★★★★★ 4
Overall, very good for the price.
Size: 13"-32", Style: Single, Size: 13"-32", Style: Single
For the price, I’m pleased with it.
Overall, it’s a sturdy stand with quality machining. All the screws went in easily, poorly machined products have crooked holes or bad threads. The mount base comes with 2 types, standard mount for a desktops surface. The other one is for desktops with monitor holes/cabling drilled through them. All the parts are heavy gauge and I encountered no difficulty during assembling.
There seems to be a tension screw for the tilt feature. I had to tighten the screw that holds the tilt joint together because out of the box, the monitor flopped forward hard. I had to be mindful while mounting it to the main arm so it wouldn’t slam into my glass desktop.
The 2 arms that allow you to move the monitor forwards and back, left and right were a little stiff, I loosened the screw a bit on the main arm, at the pole. That seemed to be all that was required. I tried to loosen the bolt where the 2 arms meet, and it wouldn’t budge. I didn’t force the issue.
The instructions were adequate for assembly without covering anything else, like adjusting the tilt bolt for the weight of the monitor.
So, while I think this was a good mount for the investment, there are tradeoffs to mention.
I’m accustomed to swinging my monitors upward and dusting underneath them. Height is fixed by a screw on this one.
I was struggling to install the monitor cables when I realized you can tilt the bottom toward you until the top or the monitor hits the pole, or, until it’s sitting nearly flat like a table. Elevated several inches above the desktop. I consider this a Pro / Con feature.
Where the arm ties into the VESA mount, the fit is a little sloppy. It’s not a safety concern but I can wiggle the monitor backwards and forwards at the outer edges “About ¾ inch “before feeling any resistance from the mount. Same goes for tilting. I don’t see this as much of an issue. Normally, I don’t foresee any outside forces acting in the monitor to create a problem. However, there’s room for improvement. The rest of the machining seemed steller.
I have multiple computers in different rooms. 32” monitors are used as primary monitors with 32” to 23” as secondaries.
I like mine roughly 1” above the desk. That places the top of the monitor at my eye level and the ideal viewing angle.
I have fully articulated, hydraulic mounts on most of my monitors. Nice ones for large heavy monitors run $75 to $100 and up.
I paid $36 for this one. The……… WALI Monitor Arm Mount for Desk, Single Extra Tall Computer Desk Mount, Monitor Bracket Mount Stand Single, up to 32 inch, 22 lbs (M001XL), Black.
Amazon lumps the reviews of similar products together, so I specified which mount I purchased.
I’m using this one on a glass desktop, I’m attaching it to the same point I constructed from wood for a different mount. It didn’t lower the monitor low enough either. So, the top of that mounting point is 4” lower than the surface of the glass top.
Despite being that low, I didn’t actually need the 32” pole / monitor mount, the 16” model would have worked.
There’s still 2” of pipe available above the arm. The 32” was on sale & I didn’t know if the 16” would suffice. The pole is a screw together 2 piece. I unscrewed / removed the other pole as it looked out of place in my dual computer setup.
That leaves a hole in the top of the pipe / mount. I wish they included a cap for that. The top pipe has a cap but of a different diameter.
I’d like to give it 4 ½ Stars but Amazon won’t let me. I’ve got to go with 4.
Height adjustments with heavy monitors and an Allen wrench can present a challenge, it’s the nature of the beast and I won’t give it 5 stars for a few reasons. The sloppy VESA mount and loose tilt motion. No instructions that cover that, or if I was supposed to loosen the arm at the pole to improve motion.
I would recommend this mount to others.
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Reviewed in the United States on July 18, 2024
