As the demand and trend for ultrawide gaming monitors continues to grow, Singaporean brand Secretlab addressed one of the sticking point, which is the weight of the monitors, by creating and adding the Magnus Heavy Duty Edition monitor arm to its portfolio, providing a clear and obvious option to its customers with a desire for said ultrawide and bigger-than-27-inch gaming monitors, sans their provided stands.
The arm has been around for a while but as Secretlab did send me one to review so naturally, I said yes.
What Am I Looking At?
As the name suggests, the Magnus Heavy Duty Edition is a monitor arm designed primarily to hold up and accommodate ultrawide monitors just ASUS ROG Swift OLED PG49WCD, but it can also be used for non-ultrawide, heavier 32-inch models, such as the older PG32UQX that I am currently using.
As for how much weight it can handle, the Heavy Duty arm can hold up to 15kg, provided that the tension is tight enough between the springs. Again, it can handle anything from 32-inches all the way up to 57-inches. Just makes sure your room has the horizontal space to support monitors of the latter size.
What’s Good About It?
Unlike the standard monitor arm, the Magnus Heavy Duty Edition come prebuilt with a tension metre, allowing you to adjust the…well, tension in the springs of the arms. Without this little addition, the heavier, chonkier monitors will simply sink, pull the arm if you will, down to the table surface.
Another extra added physical feature that Secretlab has added in is the vertical arms at the back, allowing to adjust, tilt, or swivel the display with ease. That said, if the back of the monitor is depressed, you’re going to need to use the provided stand-offs, otherwise you won’t be able to install the VESA compatible plate and mount your monitor on to the arm.
What’s The Catch?
The Magnus Heavy Duty Edition arm isn’t cheap. At RM1,399 and given its specific use case, that price tag is a little rich but more to the point, makes this monitor arm a one-trick pony. Adding on to that, because of its nature to support larger and heavier than average gaming monitors, you’re going to want to make sure that the desk it’s attached to can actually support it.
Preferably and obviously, pairing it with one of Secretlab’s Magnus desk would be ideal but for my photo shoot, I was using an Omnidesk and for the first time, I bore witness to the desk’s structural integrity being tested by the weight of the 49-inch monitor that was attached to it. I mean, it held up but the stress on the sides was noticeable.
Should I Buy It?
To be frank, there’s only one reason that you’ll be getting Secretlab’s Magnus Heavy Duty Edition monitor arm: if you’ve been a baller and obtained one of those massive ultrawides for yourself. Unless you’re getting a 49-inch or even a standard 32-inch that is just as heavy, there is little or next to no reason I can see myself recommending this monitor arm to anybody. Seriously, if a 27-inch monitor is what you’re sticking to, a standard Magnus monitor arm is more than plenty.
Photography by John Law.
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