I got it for a new armchair I purchased, to hold my laptop and if needed a snack plate or drink. It works quite well for all those purposes, though I did improve it by gluing a piece of silicone to the top to make it more rubbery and so less slippery. It comes with a rubber-like pad, but the pad is fitted flush within a hard frame, and my things tended to slide off the hard frame part if they were bigger than the inset pad, and laptops and plates are bigger than that pad. Now, I can work or eat See full review