Recommend me a monitor arm

[no_1_dave]

I find the Alienware stands too bulky and I've got the new 32" OLED coming so would like an arm which clamps to the rear of my desk. I've not used a monitor arm before so any recommendations would be appreciated...

My desk has a wall behind it. I'm guessing this won't be an issue because the arm can just be rotated anyway?
I don't want the monitor to sag, wobble or bounce.
Would be nice to keep cables tidy.
Easy to remove/attach the monitor to
Usual/expected adjustments should be easy to make

Budget is not an issue per-se, but if one is a lot more expensive than another I'd really like to know why. If the extra benefit is worth the extra cost than that's fine, but I'm not looking for anything fancy, it'll be hidden behind the monitor most of the time anyway

 

[no_1_dave]

i have the same screen orderred, cant wait to jump from ips to oled.
have a large 4cm deep wood top desk in my room.
ordered this from the rain forest, and a 5m display port 2 cable.
was more then the entry level at £60 but i hope it will be sturdy and hold the screen nicelly, im thinking of trying to have some sort of support/spreader on top and bottom of the wood to increase stability and stop it damaging the surface. current though is to actually cut up the metal of an old computer case into small plates. I work in IT education so can just pull one out of the scrap pile and have a go. (core 2 duo win 4GB ram machines finally going, where sometimes q6600 and 8gb ram is considered not to bad )


PUTORSEN Ultrawide 17-45 inch Single Monitor Arm Desk Mount, Fully Adjustable Monitor Mount for Most Flat & Curved Screens, Two Mounting Options, Max Load 16kg,

It's tempting to go for that one but there are reviews saying the monitor starts drooping and looking at the design I don't think the single adjustment screw would hold it solid.

Looking at more it seems the higher priced ones have better designs where the monitor fixes to the arm so they don't slowly droop, they also allow easy connecting and disconnecting.

I thought getting an arm would be straight forward and around the £40 mark, but it's starting to look like £100 or so is needed for one which ticks all the boxes

How stable is your desk? I’ve got an Invision MX200 (£40) which is perfectly fine on a stable non-adjustable desk but wobbles on my height adjustable desk. The Ergotron LX is significantly more expensive (£150) but compensates for the minor movements of the height adjustable desk and is therefore less wobbly while typing.

Alternatively if you want zero wobble and have a wall behind you would you be open to a wall attachment one?

This one:

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It's pretty sturdy, only wiggles when I bump it while moving my chair about.

I was thinking of a wall bracket, but would rather not as it's too permanent (although I'm aware polyfilla exists)

 

[no_1_dave]

Do you tend to jiggle your leg much? I find that is one of the main sources of monitor wobble. So stop jiggling your leg.

Actually I do lol
I can't help it though, I was in a bad car accident 15 years ago and my leg will ache if I sit still too long. Jiggling my leg while I'm gaming stops this from happening

 

[no_1_dave]

I found somebody selling their Ergotron HX locally on FB Marketplace for £90
Will install it on my 34" Ultra-wide this week to see how it is in preparation for my new monitor

 

[no_1_dave]

Setup the Ergotron HX today...

This thing's a monster, there is no way the monitor is going to sag. In fact, I had to loosen the adjustment screw that deals with tilting up/down because the monitor would spring right back up after tilting it level lol. This arm is very well built and solid