Kensington Monitor Arm - Dual Monitor Arm Mount - Ergonomic Dual Screen VESA Compatible Mount (up to 24 inch monitors) with SmartFit System (K60273WW), Titanium

Probably one of the best buys for the office.

Kensington never comes cheap but you can trust their products as being well thought out, good build quality (exemplary in this case) and reliable in day to day usage. I have a couple of their products and I really can't complain.When they first came onto the market these kinds of mounts were very pricey, targeting the professional design, photography and programming markets who could invest in tax deductables such as this to impress their customers and achieve creative and functional nirvana!This example to some degree occupies the top end of what's generally available to the consumer/professional end of things. Yes, there are more expensive options still, but most are significantly less. What you get here is an easy to put together, well thought through, strong, stable platform for a couple of monitors and/or a monitor/laptop combo.Everything you need is including. Fitting makes sense. Within 30 minutes I'd opened the box put it together and had my twin Dell monitors attached. Unfortunately, my larger monitor comes without the necessary rear fitment holes which was frustrating. So my 2x 22" monitors is the bees knees still, rather than my single 27" I bought to replace them, and my photo editing is significantly more satisfactory. I also have a ton of liberated spec on the desk.My desk is pretty sturdy and there were no problems with fitment or holding the monitor weight. You might want to think about your set up in this regard. The cable routing is rather cool too. No more dangling wires. Instructions could be better as it's a series of pictures. I have the Kensington backrest so am familiar with working out their logic. Adjustment is fine and once set you can feel secure nothing is going out of alignment.So I started out once I'd opened the box wanting to minus a star for price but ultimately, although there are many cheaper options, the absolute security and quality of this stand once fitted and fully functioning marks it out as a one off purchase that over many years will repay the investment. Finally, I decided on that approach and so award 5*****

I've had monitor arms before, but singles, whereas this is a double. I was actively researching methods of getting my monitors off my workbench when this item popped up for review - serendipitous indeed.My workbench doesn't have a back edge where I can slide the mounting arm onto, so I drilled an 85mm hole (photos show this from above, looking down, and side) and it all just fitted as I expected by dropping the clamp through the hole and then tightening it up.Getting the arms onto the main pole was a bit tricky, not least because the clamps were either too loose or too tight and required quite a bit of adjustment before they slid on and still allowed the clamps to be closed. It also means that if I want to adjust the height of the monitors it can be a bit awkward as it is "sticky" on the pole (probably a bit too tight) and doesn't slide up and down smoothly. I may need to readjust those clamps again...The monitors have separate 100mm VESA mounting brackets installed and then these are hooked onto the equivalent part on the arms - no bolts or nuts to tighten. It all seems solid enough and makes dismounting the monitor very easily should you need to do this.The cable management system is a bit of a faff as it required you to route cables through a bit of plastic held on with further screws. I didn't bother (I couldn't face any more Allen keys or screws to adjust) and it still looks OK (well, you can judge by looking at the photos).I've got two 24" screens mounted and it's all sturdy. The only thing I can't get my head around is the current price, which at nearly two hundred quid seems a bit on the steep side. Perhaps I should have researched alternatives better to see how prices compare but my old single monitor arms (just as sturdy) were only around the thirty quid mark. That's quite a premium for having two monitors on a single pole.Pays your money takes your choice.

This Kensington monitor stand is designed to hold two LCD monitors on separate articulated arms.The kit includes a single mounting pillar, with a large screw to attach it to a desktop, two arms which attach to each side of the pillar, two VESA standard mounting plates and the screws and washers required to attach them to a monitor.It's easy enough to set up - find a suitable flat surface on the edge of a desk to take the pillar, and screw it tight. Fit the arms to the sides of the pillar - this may require a bit of tweaking with the included Allen key to get the mounting tension tight. The VESA plates are then screwed to the monitors themselves with the included screws and Allen key, and then the plates clip easily onto the arms. It took me around half an hour to be up and running, and it was all reasonably straightforward - the pictorial instructions are very clear.Each arm has two joints and articulates nicely backwards and forwards, and the arms have cut-outs in them through which cables can be threaded. One quibble is that adjusting the positions of the monitors can be fiddly - to get the vertical angle adjusted, you need to remove protective caps and loosen and tighten a couple of nuts with the supplied (rather flimsy) spanners. Getting the height of the monitors right is also a bit of a faff, as you need to keep locking and unlocking the arms from the pillar to slide them up and down. Hopefully, like the vertical angle, you only need to adjust this once.The entire set-up feels suitably rigid in use, and I have to say it actually looks great - the pillar (which is the only bit you see when the monitors are installed) is nicely designed and quite elegant. The price isn't bad for something of this quality. I'm knocking a star off for the fiddly initial adjustment, but recommended otherwise.