Ergotron MX LCD desk arm mini review

[Robbie Khan Reviews]

Finally one that can handle the weight of my 24" screen which is aluminium all over so quite how it weighs 11KG I don't know!

The height is perfectly fine as well which is a bonus for me, the main thing was reach and movement which it does perfectly, can watch from the armchair or from bed no problems. So impressed in fact I'm going to get a wallmount Ergotron for the 32" Samsung in the games room.

Pics:

lowest:

highest:

portrait:

arm extended:

arm retracted:

good for keeping the probe on while calibrating too :D

base:

Thinking back to when I had the LX, I don't think you will get much height adjustment on any arm really with a 24" screen due to them being so big - you'd need an arm with an extra long...arm and the cost would be beyond ?100 I'd imagine too.

[MasterC]

Nice review (Y)

I wish I could get some arms for my screens, but I haven't been able to find articulating ones for my 30" that aren't too terribly expensive. :/

Edit: Kind of OT, but what brand of calibrator is that?

[Robbie Khan Reviews]

That's the problem I had for the 24" ! the cheap ones were weak and supported screens that were way below 24" and the ones that were 24" capable 11KG+ were too expensive, in the end I said sod it and got the Ergotron :p

[leph555]

stand looks awesome, might pick one up with a new screen.

also what table is that?

[Robbie Khan Reviews]

The desk I got free (2 of in fact) from work, they cost ?400 each:pp

[Vice]

?400 each? Are they made from cancer cures and varnished with unicorn tears?

[Robbie Khan Reviews]

That is one of the bonus features yes!

[Tamilboy86]

Wow looks nice!... Im definitely getting one of those... Can you take a picture from the front, with the screen in normal position?

[Robbie Khan Reviews]

Wow looks nice!... Im definitely getting one of those... Can you take a picture from the front, with the screen in normal position?

Like this?

[sibot]

Looks great, I wish I had one of those, would be perfect when I need to extend the screen while i kick back on my bed.

Cheers,

Great review and great pictures.

[Premgenius]

Pretty cool...

[DanManIt]

That does look really great!

Kinda OT, but what keyboard is that?

[Robbie Khan Reviews]

Logitech dinovo for notebooks :)

[chizu]

Can this thing do a 30" LCD in portrait mode? The monitor is about 27.5" wide. Please let me know. Thanks

[Robbie Khan Reviews]

Should be able to, you put into portrait mode by tilting the screen so SHOULD have no issue.

[chizu]

Can you measure it please? Because I don't want to have to buy it and it doesn't fit. Thanks

[Rudy]

looks really neat but it's a bit pricey

[Robbie Khan Reviews]

Can you measure it please? Because I don't want to have to buy it and it doesn't fit. Thanks

measure what :?

[Draconian Guppy]

Does this have to go nailed to the desk? Look pretty awesome (Y)

[Robbie Khan Reviews]

You can drill a hole if you want otherwise it clamps onto the edge.

[chizu]

measure what :?

I don't know how big your monitor is but all you have to do do is take the excess of 27.5" and divide that by half to test for portrait mode.

For example, your monitor is 22" wide and my monitor is 27.5" wide. 27.5" - (minus) 22" = 5.5/(divided)2= 2.75"

Now turn your monitor in portrait mode and add 2.75" to the bottom of the monitor to see if it will touch your desk.

I hope I didn't confuse you :)

[Robbie Khan Reviews]

You misunderstand, the monitor tilts during rotation so there's no chance of it hitting the desk.

[chizu]

You misunderstand, the monitor tilts during rotation so there's no chance of it hitting the desk.

So you can't have it straight portrait mode?

[Robbie Khan Reviews]

My 24" can, a 30" should be able to as well. The Ergotron site says 30" is max supported too

[chizu]

Is it easy to adjust the height?