DON'T Buy A Monitor Arm Until You WATCH This!

monitor arms are one of the best accessories you can add to a desk from additional workspace to improved ergonomics there are a lot of positives associated with them but just because they have a lot of positives doesn't mean they're perfect in this video we're going to be covering the top seven problems with monitor arms confused about office furniture btad tv is your number one office furniture resource subscribe today so you don't miss out on any of our future content hey guys greg with btad tv here at btodd.com we love monitor arms in fact almost everyone uses them but that doesn't mean that they don't have problems in today's video we're going to cover the top seven most common problems with monitor arms to help you decide if they're a good fit for your needs i also put a link down in the description for the full post at the btod.com learning center which includes some of the solutions and alternatives to these problems should you want to learn more about them with that let's get started with problem number one your monitor will require a visa mounting system the number one problem associated with monitor arms is how they actually attach to the monitor themselves with visa systems or visa mounting systems being like a foreign language to many but this really is just a standardized mounting pattern or mounting system on the back of a monitor that matches the monitor arm with the most common for computer monitors to be about a 75 by 75 millimeter or a 100 by 100 millimeter pattern well the biggest issue being there is no real consistency in the industry for monitors themselves when you go to big box stores such as best buy you'll find that sometimes less than half of the products in the store will actually include visa mounting we've also found that apple products tend to be some of the worse and this is more specifically with their older products as new products now have the option to add a visa adapter plate to your imac before you actually buy it on their website stability is a major problem with monitor arms and if you follow any of my other content you know how important and obsessed i am with it with standing desk it's equally important with monitor arms and when paired together i think this can be a big issue for most users an unstable monitor arm can be distracting and really decrease your work efficiency looking at the design of a monitor arm they almost will always rise up from a post gas or spring arm system and will extend out towards you and the further that they extend towards you the more they will almost always bounce or shake and we found that cheaper products will typically have some of the most bounce and shake especially when compared to high-end alternatives low weight capacities of monitor arms can pose a problem while it's not as big of an issue as it once was with some of the newer led designs if you're using monitors that are 24 inches or larger it is something that you should definitely consider it's also a problem for users that will be looking at gas or spring arms compared to maybe some of the post alternatives having a monitor or monitors that are too heavy for your gas or spring arm can cause it to slowly sink and for gas cylinder systems that could potentially cause damage with an overloaded arm monitor with restrictions can really be a problem for users that have monitors that are 24 inches and wider and this is mostly linked to the panning and the tilting function on the monitor arm itself these systems operate on ball joints which can be loosened or tightened depending on a monitor's size but once a monitor becomes too large and outside of the connection point this can become an issue and while ball joints can be tightened to a certain extent once they start to fail it will cause the monitor to tilt or pivot on its own how easily a monitor arm does or does not adjust can be a problem and there are five main adjustments to consider height depth lateral pan and tilt adjustment not all monitor arms adjust the same with some requiring the loosening of collars or bolts and this can really become a problem when you're trying to make multiple adjustments throughout your day or for multiple user setups introducing multiple monitors can create even more difficulty with the number one problem being lining monitors up wire management can be a problem for monotones especially if you're extra picky in this area and if you've seen monitor arm setups with wired chaos it's likely due to two reasons either the monitor arm system has a poor wire management or no management at all it's also important to consider that each monitor on average will have two wires and if we multiply that to two or three monitors you could have as many as four and six additional wires these wires tend to be a little bit thicker and they're not as flexible so you need to consider that as they're working within the wire management system on the arm that you choose now even once you get this all perfectly set up most monitor arms will still leave the wires exposed on their system the last problem with monitor arms is how they actually mount to your desk but the two most common systems being a clamp or a grommet system the first a clamp system is a c clamp that will mount around the back side or the edge of a desk with a grommet system being almost like a pass-through that passes through a grommet hole in your desk surface clamping on the bottom and the top now the biggest issue here is that brands or manufacturers typically will only include one type of system but the problem there is what happens in the future when you decide to go from a desk where a clamp system was good to maybe a more finished look of a grommet or vice versa you want to look for brands that offer better flexibility for the future

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Keywords: monitor arm, monitor arm problems, lcd monitor arm, what is vesa mount, monitor arm vesa mount, monitor mount problems, monitor arm stability, monitor arm weight capacity, monitor arm adjustments, monitor arm wire management

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Length: 6min 7sec (367 seconds)

Published: Thu Dec 05 2019