Tried to rotate my second monitor and cracked the stand in half

Was rearranging my desk in Denver last Saturday and thought I'd flip my old Dell monitor vertical for reading code. Twisted the base the wrong way and heard a loud snap - now it's propped on a stack of textbooks I borrowed from my roommate. Has anyone else had luck with those cheap VESA desk arms from Amazon or should I just bite the bullet on a nicer one?

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the_lisa22d ago

Twisted the base the wrong way" sounds aggressive for just flipping a monitor. Cracked plastic happens but maybe you don't REALLY need the vertical setup that bad.

fox.jesse21d ago

idk @the_lisa, turning a monitor vertical is pretty standard for coding, I've done it loads of times without issues. Maybe it's just me but the Dell stand probably just had a weak spot from the start.