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iPad Stands:

As I’ve mentioned in prior reviews, I’m a huge fan of ZeroChroma’s combination iPad stands and cases, which combine everyday protection with the ability to prop the tablet up for easy viewing whenever needed. ZeroChroma’s stands can rotate 360 degrees and support your choice of angles, including everything from video to typing positions. The option I personally use on my iPad Air and iPad Air 2 is Folio-Slide (iPad Air 2 version $70, iPad Air version $40), but you can compromise edge protection and save cash with the basic model Vario-SC(iPad mini version $35, iPad Air version $30). This is seriously my most-used iPad accessory, and the only one I’d feel completely lost without.

If you want your iPad to be as slender as possible and don’t mind carrying a stand separately for times when it’s needed, there are lots of generic “tablet stands” out there to choose from. My personal favorite is Belkin’s FlipBlade Adjust ($33), a really well-made and nicely adjustable aluminum stand with rubber lining in all the right places.

Stands that also charge iPads are relatively uncommon, in part because so many people want their iPads to be upright in landscape orientation — a position that forces charging to take place from the left or right edge. But if you want to use your iPad in portrait orientation while charging.