For me, I’ve always really liked having a simple clean design for my desk setup. No branding, clean
simple aesthetics, and minimal cable clutter. And that’s a big reason why Monitor Arms have always
been a key component for any of my desk setups. This LG Ergo Monitor arm takes the minimal design
a step further, compared to the traditional adjustable arms, with a clean and simple
vertical pole design. For me this is a step in the right direction in terms of aesthetics,
while still being an adjustable design and having built in cable management,
but it’s not without its limitations and is only available with select monitors.
Hi I’m David and let’s take a look at the LG Ergo Monitor Arm.
For reference, the model I’m using here the 27 inch, LG 1440p display with the Ergo stand.
And in the video I’m going disregards the display and focus on the functionality and features of the
stand. After clamping the stand to my desk and snapping the display into place, we can test out
the adjustable features. It’s able to go through all the typical movements you expect for an
adjustable stand. You can swivel the screen side to side and reposition the angle of the display.
Adjust the tilt up or down, rotate the screen counter clockwise to portrait mode.
But the highlight unique difference is with the height adjustment
that’s a linear motion with the gas spring lift mechanism assisting inside the pole.
This design has a couple advantage beyond aesthetics over the typical counterparts.
This linear vertical motion means it can stay perfectly centered between your devices like
speakers or another display. and doesn’t drift side to side like it does with a bending arm.
And adjusting the height is a bit easier and smoother with the linear resistance than the
cheaper gas spring counterparts where you’re instead applying torque force on a pivot point
But this pole design does come with some limitations. For one, the vertical height range is
narrower at about 12cm of motion but that probably won’t be a concern for most normal usages.
Also the arms extending from the pole aren’t very long, so you’re more limited on the distance the
display can move away from the pole at a length of about 28cm, so you can’t move it super forward
or off to the side. And if your trying to push the display as far back as possible
the pole will get in the way. So instead you’ll need to move it to the side instead
if you need to move it back even further. The other advantage of this design is
cable management. Integrated into the pole is a channel to route cables down the entire length.
It’s a little tight, but there’s enough room for about 5 cables through the hole,
including the necessary power adapter cable. And while it’s a pretty clean cable management
system. You’ll still see the cables sticking out at the bottom if you turn the screen to
the side. And up top you’ll need to leave cable slack to accommodate all the different motion.
Overall cable management is not perfect if you plan to put your desk in the middle of the room,
but it’s still cleaner than the cable management with a typical arm.
And most of it gets hidden behind the screen anyways.
The biggest limitation with this arm, is that you can only use it with the LG monitor you purchased
it with. There are a couple different LG model sizes and resolutions you can get with this stand
but there’s no support to use it with any another display.
The mounting system between the stand and the display is non standard.
And while it looks like you could technically remove some of this plastic and mod it with
the 75x75 VESA mounting holes. There’s no way to adjust the lift or tilt strength,
so no guarantees it would even work properly with another display of different size or weight.
Overall this LG Ergo is a well built, simple and great looking arm design. For people who want a LG
monitor and Arm solution out of the box it’s a good option.
But I still think for most people, a 3rd party static arm will be cheaper
and give you flexibility on the display choice. Or if you really want height adjustment flexibility,
the amazon basic arm continues to be a favorite of mine that you can continue to reuse on your
future display upgrades. But I’m hoping someone takes inspiration from this LG Ergo design
and makes its universally compatible because it does look and function really well. But
Hope you guys enjoy this one, you know what to do. And I’ll see you in the next video.