Planar 997-5253-00 Dual Monitor Stand (Black)

by Planar

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 18.8 x 10.8 x 3.7 inches ; 8 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 8.6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B0013TZRUA
• California residents: Click here for Proposition 65 warning.
• Item model number: 997-5253-00
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (35 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank:
  • #18 in Electronics > Computers & Add-Ons > Computer Accessories > Monitor Accessories > Monitor Arms & Stands
• Date first available at Amazon.com: August 22, 2003

Product Description

Dual monitor stand

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

32 of 33 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Sturdy, beautifully designed monitor stand, January 27, 2009

By 

John Kenney (Boston, MA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Planar 997-5253-00 Dual Monitor Stand (Black) (Personal Computers)

This is an exceptional product! I love products that are carefully and attractively designed like this - products that blend form and function in the perfect way.

Seems silly to get excited about a monitor stand? But I am delighted with this - possibly even more so than I am about the 2nd monitor I bought it for.

I have a 20" and a 22" monitors set up on it (though it could support larger, I'm sure because there is significant additional space on the support arms).

Configuration is very stable - this is a heavy duty product. But at the same time, the stand is very elegantly designed and of superior quality. Looks very polished and professional from every angle.

There is lots of flexibility to adjust arrangement of screens - much more than I anticipated given comments from some people. You can move screens up / down on main support bar and in / out on each support arm. I'm finding lots of room in both these directions.

As well, you can tilt monitors quite far on their individual connetors - much, much further than i could with the orginal stands the monitors came with. By tilt, I mean both side-to-side and up-and-down (or forward/back, however is the right way to say it).

And you can rotate each monitor 90 degrees or so if you want one or both monitors vertical (mine are both horizontal, but out of curiousity, I confirmed you can fully rotate both of them).

I found assembly also pretty easy, including the part about connecting both screens single-handedly which some people described as very difficult. I did not find it so. Everything went together very nicely - and demonstrated how cleanly designed this product is.

Note: I did not buy this product on Amazon because I did not see pictures for it. I bought instead at Newegg where they do have pictures and where product seems to be the most popular monitor stand they have (understandably so!). Prices were similar.

Recap: this is a great product! highly recommend it if you are in the market for a dual monitor stand.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Good item..., January 5, 2011

By 

Ed - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Planar 997-5253-00 Dual Monitor Stand (Black) (Personal Computers)

This is a great item. I use it to hold a Viewsonic 24in and Dell 24 in monitor. Good and sturdy. You might need a second person to help add both monitors to make it easier...would recommend this for a 2 monitor setup.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Solid, capable display stand, March 10, 2011

By 

DeekGeek - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Planar 997-5253-00 Dual Monitor Stand (Black) (Personal Computers)

I have this display stand holding two 24" widescreen monitors that are heavy as lead. It has performed admirably. With 24" screens, the amount of available adjustment is just enough to get them where I wanted. There wasn't a lot of extra room, but the stand delivered what the manufacturer said it would.

Once the monitors are mounted, their weight makes adjustments difficult. This is definitely not something that you will play with regularly unless your screens are small. Once you get it set though, it is solid, stable, and reliable. I highly recommend this stand if you want to put dual, large-screen monitors on a desktop.