Bought a $200 monitor arm and it completely wrecked my desk setup

I saw everyone raving about these gas spring arms and thought it would clean up my cables and make my desk look pro. Spent $200 on this fancy brand, spent 45 minutes mounting it, and the thing sagged so bad my monitor tilted forward a full inch. The clamp also scratched up my desk edge because the padding was too thin. Ended up putting my monitor back on its original stand and now I have this expensive hunk of metal sitting in a box. Total waste of cash and I still have a mess of wires everywhere. Anyone else get burned by a hyped up desk accessory that looked good but just caused more problems?

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diana_flores2523d ago

Ugh that sucks, I feel your pain (mine did the same thing).

richard_shah22d ago

Total waste of cash" pretty much sums it up for me too. I used to think those fancy monitor arms were worth every penny based on online hype, but after a friend let me borrow one for a week I saw how the gas spring slowly gave out and scratched up his desk just like yours did. Honestly, the whole idea of paying that much for something that just holds a screen in place seems kind of ridiculous now. Sometimes the basic stand does the job fine.