Recommendations On Mounting A Laptop In A 2010 Prius

have you tried Ram Mounts, I use those on my truck not for a laptop but for other smaller electronic devices.

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RAM Laptop Mount - Best Laptop Mounts - Car Laptop Mount

 

Ram Mounts are the best, pricey but the best.

 

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No typing and driving!

 

I have and have used a RAM Mount in my 4Runner. In the pic below the 3 legs are flexible aluminum rods that mount into a ball mount. The actual platform for the laptop was improvised by me. The platform they have was a bit too thick for my use so I just cut a thin piece of 1/4" veneer and covered it with tool box draw liner. That thin liner is very, very skid resistant and I would clamp the laptop to it. I was using an old 15" laptop in the 4Runner and was able to position it so my wife/passenger was no too crowded by it. It worked very well and was infinitely customizable.

I would not personally do this in a Prius unless it was a Winbook size device. I had space in the 4Runner but it still cramped the shift knob vertically. With the center console in the Prius, I see no good way to do this unless you don't carry a passenger in the front at the same time. Also, if you don't have a passenger you can use the non-skid liner and just set it in the passenger seat but that's not anchored in any way.

 

Good choice.

That's not unlike the one they suggested for a 4Runner but I wanted to tweak the setup a bit. I liked the flexible aluminum tubes for the legs because I could custom fit them to that environment and give maximum space to my passenger and still use the laptop simultaneously. I used mine with offroad maps while doing 4X4ing in Colorado. I needed the mount to have maximum bracing without attaching it to the dash and the third leg on my tripod style mount provided that.

Your environment and needs will be different. The nice thing is, RAM mounts have enough part options to allow you to customize their suggestion to meet your needs if you want to. The two 360° ball mounts I have just below the laptop holder allowed me to adjust height as well as front/back/side to side position. That kept it low enough out of my view while driving (2 - 5 mph) but high enough up off the shifter and still be in between us. many of their parts work together so you can customize later after you've used it for a while.