Sorry I didn't reply earlier. Got busy/side-tracked.
* What I ended up doing to load the three monitors are the arm was to mount the center one, and then slide the arm all the way to the bottom (while sitting it on the floor). Then I added the left and the right. This way the tip was almost non-existent.
* I think it was a function of the torsion in the arm. The weight of the monitors caused a slight bend/twist in the arm. With my new 22" widescreens, I used some cardboard shims and got the monitors within 1/16". Bigger monitors, further out on the arms, so I'd say it's something that can be overcome. I don't have any experience with the TripleLift. The arm just looked sturdier from the pictures.
Ibrin, I had previously skimmed passed your review as I'm a tenant and therefore not interested in wall mounting. However, your review is instructive for my situation as:
* You described getting the monitors off your desk as "life changing". That shows that even if I'm not interested in a wall mount I'm probably not going to be interested in using the original monitor stands or sitting them on a desk. Clearing one's desk as much as possible seems desirable.
* Your warning, for a triple mount, to get a second person when mounting the outer monitors is important. I wonder whether another workaround, if one doesn't have access to another human, is to lie the monitors face down on the carpet?
* A triple monitor stand might have alignment problems:
[quote]I have yet to get all three monitors to line up perfectly. The largest issue is that the outer monitors sit about an 1/8" lower than the center. I believe this is because the monitor arms are torquing (twisting) down slightly, causing the monitor to drop. It's not a big issue, and is really only evident when starting at the Windows desktop.
Is this a flaw in the DS-100 which the LX triple lift does not have?