[hughrr]

Decent monitor arms easily cost $300-500.

[D13Fd]

That's untrue. Ergotron LX arms for example hold big monitors perfectly and last basically forever - currently priced <$200:

https://www.amazon.com/Ergotron-Monitor-Monitors-Up-Polished...

[Wistar]

I have several Ergotrons for a few years now, mostly the two-arm models with 27in monitor pairs. My only gripe is that cabling them neatly is difficult.

[TAKEMYMONEY]

1. Excellent monitor arms might cost that much, most are closer to $200-300. Decent ones are way less.

2. This is $400 more than the other arm. You're paying $400 for the added height adjustment.

[w0mbat]

Most VESA monitor arms are like $30 to $40.

https://www.amazon.com/s?k=VESA+monitor+arm

[hughrr]

They all seem to have serious problems at that price point. I got through about three before giving up and buying a decent one, albeit second hand.

[ineedasername]

Somewhere in here there's a bad joke about them costing an arm & a leg.

[FpUser]

I have monitor arm that works just fine. Cost me $149 (Canadian pesos) on Amazon.

[hughrr]

To note I paid considerably less than half that for my $300 arm.

YMMV but shop around for corp clearance.

[readams]

Monitor arms are much more complicated than a monitor stand.