Yeah, now this video right here is obviously not the normal type of video that you're gonna find on this channel But I thought you know there this is got to be this has got to be a universal thing that a lot of people deal with Whenever they're trying to purchase computer accessories or office accessories So I was like let me just make a video on it if the video does well then cool That means I helped a lot of people if it does well enough Maybe I'll do like Amazon product reviews or something on the channel as like a subcategory But either way I digress now for people that have been around the channel They know that I just basically got a brand new desk set up with a new brand new like Spectal PC we're gonna start streaming. We got dual monitors got a new debt like literally everything is brand new Because I am jumping into a new type of content which is streaming over on Twitch If you're someone who likes to follow streams hit the follow on my twitch I promise it's gonna be a great time having said all that one of the biggest things that I was high for was the dual monitor Set up not just for stream but also for editing video and YouTube videos and things like this The only issue with having a dual monitor set up that doesn't have monitor arms is that the basis the foundations of the monitors They take a lot of real estate on your desk. I have a 60 inch desk and it's maybe like two and a half I was gonna say maybe three feet, but I don't even think it's close to three feet I think it's closer to two and a half and having two 27 inch monitors on their bases if it shrinks the amount of real estate That I can use on my desk by like by frankly an annoying amount now incomes the dilemma of having to purchase monitor arms I have never owned a desktop PC before and boy, let me tell you as I started searching These things can cost hundreds of dollars and I was like nah I just blew thousands on the PC. I don't need I don't need a $400 monitor arm setup and everywhere that I was looking was like always showing me the cream of the crop monitor arms And I'm like nah what I'ma do is let me go to Amazon and let me see if I can find the cheapest monitor arms that I can find with the best rating Because that's basically my life is trying to get the best thing possible but balling on a budget You know what I'm talking about so my mind was prepped by like $200 $250 per arm monitor arms And then I go to Amazon and I just search basic term monitor arms and the first two that pop up are like 30 bucks And I'm like this is why Amazon is on top of the game So I'm like looking I'm like there's no what there's no way that these arms are $30 when everything that I had seen prior for quality at least Was over the $200 price point and I and I click and I go I click the reviews as you can see like 45 4300 reviews like 4.8 stars So I was like you know what let me just go ahead and spin the 60 bucks for two arms Let me what's $60 in the grand scheme of things if the arms are if the arms are terrible If the arms are terrible then I'll just return them and I guess I'll just have to fork out the money I have no choice at that point So I really had nothing to lose and boy, let me tell you was I surprised by these monitor arms The next six minutes of the video are gonna be about three weeks ago when I was actually installing the arms with a little bit of With a little bit of voice over so I can kind of guide you through my thought processes. I was doing it But yeah mind blown by the quality of these $30 arms as you can see the brand of mount is mount up I bought two of them and the total for both was just over $60 and they were eligible for prime shipping now When we open the box inside it comes with the mounting bracket Two different sets of mounting hardware with required Allen riches and I will get to that in a second Various nuts washers and plastic risers and lastly the arm itself the quality of the arm is very nice itself with all Load bearing pieces being metal and plastic being reserved for cable management and aesthetic design As you can expect it comes with the installation manual and this is it and on the front there are two installation methods On the left is clamp style and on the right is a permanent drill into the desk We are gonna be doing the clamp I pause the video right here just to give praise to mount up for the fact that they even included two installation methods For this price I automatically assume that I was only gonna get the clamp style as the mounting option because that's how most people Will install so the fact that they slightly cut into profit margin by giving you two sets of different hardware So you can install whichever preference you desire. I think that I think that's crazy for the $30 price point Now next I'll just give you a quick time lapse of me prepping my desk for install As you can see I did step one off a camera which is to screw the back bracket to the foundation of the arm The bracket is a thick steel and the triangular screw placement makes for a very secure holding to the foundation Next is to install the piece that holds the arm to the table under tension As I point out you have two installation options depending on the thickness of your desk I incorrectly chose the thinner desk option and I'll get to that in a second again on a necessary equipment for this step has been provided Now the reason I say that I chose the wrong mounting option in terms of thickness even though my desktop is relatively thin The part of the hardware that I am pointing at with this arrow keeps the desk from being fully seated to the very