FlipKlip Portable Book Page Holder for Hands Free Reading in Bed, on the Go - Works on Hardcovers, Paperbacks, Magazines, Piano and Recipe Books

Seems to work well for holding open magazines and thin books. That's what I wanted it for. I am a whittler and need my hands free.

It is small but does exactly what I needed.

It works good.

Sturdy structure, holds books of f various sizes

This works great and is effective as advertised

The FlipKlip is a good idea, and probably it works well on paperbacks and smaller books. But I bought it to hold open textbooks when I'm studying, and there are a couple of drawbacks. For one, it is not easy to turn pages, because the FlipKlip is much closer to the insides of the pages than the edges. For another, I often like to look back a page or two to find something, and it is definitely not easy to do that.I don't have any hard feelings about the FlipKlip, and I'll probably use mine when I'm reading paperbacks or magazines or small books. But for larger books, one of those bean bag thingies that you just lay across the pages would work much better.

I was going to headline this "Coolest Gadget since the Air Popcorn Popper" but it's cooler than that because we've since learned how bad "white carbs" are! I don't believe I have ever written a product review so that should tell you something about how thrilled I am with this little device.The Problem this Device Solves:I've been reading books on my stair climber for 15+ years now. It is my primary work out, 3 - 6 times per week. I also read when I travel and use the hotel's elliptical or stationary bike (sadly most places don't carry stair climbers anymore), I don't know how people work out on a machine without reading or watching TV. I tried it once and I lasted only six minutes before I was bored to tears. I'm a reader and have no interest in TV. Sometimes I am motivated to workout because I want to get back into my book. Sometimes I even read while I'm stretching.It is such a pain to keep a book open on a treadmill book stand!! I love my Kindle but I can't check out many of the books I want from the library in the Kindle version. Some books are not even available on Kindle.I've tried those big binder clips. Those are too tight to fit most books and they are impossible to then turn the pages. I've tried various big hair clips... too loose.I figured I wasn't the only one to experience this problem and that someone had probably figured out a solution. So I began my search.How FlipKlip Solves the Problem:Simply put, it keeps my book open. It is easy to put on. It is easy to turn the pages. It is easy to take off and store on the book while closed. It is perfect in its functionality as it does exactly what it is designed to do. It fits a big hardback book. It is tight enough to hold open new paperbacks. It has rubber ends that help not scratch/tear the pages or cover while allowing me to slide out a page on one side and slide it into the other side. I can even pop-up only one side to keep the book open while sliding the page in.I'm going to buy a couple more in case I lose this one because, now that I've used it, it would be painful to ever go back.

Although you can’t use this product with every book out there, it has made my life easier when reading hardback or large paperback novels which tire out my wrists. The binding on the book needs to be flexible, the novel not too long (200-500 pages), and overall the product works better on books 6” x 10” or larger.My biggest complaint with this product is not being able to flip pages easily while the flipklip is attached to a book. You can’t easily pull pages out and tuck them under the other side like the product description says (at least not with the 5 novels I’ve used it on so far). My hands are weak, so my biggest challenge is the dexterity it takes to flip pages with this product.I think if they added a pinch mechanism to this product it would eliminate the awkward dexterity it takes to flip a page. If the body of the clip had a couple of pegs to pinch together which opened the legs of the clip slowly, you could easily pull pages out from under one leg and tuck them under the other side with a bit more ease for weak hands.