HUANUO Triple Monitor Mount for 17"-32" Screens

Yes I am giving this item one star to catch your attention of the monumental task your about to place onto yourself. Do not buy this type of triple monitor mount if you are faint of heart. This thing will test you to your very core and bring you to your knees, but it works great once you make it right for you if you can master it and show it whose boss. Yes I realize I may not be using it it in the perfect way, but this thing is an akward nightmare that is almost sentient. I have made it work and am using it to max capacity, but it has been quite the experiment to get it to a stable enough point where I can justify this is better than using the stands my monitors came with. It's been lots of trial and error, multiple busted monitors, lots of experimentation, lots of reinforcement, and lots of fine tuning. I work from home and have attached 3 32 inch monitors to this thing all horizontal. Whitch I do not recommend because while the description says it can support that, it really limits the range of motion of the 2 adjustable swing arms and you have to be careful not to bang the monitors into each other when adjusting or careful not to bust the screen of your middle monitor with the corner of the side monitor or just destroy the inner monitor corners all together. With 3 32 inch monitors this takes up the whole with and then some of 6 feet. And I can not pull the side monitors as far inward as I would like to get more of a half circle effect. Like other reviewers have pointed out, the C clamp really puts a lot of pressure into a very small area of your mounting surface. You can drill a hole in your desk but the hardware seems a bit thin to do this. Hindsight, I would have given more consideration to wall mount options. Because I like lots of surface space, no drawers, and simple solid wood tables are pricey and a dining table as the desk I would need would be ridiculous; l opted for a 6ft plastic folding table as my desk. I made sure to buy some metal C clamp reinforcement plates before setting this up for the first time. There was so much downward force from the C clamp, this contraption would have caved in the table and twisted it in half if I had let go completely. I did a little bit of wood working on a 2x6 scrap for the bottom of the clamp and used a thick plastic cutting board for the top of the clamp. And then added in the metal C clamp reinforcement plates for good measure. Trust me, it actually looks decent and not ugly like it sounds. I also mounted a clamp to the wall to grab the middle pole to keep this from ever falling forward (later on, I made it months ago but never mounted it to the wall until after the events below like an idiot). After using this set up for a few months, I noticed the C clamp was slipping away from the table. Like a moron, I did not remove any of the monitors before readjusting. I had my wife keeping things stable while I was under the desk to readjust the C clamp but the whole assembly fell forward and while she caught it, 2 of my 3 LG 32 inch gaming monitors got busted. I had to purchase replacement monitors but made sure to take a metal handle and run it across the backside of the C clamp and secure it to the 2×6. This way the C clamp cannot back away from my desk without taking the whole 2×6 with it. Then I added my security clamp/mount to the wall as well. This thing comes with plenty of spare hardware and parts to fine tune it to suit your exact needs for what you mount to it. Assembling it is a nightmare and the the directions would do a better job as bird cage lining. Pay attention to each arm segment. While all 4 looked the same, they are not and the directions will have you a bit off kilter. I had to unassemble and reassemble several times to get this thing right. Carrying this thing is about as easy as carrying a lifeless metal robot with heavy metal arms swinging every where ready to destroy anything in your path. Trying to add or remove one of the side monitors is rough as the spring loaded arm will fight you and it about takes 2 people to add or remove a monitor. You mount a versa plate with a plastic block attached to it that slides into the mechanical arm, but the arm moves up and down when trying to get it to lock into place. It's especially fun to remove a monitor as the spring loaded arm will keep popping up and relocking the monitor in place. Hence why I said you need 4 hands. You can adjust the tension on so many diffrent places that it's great for fine tuning. To wrap this up, this thing works well if you have the determination of a warrior but at times it can be like arm wrestling an octopus. I have 2 other mounts made by this brand and they have been fairly easy to work with since I am not pushing them to the make like this hefty boy. It is nice being able to grab a monitor and hoist it up in to the air to demonstrate things on the screen to a bystander. This is also a good option for a standing desk as you would just need an elevated surface for your mouse and key board because the monitors can lift pretty high with a baby's touch. So think long and hard about purchasing this, but it's a good unit and made well. I'm only giving it one star because it's been one **** of a fight making this thing work the way I want it too and using it with 3 32 inch monitors and a plastic table is a fool's errand but I was determined to win this fight.