Ergotron – Trace™ Single Monitor Arm, VESA Desk Mount – for Monitors Up to 38 Inches, 6.5 to 21.5 lbs – Matte Black

I use this with my LG 40WP95C-W 40”, which weighs in at nearly 27 pounds, plus have three Phillips Hue lights stuck to the back of my monitor and a webcam resting on top, so it's probably pushing 31 pounds in total. Works great. You will have to crank those lift assist screws all the way.

I'm using this stand for a Samsung OLED G8 34" Ultrawide (relatively light UW monitor).Overall Take: I'm keeping it because I've already installed it, but for the price I expect much better. I would rate this 3.5 out of 5. If ease of movement of your monitor to various positions is a high priority, it may be a good option for you. If you really are just looking to reclaim desk space / reduce clutter, there are better and cheaper options.Pros:Easy movement of monitor to various positions.Easy InstallationEasy Weight/Tension AdjustmentSeems to be handling the weight of my 34" 21:9 monitor easily. (Though it is admittedly on the lighter side of the spectrum, the stand tension adjustment is not even at 50%)Cons:Cost - This certainly doesn't feel like a $400 monitor arm.Cable management is ugly, in your face, and made of flimsy poor quality plastic that is a different color shade.I question why the plastic wheels for the main vertical movement mechanism are exposed at the top, seems like an easy way to let dust in and affect operational life.I installed this on a run of the mill Sauder flat pack furniture desk, and I do notice some minor wobble on the monitor while typing.

I don't think I've a written an Amazon review before but man this one Wow. Oh Boy. Wow. Please dont buy this. I will never a buy any product from this company now. I thought there was something weird when watching the videos. I remarked to my spouse while researching all the pictures seemed oddly shot, the videos seems ..off.. even for a marketing videos.Well, here's why. The mount doesn't move left or right. Yup you heard (read) that right. It moves up and down. That's it. A 400 dollar mount that only moves up or down. Now you're looking at the pictures and thinking, this reviewer has lost their M6 screws. The pictures clearly show the monitor can be moved to the side. Does it? This is where we get into why I will never buy a product with the name ergotron on it. Deception.There is the bigger question of why a top shelf company felt it was necessary to spend so much time and effort to carefully shoot incredibly deceptive videos and crop photos to never show the monitor in a left or right position. No no, go ahead. I'll wait. Go and try to find a photo or video with someone sitting in their chair In front of the desk with the monitor repositioned to the left or the right. You can't. I thought I had lost my metaphorical hex wrench too when I installed this. Then I watched through everyone one of their marketing videos and noticed a disturbing trend. They took pains to crop and cut and over emphasize the mount could be used in front of you or moved 90 degrees for someone on the side of the desk to see it. It can't be repositioned left or right or center like every other 20 dollar mount on amazon.Why can't it you ask? What is stopping me from repositioning this 400 dollar mount. Design. The inside bars have two stoppers that are cast as part of the metal (you could saw them off if you really wanted?) that prevent the bar from the closing. You can pull out the monitor towards you, you can move it to the left or right, but you then can't push it back. That's kind a deal breaker in a .. you know a monitor arm. I can only guess it was some sort of engineering problem they ran into. (that's not our problem)Ergotrons solution, deceptive marketing to the rescue. On a fun side note. Some of the marketing videos. Particularly the awkward one with the designer show sketches on the guys desk with it closing both directions. The CGI rendered videos show it closing both directions. The actual product does not function that way making it 400 dollars of WTF. So yeah you guys should probably edit those videos a bit more. Deception is hard.

Product is good. Shipping is extremely slow.

Are the looks polarizing? Sure, but I love this monitor stand. I didn't want to toy with an arm that could turn any direction I pleased. 99% of my monitor movements are up or down to accommodate sitting vs standing or to better position myself in frame for a meeting vs normal work tasks.The cable management works really well for my use case where I need some cords diverted behind and under my desk, and some are running power/video to charge my devices (USB-C for charging, Lightning for phone/Airpods, and Thunderbolt for my laptop or to my Mac Mini which is under the desk.)

Liked- Easily adjust monitor height, orientation and depth. Better than the Dell’s stand- Easy assemblyDisliked- The wheels to move the monitor up and down are plastic / plastic like. A little worried about long term durability- Cable managementOverall its a new design from Ergotron and easy to use. I recommend this monitor arm for saving desk space.