Ergotron LX Sit-Stand Single Monitor Arm

WFH has required me to update my home office. I found myself sitting all day on conference calls and once in awhile I wanted to stand up and do emails while listening in on meetings. Of course this requires a way to raise my monitor. Initially, I was considering a motorized ergo standing desk but those are EXPENSIVE!! I knew I wasn’t going to use the standing option enough to justify it. So I had an idea to see if I could use a monitor arm along with a small raised table for my keyboard to allow me to work standing. The other challenge was that I needed to raise a heavy 38″ UW monitor to standing height. It took alot of research but it was amazing that Ergotron makes such an arm. Most arms I found either didn’t support the weight or couldn’t raise a large monitor high enough. However, even then it was difficult to figure out which version to get – HX, LX Sit & Stand (different than normal LX), and LX HD Sit & Stand. HX, while rated for heavy monitors, didn’t have an extension pole to raise the monitor to the height I needed. When I bought this I was aiming to get the LX “HD” Sit & Stand. I didn’t know there were two version of the LX Sit & Stand at the time. This is the normal version which is rated for 42″ screen and 25lbs, while the “HD” version is rated for 46″ screen and 30 lbs. I wanted the latter to make sure there was no doubt of whether my monitor could be supported. I also figured it would allow an upgrade to a bigger screen in the future if needed. When I realized my mistake I didn’t have have a choice but to try it, as my office was in the middle of my “remodel” that had to finish the next day for work.

To my pleasant surprise it worked beautifully!!! It’s absolutely well made and heavy duty. The arm itself is pretty heavy duty– Built like a tank! There were no wobbly parts under load, no creaking, and no struggle to keep my monitor raised after adjusting the tension. The movement of the arm is super smooth. The package comes complete with most of everything you need to mount your monitor, including a hex nut bit. It’s a complete package, with all the parts you need.

The CONS are the following:
– The instructions are, as some people mentioned, Ikea level. Just pictures, no written instructions. Not all of it was intuitive.
– Everything with the install was pretty self explanatory EXCEPT one area – adjustment of the collar that is on the extension pole that adjust the base height. There is an allen screw to tighten/lock the collar, which was fine. I had to adjust the collar as it was too high. After loosening and REMOVING the allen screw, the collar, I thought would simply slide up and down. But it didn’t do that. The instructions didn’t say anything about how the collar operated. So I was clueless how it worked. I brute forced the collar to slide it up and it was very hard to do. Scratched the crap out of the black paint of the extension pole. After realizing this is totally not right and continuing to play with it, I realized you just had to rotate the collar to get it to move up and down the extension pole. The collar operated like a threadless screw somehow. WTH!! Some clear instructions would have helped and would have save me from damaging the pole. Lucklily, everything still worked, built like a tank remember. With that out of the way I was able to get everything adjusted to my specs.
– the main arm does not have a range stop to prevent it from hitting a wall or window, if you have your monitor backed up to one of these, like me. Some of the newer Ergotron arms have this option. (or perhaps it does have the option but the instructions are too useless to allow me to figure this out). Not a huge issue for me as I’m just raising and lowering the monitor.
– When you do touch the monitor to raise or lower, it’s very easy to rotate the monitor a bit. The mount allows you to rotate a monitor 90 degrees, landscape to portrait orientation. If you’re OCD like me, I want my monitor absolutely perfectly leveled. I literally have a leveler in my drawer that I take out to address this. Given that I have an ultrawide monitor, I have no plans to ever use it in Portrait orientation. So there is a screw you can use to stop the rotation permanently. EVEN with this screw, the monitor will still rotate a bit. It’s a bit annoying.

The last recommendation I have is for people to absolutely take time to measure out your height specifications. Ergotron web site has exact spec dimensions published to allow people to understand height range, size, etc. If this helps, I’m 5’10” and my desk is at 29″ in height from the floor. This worked for me such that the arm will raise the monitor high enough for me to work standing AND low enough to the correct height when I’m sitting. It may not work for people taller (or shorter) than me.

Turns out for about $300 I created a Sit & Stand capability in my home office for cheap A Sit&Stand desk is typically $1k or more.

Upgraded my AmazonBasics monitor mount (Ergotron LX) to this model for my Dell 38′ monitor. the AmazonBasics one did the job but did not provide much movement. This one is solid and allows a lot more movement. I would definitely recommend getting this one instead of a smaller one if you actually want to move your large monitor and want it to stay in place.

beatmaniaというゲームセンターにあるゲームを、家で立ってプレイするために購入しました。
高価なだけあって、42インチのテレビを最大の高さまで上げても安定しています。
他のモニターアームではここまでの高さにはならず、かといってテレビスタンドを置くスペースもなかったので、物は試しと思いこちらを購入しましたが、結果的には正解でした。

せっかく高いところまで上がるので、オフィスチェア・ゲーミングチェアをリクライニングした状態で動画などが視聴できればと思ったのですが、下方向には5°しか傾かず、その使い方は出来ませんでした。
他のメーカーのモニターアームはもっと見上げるような角度にできるので、仕様をよく確認する必要があります。

ゲームができれば良かったので、総合的には満足しています。

I got this to hold my Wacom Cintiq 27qhd. After a ton of research I noticed the cheaper version didn’t hold as much weight. This one holds the weight perfectly while working standing up. I can tilt the Cintiq almost flat and work standing up without it dropping on me. Paired with a CinTweak keyboard holder and I have a standing workstation for making art.

I have a corner L-shaped desk. This is mounted at the back of it with the vice type clamp. Holds great without issues. The length of the arm is nice as I can pull it passed the desk and DOWN into my lap. So it sits off the desk, in my lap, lower then the desk. Amazing. I just measured 36″ from the back of the desk to my head, while sitting down in my office chair. That is quite a reach. Even at this stretch, it hold the weight on its own. It is stiff but highly adjustable without much effort.

If your getting this for a Cintiq, do yourself a favor and get this one as it holds the weight, is heavy duty and I can’t thing of one negative thing to say about it.

I bought two of these monitor arms to free up space at my desk. I’ve found that they’re more useful than I had expected, and significantly better than most standard monitor arms. Why? The arm mounting pole allows you to mount the arms far above anything that may find itself in front of, underneath, or behind your monitor. With the height adjustable arm and cable management, you can then freely move the monitor lower or higher, depending on your needs. When I need to make space for several laptops, I simply lift the monitors; when my desk is back to normal, I lower the monitors. The arm’s long reach allows me to extend the monitors away from my desk, which is useful if I’m whiteboarding something and need to reference materials on a screen.

Other miscellaneous items:
-It’s extremely easy to adjust the arm’s sensitivity to lift, rotation, and alignment.
-The tools provided were easy to use. I’ve never seen an allen wrench as large as the one provided, nor have I ever seen any with appropriate hand grips. I guess quality tools are to be expected at >$200 a pop.
-I had trouble working the wire management system, until I realized that you can remove the covers on the bottom of the arms. It was nice realizing that I didn’t have to thread cables through anything.