Create the ultimate work from home setup: 21 business-grade essentials to boost your productivity

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Looking for inspiration for a great home office setup? At TechRadar Pro, we're all about creating the best work from home setups with the best-performing office gear for modern professionals.

Our experts test thousands of essentials from the best laptops for working from home to office desks and peripherals. Now, we're drawing on all that hands-on testing, experience, insights, and reviews to build the ultimate home office desk setup that works for you.

Business laptop

A laptop is an essential bit of kit, and with the shift to Windows 11, we've selected the top all-rounder for serious work. For more options, we've also tested the best business laptops for professionals.

Office chair

Comfort, support, and ergonomics are important when kitting out your home office. We've picked out the top choice for modern professionals, and we've tested almost 100 of the best office chairs if you need more inspiration.

Standing desk

The right desk is one of the first choices to make for the ultimate home office setup, and this is our favorite one. With over 60 tests under our belt, our guide to the best standing desks offers even more professional-grade picks.

Printer

We love a good printer - absolutely critical office gear for the home office. Check out our top pick here. But after over 200 reviews, we've also hand-picked the best home printers and best small business printers.

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Monitors

For general office tasks, you have a lot of options when choosing a monitor for your workspace. This one really stands out but for more choices, we've rounded up the best business monitors and the best portable monitors if you need a second screen for your laptop or for business travel.

Keyboard & mouse

Every good work-from-home setup needs a reliable keyboard and mouse. These picks come highly rated, but we've tested out plenty of the best mouse and the best keyboards for getting work done.

Wi-Fi router

Staying connected is a must when you're working from home. There are a number of Wi-Fi, mesh, and mobile routers worth checking out. For more networking solutions, check out our guide to the best Wi-Fi routers.

Monitor mount

Monitor mounts and stands are a great way of freeing up desk space and giving you a little more flexibility in the way you work. You can see more top-rated options in our best monitor stand guide.

Docking station

One of the biggest issues with modern laptops is lack of ports. So, if you want to hook up a range of displays and peripherals, the best laptop docking stations like this one are a great way of opening up what you can do in your work-from-home space.

Portable storage

It's always worth giving your storage a boost with an external drive like this one. It's a great way to keep digital files and media safe. And for more high-capacity storage solutions with fast transfer speeds, we've benchmarked the best portable SSDs.

Cloud storage

We always recommend getting cloud storage alongside physical storage - it's a good way to keep off-site backups of important documents that can be accessed from all your devices. This is our favorite, but you can explore more of the best cloud storage we've used.

Audio & visual

No more "can you hear me now?" Investing in a reliable headset and webcam is a must for remote working for all those video meetings (even if some of them really could've been an email). These are top picks for us, but we've tested more of the best headsets for working from home, best USB microphones, and best webcams.

Security software: VPNs, antivirus, password managers

It's so important to keep yourself, your devices, and files secure when working online. So, we've picked out the best VPN, best antivirus, and the best password manager for your home office setup.

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Krishi covers buying guides and how-to's related to software, online tools, and tech products here at TechRadar. Over at Tom's Guide, he writes exclusively on VPN services. You can also find his work on Techopedia and The Tech Report. As a tech fanatic, Krishi also loves writing about the latest happenings in the world of cybersecurity, AI, and software.

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