Dropped $250 on a premium art tablet stand and it was a total waste

Everyone raves about getting those expensive adjustable stands for your drawing tablet. I bought the Parblo Prism IV last month thinking it would fix my neck pain from hunching over my Huion. Turns out the thing is just a hunk of metal that wobbles anytime I press even a little hard. My old stack of textbooks worked better and cost me zero dollars. The height adjustment range is also way too narrow for my desk setup in my tiny apartment. I ended up returning it after three days and just propping my tablet on a shoebox. Has anyone else dropped money on gear that made your art setup worse instead of better?

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sean_barnes835mo ago

Totally feel your pain, wasted money on a monitor arm that barely held my screen up.

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mia_anderson5mo ago

@sean_barnes83 you must've gotten the same one I did. Thing started drooping before I even got my coffee lol.

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nancyd855mo ago

Grab yourself one of those gas spring single arm mounts with a 20+ pound capacity rating if you haven't already, @sean_barnes83. I burned through two cheap ones before I learned the hard way that the weight rating is usually a lie by like 30%. Look for one with a metal base plate instead of plastic, and check the clamp thickness against your desk edge, because mine didn't fit right and I had to shim it with a piece of wood. Idk if you already returned the bad one, but most companies will take them back within 30 days if you push a little. Maybe it's just me but I swear half these arms are designed for those tiny 20 inch office monitors from 2010, not anything modern.

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