back of the mount There was plenty of clearance for the clamp but it just kept it from being fully back So I just moved it down to the next one no big deal and that alleviated that problem Also while I have the video pause here I want to point out that every piece that touches your desk is patted on the top Again a detail that you don't expect for $30 Next is sliding the mount into place from the back of my desktop and tightening it as much as possible You can see here what I meant when I said that the mount could not sit flush all the way to the back of the desktop I fixed it it was a very easy fix and I just did it off camera Now one thing to note and you can see is that my desk is a full desk mouse pad top from Ureka I'll actually leave a card in the top right hand corner if you want to check out that review If you want to see what desk I have and I was worried about how strong the hold would be But it held perfectly I thought that the spongy nature of the mouse pad was going to stop it from grabbing and getting the tension that it needs But there was no issue whatsoever Next is installing the mounting hardware to the back of the monitor My monitors are 27 inch gigabyte gaming monitors and fall well under the 22 pound limit of the arm First step is obviously to take the stand off Then replacing the stand with the arm bracket hardware with the protruding part facing up As you can see here from my install the screws fully tightened were too long and allowed the bracket to move The manual says that the plastic spacers that it came with were for curved monitor installations But I figured they should work here and you can see they did Next is the simple is sliding the monitor into place and screwing down This part of the process is the first time that I thought the installation hardware could have been slightly better The screw holds just fine the only issue is that it has to be tightened by hand I think that being tightened with an allurentch I would have been more confident in the hold And that is it for installing the monitor next is the fine tuning of the arm These bolts adjust the tension that holds the monitor upright Too loose and it falls and too tight and it's too hard to adjust when needing to adjust Next I cut the zip tie do not cut the zip tie until this step There is heavy tension in the arm and without the weight of the monitor in place If you cut the zip tie too soon it can pop up and hit you in the face As you can see here there is clearly not enough strength to hold up the monitor At this step I manipulate the bolt that either strengthens or weakens the pressure of the tension in the arm Until it is able to hold the monitor in one spot This part right here is actually confusing to people buying this because it is counterintuitive On this bolt to loosen the tension you turn clockwise and to tighten the tension you turn counterclockwise I feel like most of the complaining in the reviews came from this step But I mean it's really not that big a deal if you're an adult that can read words or pictographs This entire process took about 3 minutes Next is the cable management channels Again this portion of the arm is plastic but the plastic snaps sturdily into place The fact that it's plastic really didn't matter to me it's still only $30 It looks nicer than most other options at this price point And as you can see that's about it The monitor fully extends out and holds The whole arm takes up only about 3 inches of space behind the desk when fully collapsed Had I not been recording this video the whole process might have taken me maybe 25 minutes And I can say that confidently because I installed the second arm off camera and it took me roughly 25 minutes Now obviously as you can see by that video I was I was Flabbergasted by the quality of these things Both arms have been set up and me recording this right here is about 3 3 and a half weeks later Have had zero issues. I forgot to mention that you you can technically stand one monitor vertical I don't believe you could just straight up rotate it I think you have to set the mounting bracket in a 90 degree at a 90 degree angle So that way it stands straight up because I don't think you can fully rotate But well how many times is it's gonna be rotating your monitor 360 degrees? You know you're gonna set it and forget it really the only reason why I would think you would want different arms And the ones that I found is because you want a different aesthetic You want all metal including the including the receivers for the cables or mainly because you have a crazy heavy monitor Maybe you have like a 42 inch ultra wide or something like that where one arm is needed to carry the entire weight of the of the monitor But other than that I really don't see any other reason why you would need a crazy expensive monitor arm All in all I'll leave the link in the description for these arms Obviously the company is mount up I'm sure you can order it directly through them or you can order it through Amazon I don't even know if I'm an affiliate I remember signing up at one point But I never used it so that the link might help me a little bit But that's not why I'm doing it. I want you to avoid paying crazy Exorbitant amount of money for arms when you can just pay 30 bucks, you know But that's really all that I got to say tell me if you like this type of video Maybe I'll post more things like this. This isn't my normal type of video But either way I'm down to do product reviews, you know All right everybody I appreciate it if you made it this far. This is the end of the video and peace You