Working from home has done something deeply strange to my brain. I now treat having enough tabs open to crash a small nation's power grid as a personality trait.
At any given moment, I am answering emails, writing articles, stalking my calendar, pretending to understand spreadsheets, and somehow also watching TikToks about women reorganising their pantries into rainbow order.
So when I say the Laser 14 Inch Portable Monitor changed my life a little bit, I mean it in the most modern, mildly realistic way possible.
I did not realise how badly I needed a second screen until I plugged this thing in and suddenly felt like the CEO of my own apartment.
My favourite part is that there was absolutely no tech drama involved. No complicated setup, no giant instruction booklet written in cryptic computer language, no crawling under my dining table looking for mystery cables while whispering threats at inanimate objects.
I pulled the Laser monitor out of the box, plugged a single USB-C cable into my laptop, and it just worked immediately. Within seconds, I had two screens running side by side and could multitask without constantly minimising windows like I was competing in an Olympic event for desktop frustration. Honestly, it felt illegal that it was that easy.
The Laser 14 Inch Portable Monitor is currently on sale for $99, down from $149.95 as part of the Mid-Year Sale running from 1 June until 7 June 2026, and it might be one of the smartest work-from-home purchases I have made in years.
What surprised me most is how lightweight and practical it is. I expected something clunky and awkward, but the slim 14-inch display slips straight into my tote bag without making me feel like I am carrying office equipment around Sydney. I have used it everywhere already: my dining table, the couch, at a cafe, my parents' house where my mom still asks why I need so many screens. Even balanced precariously on a kitchen bench while trying to answer emails and cook soup for lunch at the same time. A modern woman can dream.
The Full HD IPS display is impressive for the price too. Colours look crisp, sharp, and bright, with 100 per cent sRGB colour and a wide 178-degree viewing angle that makes everything look polished. The adjustable stand is another underrated win. It sounds boring until you realise how often you reposition screens throughout the day trying to avoid becoming a human pretzel. I could angle it properly whether I was sitting at a desk or hunched over my laptop in a cafe pretending to be mysterious and important.
It also has built-in speakers and an extra mini HDMI port, which means it works with gaming consoles like the PS5 and Xbox Series X|S, plus tablets, phones, and laptops. Having a second screen to work from at home just feels luxurious. And it is compact enough to put away with your laptop when you are done with the workday. It makes even the busiest workday feel more organised. Suddenly I could write on one screen while keeping research open on the other. Zoom meetings stopped swallowing my entire laptop. My workflow became faster, smoother, and significantly less rage-inducing.
And at $99, it is suspiciously affordable considering how much easier it makes daily life. Some products arrive with enormous promises and end up collecting dust after a week. This one slid into my routine so naturally that I now cannot imagine working without it. Which is slightly dramatic for a monitor, but here we are.
