This will not replace a proper metal stand but you can put it in a notebook and go ... if it were not on my desk! The plastic could have been a denser gauge but that is the price you pay for economy. (No wife sized cook books or tomes if you want it to last and not give out.) Fortunately it is ample for landscape or sticky notes. Legal will bow but letter is fine.
I bought this product to help with holding my books for school. It works great. In writing this review I learned that it has other features that I was not initially aware of. I was happy that it was able to hold my textbooks! The only way that it could be better is if it came in fashionable designs.