Are these Monoprice monitor arms any good?

[450]

I'm looking at geting an inexpensive arm for my Dell 2007FP to use with my laptop. Originally I looked at sets by Ergotron, but I saw these Monoprice arms and the low price caught my eye. I've ordered merchandise from Monoprice before and it's always been of decent quality, but I haven't heard much about their monitor arms. Has anyone used these arms before?

$24+ship
http://www.monoprice.com/products/p...=10828&cs_id=1082808&p_id=5402&seq=1&format=2

$19+ship
http://www.monoprice.com/products/p...=10828&cs_id=1082808&p_id=5401&seq=1&format=2

 

[10e]

I'm looking at geting an inexpensive arm for my Dell 2007FP to use with my laptop. Originally I looked at sets by Ergotron, but I saw these Monoprice arms and the low price caught my eye. I've ordered merchandise from Monoprice before and it's always been of decent quality, but I haven't heard much about their monitor arms. Has anyone used these arms before?

$24+ship
http://www.monoprice.com/products/p...=10828&cs_id=1082808&p_id=5402&seq=1&format=2

$19+ship
http://www.monoprice.com/products/p...=10828&cs_id=1082808&p_id=5401&seq=1&format=2

Both should be fine, but the $24.00 one looks better, as it can also extend outwards based on its extra "segment" on the horizontal arm part.

Your 2007WFP is probably a 100mm VESA mount so it should be just fine with either, but I'd take the slightly pricier one.

 

[Vague]

be sure and read the customer reviews on those:
http://www.monoprice.com/products/p..._id=1082808&p_id=5402&seq=1&format=4#feedback

I bought the pricier one you mentioned. my biggest complaint is that the bracket that holds the actual monitor doesn';t tilt up, only down. This was a big problem for me but may not bother you. Also make sure your desk is thick enough for the stand to clamp on to.

I ended up giving it to my roomate because I couldn't deal with the tilting issue.

 

[450]

Also make sure your desk is thick enough for the stand to clamp on to.

I don't need it to tilt up so the tilting issue shouldn't be an issue. How thick does my desk have to be? Mine is about .75 inches thick. Is that enough?

 

[vdragonlance]

My desk wasn't thick enough so I had to place a small piece of wood between the clamp and the desk.

One other problem I had was the monitor kept drooping but adding a couple of washers to the thumbscrews easily fixed the problem.

Other than that the arm is great so much better than the stock stand and only $20.

 

[450]

I got the more expensive model ($5 more ) and it worked out pretty well. Instead of using my 2007FP with it I'm going to get a 15-19 inch widesceen so I can get some nice dual monitor action! I kinda wish the mouse would swivel, but its only $30 so I'm ok with it.

 

[Mr. B]

You might check ebay for some brand names like ergotron and humanscale before you make your purchase. You might able to find a better arm for similar pricing.