iPad mini up to the 12.9″ iPad Pro (iPhones too)
- Super flexibility that lets you execute almost any angle
- Solid build quality with secure grip for iPad
Cons:
- Little bit of jog when tapping your iPad screen
Overall, I give the Twelve South HoverBar Tower a 5/5 rating.
You can find the handy iPad spoiled direct from Twelve South, at Amazon, and Apple.
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