Peerless AV LCT420A Single Arm LCD Desktop Mount Review

Arm Setup & Use

With the arm all fitted together and the screen attached to the front we can get a look at how the arm sits in relation to the screen once setup. With this arm only having a single extension from the base pole, the screen will sit either to the left or right of the arm as seen below or if brought forward the base plate can be more behind the screen.

Looking at the arm from behind we can see more clearly how the arm is fitted together with the VESA mount on the head and the arm attached to the upright pole and then clamped to the desk.

The screen can easily be detached from the arm by unscrewing the thumb screw from the rear and then lifting the panel off of the arms head.

The small cable tidy is sufficient enough for a power cable and HDMI cable and perhaps a 3.5mm audio cable but for users who have more than one display input connected, this clip will not be large enough.

When it comes to using a monitor arm, truth be told there really is not a great deal to go into. Starting off with the setting up of the arm, The instructions that come in the box are clear and easy to understand, although to be honest it’s easy to see how the arm goes together considering it comes in three main parts which are ready to fit together. With the main upright support fitted to the desk the extending arm easily slips on top and sits neatly above the retaining collar.

The VESA mount comes with a range of screws to fit a number of screens giving a huge amount of compatibility and with its 75/100mm fitting option virtually any VESA mountable screen upto 30″ can be catered for. Having the VESA bracket mount onto the monitor separate to the arm is a great feature in my eyes as it makes the setup of the stand far easier to handle and it consequently makes the process of removing the panel easier as well for transportation for example.

The built in cable tidy under the extending arm and the collar that clips around the upright support are more than capable of holding in a power cable and a single display cable along with a USB cable for example, however for users who have more than one display cable running to their monitor, there may be a space constraint with running three or more cables up the arm. Thankfully Peerless AV do include a few cable ties so there is always the option of fixing some cables to the arm this way.

Following the setup process, getting the screen to sit where I wanted it to was nice and easy, the arm is easy to move up and down and in my setup I’ve left the nut on the collar that attaches the arm to the upright undone so that I can swing the panel around as well If I wanted to. When it came to testing a slightly heavier panel however, it’s clear that going just over the weight limit of what the arm can handle is not really going to work. Testing the arm with one of Dell’s 30″ U3011 panels – which each weigh in at 9.3kg without their stand – the arm slowly dropped down to its lowest height. This is of course no fault of Peerless as I was testing with a screen that is outside of the weight guidance.

For the most part however, the arm is a simple as-is product that does exactly as it says it would and adjusting or rotating the screen is easy to do with no real force needed to move the panel but at the same time not so little that the screen can easily be knocked out of place.