Monitor Mounts

Single Monitor Arm, Tool-Free VESA

Name: Single Monitor Arm, Tool-Free VESA
Brand: ErGear
SKU: B0FQM6QB48
Price: 19.99 USD
Availability: InStock
Rating: 4.4 (4128 reviews)

A monitor that gets moved between desks

$19.99~~$31.99~~★★★★★ 4.4 (4,128)

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What it is for

Tool-free assembly sounds like a convenience feature until a monitor has to come down twice a year, at which point it becomes the reason the arm gets used at all. This one takes screens from 13 to 34 inches up to 19.8 lbs and goes together with hand-tightened joints, so a screen can be dismounted for a house move or a desk swap without hunting for the hex key that came in the box.

Check before you order. Toolless clamps need re-checking. Give the desk clamp a firm hand-tighten again after the first week, because a joint tightened without a lever settles slightly once it has carried a load overnight.

What assembly actually means

Genuinely toolless for the arm itself; the VESA plate on the back of the monitor still uses the screws that came with the screen. Expect ten minutes for a first install and about two for every one after that, which is the point of the design.

What it changes

Hand-tightened joints can be loosened and re-set by feel, so the arm can be repositioned during the working day rather than only during setup.
A 34 inch capacity covers the common wide office monitor, which the cheapest arms usually stop just short of.
The extra 2.2 lbs of headroom over the basic arm is enough to bring a lot of mid-weight 27 inch panels inside the rating.

In one line each

Single-screen arm for 13 to 34 inch displays
Weight rating 19.8 lbs
Fits 75 by 75 and 100 by 100 mm VESA holes
Clamp or grommet mounting, no tools for the arm
Full tilt, swivel and rotation at the head

Published figures

Screens	1
Screen size	13 to 34 in
Load per arm	19.8 lb
VESA	75x75 / 100x100 mm
Mounting	C-clamp or grommet
Movement	Swivel, tilt
Max tilt	80 degrees
Cable routing	Yes
Colour	Black
Model reference	B0FQM6QB48

Figures as published for this model. Anything that has never been published is left out rather than estimated.

Where this one sits among the 18

The same figures as every other page in this section, lined up against the section itself. Being the biggest at something is not the same as being the best at it, so the last column says where a number puts this model and leaves the judgement to you.

Figure	This model	All 18 mounts	Where that puts it
Largest screen it takes	34 in	27 to 49 in	Bigger than 12 of the other 17
Smallest screen it takes	13 in	13 to 17 in	The smallest of the 18
Weight per arm	19.8 lb	17.6 to 37.4 lb	Stronger than 7 of the other 17
Screens carried	1	1 to 3	The fewest of the 18

Ranges cover only the mounts that publish the figure at all; a model that has never published one is left out of that row rather than counted as a zero.

What the extra money actually buys

Figures on which this model beats every cheaper mount in the section, rather than beating a convenient one.

Largest screen it takes 34 in. Bigger than every one of the 1 cheaper model that publish this figure, the best of which is 32 in.
Weight per arm 19.8 lb. Stronger than every one of the 1 cheaper model that publish this figure, the best of which is 17.6 lb.

Where it sits in the range

Of the 18 mounts in this section this is the second cheapest: 1 costs less, 16 cost more, and the section runs from $19.98 to $89.99. It carries a published list price of $31.99, so the figure above is below that rather than the usual asking price.

Against everything cheaper in the section it is ahead on two figures: largest screen it takes at 34 in and weight per arm at 19.8 lb. That is the useful comparison, because it is the part of the price you can point at.

It carries 4,128 customer reviews at 4.4 out of five, with 7 of the other 17 rated higher. Those numbers come from the retail listing and are reproduced rather than curated, including when they are unflattering.