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Tried putting my monitors on stacked storage bins to save $200 on a desk riser
The wobble was so bad I had to redo my whole setup after a bookcase fell over last Thursday, has anyone found a cheap stand that actually stays still?
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evan_grant7012d ago
In my experience, the whole cheap stand thing is a trap because we end up paying for it in time and frustration later. Your mileage may vary, but I've noticed that when we try to cut corners on simple furniture, it usually wobbles or shifts and then we're back to square one with a bigger mess. Take this with a grain of salt, but I've had good luck with just bolting a couple of sturdy wooden crates together and putting them on a rubber mat for grip.
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gray31412d ago
@evan_grant70 nailed it, I bolted two sturdy crates to a plywood top last year and it's been rock solid.
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thomas.river12d ago
Oh man I gotta push back on this one a bit. I get what you're saying about cutting corners but sometimes the cheap route works fine if you pick the right stuff. I've got my dual monitors sitting on three heavy duty milk crates I found for like $8 each at a garage sale and they haven't budged in two years. The trick is getting the solid plastic ones with the grid pattern not the flimsy wire or woven ones. And yeah a bookcase falling over from monitor wobble sounds more like the bookcase was already tipping or the floor was uneven to begin with. I can see how stacking bins would be a disaster though those are way too light and slippery.
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