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#289943 11-Oct-2021 10:57

Am idly sitting here speculating on the possibility of getting a monitor stand. I sometimes swap between sitting and standing (like sit for a while, stand for half an hour...) and think it might help to have a stand that can pivot up more than the supplied 20degrees.

Its a 34" 21:9 monitor, weighs about 8.5kg.

I can obviously look myself but thought I'd asking whether there might be any thoughts on what to get or what not to get ?

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#2793045 11-Oct-2021 10:58

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#2793060 11-Oct-2021 11:21

Fixed it now...

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#2793085 11-Oct-2021 12:04

One of the guys at work had a thing that you sit on top of your normal desk and then pull a lever to extend it into 'standing mode'. This increases the height not only of the display but also the keyboard and mouse. I'm not in the office today and I'm wracking my brain trying to think what it's called... but he was very happy with it.

Edit: It was similar to https://www.mightyape.co.nz/product/33543782.

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#2793086 11-Oct-2021 12:06

You don’t want to be pivoting a monitor to suit your position, rather you want to be adjusting the height so that the top of the screen is always at eye level. Anything else is a recipe for injury. Get a proper height adjusting desk or platform that raises the keyboard mouse and screen together.

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#2793090 11-Oct-2021 12:23

Behodar:

One of the guys at work had a thing that you sit on top of your normal desk and then pull a lever to extend it into 'standing mode'. This increases the height not only of the display but also the keyboard and mouse. I'm not in the office today and I'm wracking my brain trying to think what it's called... but he was very happy with it.

Edit: It was similar to https://www.mightyape.co.nz/product/33543782.

Thanks, that looks interesting.

Also came across this -

https://www.pbtech.co.nz/product/MOALCK0033/Loctek-Premium-Ergonomic-Deskalator-Workstation-Wo

similar but probably not worth the extra.

At least the monitor stand is one hundred and something...

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#2793092 11-Oct-2021 12:26

MadEngineer: You don’t want to be pivoting a monitor to suit your position, rather you want to be adjusting the height so that the top of the screen is always at eye level. Anything else is a recipe for injury. Get a proper height adjusting desk or platform that raises the keyboard mouse and screen together.

True, but can't get too carried away money wise. Why do you say injury ? I guess a decent monitor stand would allow the monitor to be a reasonable bit higher, so the monitor itself wouldn't have to have a huge tilt, though somewhat more than 20degrees.

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#2793121 11-Oct-2021 13:14

I use this guy for my 34" LG UW monitor on my standing desk, adjusted to my eye-level for both, and both sitting and standing.

As MadEngineer said, for good ergonomics your upper body position relative to your desk/monitor should not change between the two.

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#2793183 11-Oct-2021 13:34

ShinyChrome:

I use this guy for my 34" LG UW monitor on my standing desk, adjusted to my eye-level for both, and both sitting and standing.

As MadEngineer said, for good ergonomics your upper body position relative to your desk/monitor should not change between the two.

Ta. Didn't realise they had that much vertical range. For me standing using the mouse is fine, keyboard a bit more iffy, but I don't seem to type an awful lot and I can always, you know, sit down anyway...

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#2799242 22-Oct-2021 09:46

Decided to get this -

https://www.pbtech.co.nz/product/MOALCK0040/Loctek-Premium-Mount-24-35-Single-Ergonomic-Gas-Sp

seeing as its on sale and someone here posted a coupon for PBTech free postage (which I can't find atm.

Those other desk height things you guys mentioned were tempting but couldn't get too carried away money-wise.

Not arrived yet btw.

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