Takes a LOT of force to lower it, not for the feeble, at least at first
I am changing this review after using it. After you have the weight of the monitor and computer on it, it lowers MUCH more easily and smoothly. At first, this text following this applies. Most important, if you are a smaller person, you have to lay your left forearm across the top of the desk while releasing the clamp with your right hand to LOWER it. It requires a LOT of pressure, and if the desk is positioned further back on your desk, as mine is, then you need to be tall enough to lay your weight on the desk to push down. Be careful with the monitor wiggling. I am 52 so I cant get a lot of me across the top to push. I had read this in the earlier reviews, so I spent some time with it on the floor, working it up and down. It doesnt loosen up much, just a little. Packaging was great, except the zip tie that keeps it from expanding had already broken. they need to use a beefier zip tie. It was actually easier to turn the unit upside down to install the keyboard, since everything is colored black and its hard to find the screw hole upside down. As shown, I am not using the regular cable guides under the table, I use a Mac mini so the only cable is the keyboard cable, shown in white. All the rest of the cables flow down the back of the desk. Im getting a foam standing pad, standing can hurt your feet.
Takes a LOT of force to lower it, not for the feeble, at least at first
I am changing this review after using it. After you have the weight of the monitor and computer on it, it lowers MUCH more easily and smoothly. At first, this text following this applies. Most important, if you are a smaller person, you have to lay your left forearm across the top of the desk while releasing the clamp with your right hand to LOWER it. It requires a LOT of pressure, and if the desk is positioned further back on your desk, as mine is, then you need to be tall enough to lay your weight on the desk to push down. Be careful with the monitor wiggling. I am 52 so I cant get a lot of me across the top to push. I had read this in the earlier reviews, so I spent some time with it on the floor, working it up and down. It doesnt loosen up much, just a little. Packaging was great, except the zip tie that keeps it from expanding had already broken. they need to use a beefier zip tie. It was actually easier to turn the unit upside down to install the keyboard, since everything is colored black and its hard to find the screw hole upside down. As shown, I am not using the regular cable guides under the table, I use a Mac mini so the only cable is the keyboard cable, shown in white. All the rest of the cables flow down the back of the desk. Im getting a foam standing pad, standing can hurt your feet.