Anyone tried full-bed-width over bed tables?

Yes, I have one. It's not exactly the same as the pictured one. Mine doesn't seem to be available on Amazon now.

I use it every day. I wheel it to the side of the bedroom at night and back again when I want to use my laptop during the day for internet, forum and watching TV. I have a sloping pillow so I can see the screen and type on the laptop while lying down with my upper body raised at an angle.The table is wide enough to keep other stuff I want to hand during the day on it too.
 
I have an over-bed table on wheels, just on one side of the bed. I have to move it away if I want to bend my knees. I could adjust the height of the table to avoid it (if it can go as high) but then it would be too high for general use. I just thought I'd mention it as I didn't think about it when I was buying the table.

Also, the wheels on mine got clogged with hair and we haven't figured out how to open the wheels to clean them without breaking them :bag: So, perhaps they slide more than roll :rofl:
 
Mine has a central section that I can slope up at the back and a slight ridge at the front, so I can angle my laptop if I want to. I tried that for a while but decided it worked better for me with the table flat.

I use a mouse which I put on the bed beside me on a mouse mat, so I if I'm using the mouse to navigate rather than the keyboard, I can lie with my arm resting along the bed and just move my hand on the mouse.

I agree about needing to move the table if I want to bend my legs, and I also wheel it to the end of the bed if I want to lie on my side during the day.

What do you want to use if for? The purpose may affect whether it's the right thing for you.
 
Trish said:
Mine has a central section that I can slope up at the back and a slight ridge at the front, so I can angle my laptop if I want to. I tried that for a while but decided it worked better for me with the table flat.

I use a mouse which I put on the bed beside me on a mouse mat, so I if I'm using the mouse to navigate rather than the keyboard, I can lie with my arm resting along the bed and just move my hand on the mouse.

I agree about needing to move the table if I want to bend my legs, and I also wheel it to the end of the bed if I want to lie on my side during the day.

What do you want to use if for? The purpose may affect whether it's the right thing for you.
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the main reason is to be able to change the side I reach for basics like drinks or medication/things that can't sit on the bed when not being used and to reduce using my normal side and less twisting from a bedside table there. I'm having trouble with both arms getting exhausted but the side where a bed table currently is is going to be more out of action for a while and just changing that to the other side isn't an option due to space and weight of bed etc.

I thought of a very long one-side on far side that I could twist out of the way, but they don't come long enough and risk spillage more doing that, on the current side there isn't space or usefulness having an overbed there as it would be too much congestion if/when I need to get out.

it could theoretically be useful having the legs to help get out of bed depending on the design but that would be an incidental side-benefit

I'm looking at the height issue and thinking the same as has been mentioned by you and @Felis Catus - and that if I roll it down to bottom of bed it would need to be very high to be out of way of legs etc.

electric height adjust ones seem out for now (cost more so would like to test concept first, less common in width I need, but also there are no reviews and the delivery times are long time away etc)

and then I wonder whether setting it high could solve the issue if I eg need to use it for drinks and hoping I won't knock it. PLus how sturdy (or not sturdy) they are if they are set eg 1m high to being toppled when pushed back and forth.

There is also the issue of assembly and how hard a task that is for someone else to do.
 
I have one which I used for years when I was spending most of the day until late afternoon in bed. I kept everything I was likely to use ( apart from my ipad) on it, so as to reduce the twists that were required if I kept things on my bedside table. Twisting hurt the arthritic parts of the body. It was relatively easy to push the table out of the way when needed and it had a ridge to prevent things falling off. I used the ipad just in front of me and reclined against a sloping pillow.

Now that I am in a recliner (with feet fully elevated and leaning back when necessary) downstairs most of the time, I don't need the table over the bed. I do find that even though I have small tables on either side of me by the recliner, it isn't as convenient and I run out of space to put things and overflow onto the sofa which is inconvenient because I have to lower my legs and get up to get them. I can sleep there however and did all this morning. I just prefer to be downstairs after many years upstairs.
 
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