Description
Neck pain is usually described as a health problem and is more often a geometry problem. A laptop on a desk puts the top of the screen below eye level, so the head tilts down for eight hours and the shoulders round forward to meet it. The gas spring arm in this listing solves it at the source: the screen is lifted to eye height, pulled forward over the desk, and held there by a counterbalanced strut rather than by the neck.
The arm is built as a pair. The main mount carries a monitor between seventeen and twenty-seven inches weighing between two and nine kilograms on a VESA plate that accepts both 75 by 75 and 100 by 100 patterns, and it moves through full motion: up, down, forward, back, tilt and a full 360 degree rotation that turns the screen to portrait for documents and code. The second tier is a laptop tray for machines between ten and seventeen inches and between five and twenty-one millimetres thick, so a laptop can sit beside or below the monitor instead of competing for the same patch of desk.
The structure is die cast aluminium alloy with cold rolled steel at the load points, finished in white or matte charcoal, and the cables run inside the arm rather than down the back of the desk. Gas spring arms have a reputation for feeling immovable out of the box, and the honest answer is that the tension is set for the weight of the screen: fit the monitor first, then use the adjustment point that becomes accessible once the arm is under load. Once balanced, the screen moves with one hand and stays where it is put.
A screen at eye level is not a comfort upgrade. It is the working posture the body was built for.
What Sets It Apart
- ✦ Gas spring dual-arm mount for a 17 to 27 inch monitor plus a 10 to 17 inch laptop
- ✦ Load range of 2 to 9 kg on the monitor arm, with counterbalanced gas strut for one-hand positioning
- ✦ Full motion: height, reach, tilt, swivel and 360 degree rotation into portrait orientation
- ✦ Dual VESA compatibility at 75x75 mm and 100x100 mm
- ✦ Laptop tray accepts machines 10 to 17 inches wide and 5 to 21 mm thick
- ✦ Die cast aluminium alloy and cold rolled steel construction with integrated cable management
- ✦ Desk clamp installation with no drilling, in white or matte charcoal, with optional USB 3 cable routing
Technical Specifications
- Model: NB ERGONOMIC F160D with FP-2 laptop tray
- Monitor Size Range: 17 to 27 inch
- Monitor Load Range: 2 to 9 kg per arm
- Laptop Tray Range: 10 to 17 inch width, 5 to 21 mm thickness
- VESA Compatibility: 75 x 75 mm and 100 x 100 mm
- Adjustment: Full motion, gas spring counterbalanced, tool-free positioning
- Rotation: 360 degrees, portrait and landscape
- Tilt: Approximately 45 degrees
- Construction: Die cast aluminium alloy and cold rolled steel
- Cable Management: Integrated, concealed inside the arm
- Installation: Desk edge clamp, no drilling, adjustable size
- Finish Options: White, matte charcoal, with or without USB 3 cable version
- Number of Panels: One monitor plus one laptop on the secondary tier
Where It Belongs
Wherever a laptop is the main machine, this arm changes what a day at the desk costs the body. A trader, developer or designer running a laptop plus an external display gets both at eye level, with the laptop tray holding the laptop open as a second screen rather than a machine pushed to the side. In a home office built on a dining table, the arm turns a single surface into a two-level workstation and opens the desk underneath it for a keyboard and a notebook. In a clinic, a workshop office or a control room, the desk clamp means the mount can be fitted and removed without drilling, which matters in rented space and in environments where the furniture is not the building owner to decide about. The USB 3 variant adds a routed cable path to the same structure for anyone who wants one cable to the desk.
Frequently Asked Questions
Q: Will it hold my monitor?
A: The arm takes monitors from 17 to 27 inches weighing between 2 and 9 kg. Check the weight of the panel rather than the size alone, because the gas spring has to be balanced against the load to work properly.
Q: Does the laptop tray fit my laptop?
A: The tray accepts machines between 10 and 17 inches in width and between 5 and 21 millimetres in thickness, which covers most consumer and business laptops including larger 16 inch models.
Q: The arm feels too stiff to move. Is it faulty?
A: No. Gas spring arms are shipped with the tension set for the load, so the arm should be fitted and the monitor attached before the tension is adjusted. Once the screen is mounted, the adjustment point becomes accessible and the arm can be balanced to move with one hand.
Q: Do I need to drill into the desk?
A: No. The mount fixes to the desk edge with a clamp and can be repositioned or removed without leaving holes, which suits rented offices and shared desks.
Q: Can the monitor be turned to portrait?
A: Yes, the VESA plate rotates a full 360 degrees, so the screen can be flipped to portrait for documents, code or a vertical second display.
Q: What is the material and finish?
A: The structure is die cast aluminium alloy with cold rolled steel at the joints, finished in white or matte charcoal. Cables run inside the arm, and a USB 3 cable version is available for routing a data cable up to the desk.
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