The overall quality is pretty solid, certainly a great value for the price. I’m pretty happy with this arm, but a couple of issues came up that could be big cons for others.
First, as in my picture, there are grooves that allow you to pre-threat the top screws into the VESA plate on the back of your monitor and drop the monitor into place. But this doesn’t work for my mount since it has a diagonal plate that gets too close to the back of the lower holes.
I would be fine with this IF these bolts were hex-headed and I could grip them with a wrench from the side. But they’re not: these bolts are Phillips-head screws. Meaning you CANT easily grip them to remove the nults/bolts if you need to take the monitor back down. Which I did, and ended up having to left the entire assembly off the desk. (If manufacturer changes to hex heads, it’ll be perfect.)
My “monitor” is actually an iMac, and it weighs a full pound less than the specification for this mount, even with the bracket and everything. But the mount has a hard time staying tight enough in the front/back tilting. I eventually cranked it down enough to keep my monitor horizontal, but it won’t be adjustable.
As a minor annoyance, there’s no tensioning for rotation of the monitor, so everytime I grab the monitor to move it I also have to adjust the rotation again. Minor annoyance, since it stays where I tell it to.
The rotation/extension between the horizon arms also has no tightening screw, so in certain positions the monitor wants to drift back to a different position.
Overall I recommend this arm if the measurements meet your specs, I’ve had it a few weeks now and it’s completely changed how I use my desk for the better. I love being able to lift the monitor out of the way for more workspace, or bring it back closer to me for a better view.
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