Ergotron – Neo-Flex Single Monitor Stand for Desk, VESA Mount – for Screens Up to 27 Inches, 6 to 16 lbs – Black

The internet age is great because you can find almost anything and with several hours of diligent review reading, can identify an item that appears to meet your need(s). However, the proverbial "rubber hits the road" when the FedEx/UPS/USPS delivery person kindly drops off your package. If you have bombed in your decision, then you face non-trivial return shipping costs, potential restocking fees, and lost time to achieve your desired goal. Typically, I search, contemplate, and search some more prior to pressing the order submit button. Eventually, I hope for the best, but resign to accept "average" if the product will simply work as described and appear to have a life cycle longer than 12 months.Thus, although I read the glowing reviews for this item, I did not have high expectations. The reviews here simply assured me that the item was an economic production from China. Imagine my surprise when I lifted the box from my porch to take it into the house. That box had some heft to it, that was a good thing. Once in my office, I opened the box and the smiles appeared. This is a quality product. There is a round circular base that attaches to the vertical portion of the stand via two phillips screws. Total assembly time with my ratchet screwdriver? Two minutes to ensure no cross threading and adequate seating torque. The monitor mount of the stand can accommodate any VESA mount with either 75 mm or 100 mm spacing. You are provided with phillips screws to attach the mount to the mounter, but you are also provided with thumbscrews. I prefer the knurled thumbscrews. The thumbscrews are black so they compliment both the mount and a black monitor.I purchased the stand for my 22" monitor. Installing the four thumbscrews in the 100 mm spacing took perhaps 3 minutes. Viola, c'est fini! You can adjust the tensioning of the mount in order to accomodate a larger monitor or have the monitor better respond to your tactile pressures. The monitor stand easily rotates 360 degrees. The monitor height is adjustable in the vertical direction 5". I would estimate that the monitor tilt is 90 degrees from its lowest to maximum tilt. All adjustments are nearly effortless. The caveat here is that "effortless" is determined by my build and your mileage may vary. The stand will also allow your monitor to rotate from landscape to portrait mode.Prior to mounting the 22" monitor, I mounted a 19" widescreen DCL LCD monitor that I purchased several years ago. I greatly disliked that monitor and had stopped using it. The picture always seemed small. The DCL monitor stand was an economical one, it provided no height adjustment and limited tilt. I mounted the DCL because I wanted to test the stand's operation before I mounted my more expensive 22" monitor. Four thumbscrews later I powered on the DCL, raised it 4" and thought, "hey, this monitor is not so bad!" That is the difference that the monitor stand made. I then installed the 22" monitor and the stand really performed. I thought that I would have to adjust the tensioning, but it was just fine. In 30 seconds, the monitor was at the perfect height and tilt for me. It has been a week and no adjustments were necessary as a result of the stand slowing lowering the monitor.Okay, allow me to put into perspective my experience with LCD monitors and their stands. My primary home office monitor is a Samsung 245BW 24" LCD. I like the Samsung's stand, but think that the Neoflex is better. I also have a 20" widescreen Dell 2007FP monitor. The Dell stand does not swivel (rotate 360 degrees on the desk) and the height adjustment is less than the Neoflex. In my work office, I have two 24" widescreen Dell 2407 monitors. The height adjustment is very poor on these and there is no swivel.In summary, this is an awesome monitor stand at a very competitive price. You will be hard pressed to find a better stand at an equal quality and price.

This is an excellent monitor stand-- I bought two. I replaced both the OEM stands that came with my two LCD monitors.One was an HP w2007, a very good 20" widescreen that I use for my main monitor. The second one was for an Acer X163W 17" widescreen that is my secondary monitor.Either stand easily raises the monitors to the correct viewing height, no need for books or other spacers (as was required with the OEM stands).I had intended in keeping the HP as normal landscape mode, and the Acer as portrait mode all the time-- but when I got these stands, I discovered just how easy it is to rotate the monitors 90 degrees back and forth.Thus, while I do primarily keep the Acer at portrait mode, I find I routinely rotate the HP between portrait and landscape modes. With Windows XP, it's a simple matter to use Ctrl-Alt-Arrow to change the monitor's rotation. Ctrl-Alt-Right Arrow rotates the screen into portrait, and Ctrl-Alt-Up Arrow rotates it back to "normal" mode.I find surfing the web in portrait (long dimension is up-and-down) mode much more satisfying than previously-- so much more page content is visible that way.Highly recommended.I did not give 5 stars, because the instructions were poorly printed and confusing. That being said, the stands were a snap to install-- I used the thumbscrews for both monitors. Adjusting the tension of the height spring for the Acer was a bit finicky (the Acer is very light), but I eventually got it to work (many turns of the screwdriver later).Now either monitor raises and lowers with a touch of the finger, and rotates from portrait to landscape with ease.The worst part was figuring out how to remove the OEM stands.... (why do manufacturers hide screws under rubber covers that are impossible to remove without damage? HP was worse than the much-cheaper Acer...)

The Ergotron Neoflex LCD stand is an excellent piece of workmanship for the price. The screen raises and lowers with a light touch, which is great for adjusting to proper height for multiple users. It also has a good range of tilt adjustment (-5 to +25 degrees of tilt) and rotates on its base. All these adjustments are crucial for best viewing on an LCD because the viewing angle changes brightness and color.For photographers, this stand also allows you to flip the screen from landscape to portrait orientation. This is not so easy that you will want to do it all the time, but if you have that special shot in portrait orientation that you would like to see full screen, this mount will let you do it. A reviewer on another site said that this would only allow you to mount in landscape or portrait but not rotate during use - this is not true. It is hard to use the screen in portrait because the mouse movements are all wrong.Installation is easy. The mounting plate accomodates VESA 100mm and 75 mm monitor mounts and has a spider for additional mount types. A phillips head screwdriver is all that is need to assemble the stand and mount your monitor on it.Bottom line - This $35 stand adds hundreds of dollars of value to my new flat panel monitor. I cannot believe how well made and usable this product is for its price. Highly recommended.