My monitor arm gave up at the worst possible time yesterday

I was in the middle of a tense ranked match around 9pm when my whole monitor just dropped 8 inches. The cheap gas spring arm I got off Facebook Marketplace finally gave out (you know, the one that seemed too good to be true for $15). I ended up propping it up with a stack of old cookbooks for the rest of the night, which honestly worked better than expected. Has anyone had luck fixing these things or is it just time to bite the bullet on a proper Ergotron arm?

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ben8274d ago

Honestly I just tightened the tilt screw on mine and it held for another year before I caved and bought a real one.

stella9044d ago

Tbh I gotta disagree with @ben827 on this one - tightening a screw is just a bandaid on a dying gas spring. Those cheap arms are made with garbage internals that will keep failing no matter what you do. A proper arm is expensive but you only cry once about the price.