What Monitor Arms Should You Buy?

Monitor arms are a great and easy way to improve your setup. This single purchase can help clear up some clutter, improve cable management, and give a more minimal look to your desk.

This is more of a guide to help you decide what your setup might benefit from - everyone will have different opinions on looks and mounting choices, but hopefully you can gain something from this video!

As always, skip around in the chapters below:

Chapters:

0:00 - Intro
0:30 - Upgrade needed?
1:14 - VESA Compatibility
2:06 - Monitor Arm Types
3:13 - Price
5:20 - My Pick
6:45 - Final Setup

[griftgfx]

Ergotron mounts can frequently be found at good prices second hand and/or surplus. Worth it.

[maotio]

I am suprised you have such few subscribers, the quality seemed like it could have come from someone with thousands. Provided lots of useful information for me!

[annamartina]

This small change made a huge difference!

[bobful]

Amazing video, I was shocked when I saw you just have 49 subs, insane! Keep it up with the good work mate!

[MrSpleenboy]

Something worth noting with monitor arms is that the monitor weights that are often quoted include the monitor stand that comes with the monitor.
For example, my monitor stand is rated for a maximum monitor weight of 10kg, but the quoted weight of my monitor (Acer Predator X34, the newer ones are lighter than mine) was 14.4kg. I attached the monitor, and besides having to tighten the springs up, it works fine.
The newer predator has weight both with and without stand quoted on their website now, which is handy!
Anyway, point is you can probably fit a heavier monitor on your monitor arm than you might think, so it's always worth doing a test

[insanejughead]

So glad to be your 47th sub!

I can't wait for more good stuff from you, bro!

[morgan]

the benefit with spring mounts even if you don't move your monitor much is that you can put it back a lot further than a pole mount especially if you have a shallow desk a pole mount could be too close to your face

[orangetuono]

All good comments below. Ive settled on the Echogear triple monitor mount (pole with arched mount horizontal) over desk and wall mount arms. Once i get height and position right, its r9ck solid and has no interference issues. Can get my desk flush against the wall. A nice side benefit is being able to hang my soundbar, heads and other gear on it.

[thienancr]

I didn't know Monoprice makes monitor arm until I stumbled upon your video. Will definitely get this one because Monoprice is a reliable brand and this one looks the cleanest (matte black, no branding). Which one model is yours because they have three different models? Not sure which one to get. I have two 27 inch monitors.

[lm_h]

I used a Pole Monitor arm for like 3 or 4 years. But it was anoying, that I couldn't really adjust it on the go. I replaced it with a Pole Arm with springs (in my case the NB H100). I use that thing for just over a year and love that I can eaily ajust it. By the way it cost justs $30 or something like that.

[DaBoiZee]

Extremely surprised by your sub count, High quality content my man

[kehang]

Contemplating buying a monitor mount for a long time, bought one after seeing your vid. 👍

[Lazergician]

Great quality video. Definitely expect your channel to blow up at least a bit in the future - nice work!

[Eminence]

excellent content, crazy for only 240 subs.
Keep in mind a lot of the space you gain likely comes from the area needed behind the desk. That is where pole is king.

[schnasndasn]

I just bought a pole dual monitor arm where I can mount a monitor and my laptop. Mainly because I hope my desk is easier to clean because I don't have remove tons of stuff off the table to clean it.

[brendancastaneda]

I love that wallpaper can someone drop a link to it ? TIA

[therecycledpirate]

Good explanation, basically my reserch put into video as well. Definitely will be sharing this for advice.

[tiastez]

I bought a spring mount but my issue is that I want my desk to fully touch wall which limited the arms mobility a lot. Just a heads up if you guys are looking into it

[thatfloridakid]

Nice review, I currently am trying of a few different monitor arms rn to see which I like. I agree that the little bit extra for a good beefy stand that can balance the monitor weight is worth the investment for the added desk space. Can't believe how much better it is with dual screen set ups. Now you'll have to buy a desk mount arm for that laptop 😂. I bring mine around a lot more than I realize beginning to prefer a setup with more use on that computer than the large desktop that hoards all my gaming/media storage and data. I keep forgetting to sync or have when out away from home with stuff to do. I'm prob ordering that next. I got two different amazon arms that are a rebranded ergotron and they work flawlessly. The heavy duty AVLT dual arms are really good for the price and feel when moving around, buttery smooth and stays in place where I place the screen. Least favorite inexpensive option is one from EVEO, which build quality, the adjustments, and the latching mechanism are really sloppy(loose) when comparing with the others and frustrating fighting to align multiple monitors.

[manyu]

This is so relaxing I can listen on repeat to my sleep 😴 👍