Monday 21 November 2022

Arctic Z2 Basic Dual Monitor Arm

 So, this review was another overdue and this was going to be useful for the longer nights and with the amount of real work that was to be done, a £44 investment is well worth the comfort or was it not. We will find out. This was from work but other retailers like Amazon and CCL sell it . But Enjoy this video below:


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The Packaging. 

This shows quite a fair bit and the colour scheme is black and white, which semi suits the arm in that regard. The Font is clear as Arctic is known for and does show multiple QR codes but they are explained on what they are supposed to imply. This brand is good for the non plastic method of packaging. But all the features are cleanly displayed. 

The Front of the box 



The Logo on the side of the vox 




The Back if the box which shows clearly the specs on the table shown 




The PSO Bar Codes as well as the certifications 




Another QR Code for the bottom of the box 


this then leads to opening the box and it was nicely laid out with carboard separating each of the parts so its not hard to find, the manual is a very stripped version but it does guide you how to assemble which is good. Its not as detailed as the online one

The 1st part of the Instructions 



The second parts 



Then final part 


The Weight of the parts is very strong so its not cheap metal and the Pole could easily knock some one unconscious with that weight, so the monitors will be strong enough to handle. The Base is quite light. The bag of the screws were separated but can be easy to forget to take out as I realised later on. But it is better to notice if the bags were separate. 


The Back of the Base 


The top of the base 


The rubber base 



The clips and the standoff screws 



The top of the rubber base 



The Screws but not labelled on the packet 



More of the screws 




The hole for where the arms connect to the pole 




The front of the monitor arms 




The bottom of the monitor arm pole 




The top of the monitor arm pole 




Just showing how long the pole is 




How the base works 


The Back of the arms 



Another look at the pole 


The Assembly

The Pole and the mount 

This was tough, well at first, since it was to be the plan of the screws to go into to the pole to the base but I did not see the 4mm hex keys/allen key, which made me use one of my own but that was not right angled so made it touch with the base. So i found it and eventually got it built up. 

Once that was done, it was time to screw in the base to the desk which in my mistake, I did put it too far back to the Left, but it was stiff there for the moment which really gave me confidence it was going to work. 

But then it was up and the time to get the Monitors on. 

The Arms attached to the pole 



 Attaching the Monitors: 

So this leads to the hard part to get the VESA mount added. Now I can point the best is the take the arm off the pole, That was my choice and it worked quite well. To point that out a blanket made it much easier and then the vesa mount screws were for different monitors, but mine were the M4 long ones which worked nicely with the mounting, well using the risers anyway. The 1st was good  but the second one was hard for the thing to attach. Face down was MUCH easier for both even with adjusting the arms for the second time. 

Attaching the 1st screen



Then the second 


But then it was that heavy lifting to get it on the pole and then it fitted on, the lid popped off but then popped it back on and then well it worked and it looks amazing. 

The Monitors on the Arms  



The Arms 

The Cable clips and putting back together. 

This was the semi easy part, Since the clips just snapped into place and give a nice little hook on to make it easier to manage the cables to the monitor and the desk, which some of the cables stretched to their limits, so I have to not use the hooks for those cables. but the HDMI ones worked better with the hooks in the end. 

The Cable clips 



Adding the hooks on to the arms 


With that done, it was time to do the finished results which then made it high enough to have my legs comfortable when sitting and well it makes it worth the long times, But it gave that extra height to fit more things on the desk such as glass of water or drink, PS4 and even a laptop. 

The Results and Conclusion 

So it worked and connected back, the extra height made things easier to work around and it feels much better laid out. Even more so with being able to have the PS4 right there. 

Turning on Windows 



2 screens with different pars 




A selfie with the better look at the desk




So here is the way, it does work for the comfort and sure can be tough with the right tools not by you. But it ended up strong and able to handle, the cable tidying makes it work nicely too. 

omracer's Rating: 8/10


The Good Points: 

  • Pretty Good Value
  • Strong and sturdy with the weight 
  • Handles 2 monitors, 
  • Cable tidying is nice to add 
  • Plenty of Adjustable height


The Bad Points: 

  • Make sure to get the bag looked at for the screws and hex tool, 
  • Strong hands needed for assembly
  • Arms can be hard to adjust when installing the monitors