BA From Des Moines

“Responding to the commenter above - the tray height hinge is held in place by the weight of the tray. If you lift up the back of the keyboard tray, it raises the height, just like it should. If you raise up the front of the tray, it disengages... and drops like a rock. Try to adjust it, but aren't careful enough? Drops like a rock. Trying to put it away, but accidentally raise the front edge of the keyboard when you're pushing on it? Drops like a rock. Bump the front with your knee? Drops like a rock. That situation is the worst, because only the back half will drop, which will leave the tray at an angle and will spill my fancy keyboard and mouse onto the ground every single time. I'm going to build a back lip onto the wooden tray that I had built for this, but it's stupid that I have to. The mechanism is also loose. The hinge for turning left and right has proper resistance once you turn the tray far enough engage it, but the track itself that the arm is connected to is a little too wide, meaning the tray can rotate 10 degrees in either direction with no resistance at all. The tray also rocks on its, I guess that would be a Y-axis? From the left to the right. I think they didn't tighten the interior part of the arm so that it would be free to move up and down, but the trade-off there is that it's so loose it rocks left and right. Unfortunately there does not seem to be a way to tighten that joint. There's also more play on the whole arm than I'd like. The tray depresses by a couple of degrees with just a tiny bit of pressure on it. For example, if I rest the weight of my wrist on the tray, the whole thing will deflect down by maybe 5 degrees. It's noticeable, and it makes the whole tray feel shoddy and fragile. Overall I think that if I could do back in time I would have tried a different product instead.”

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Posted 3 years ago

BA From Des Moines

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“Responding to the commenter above - the tray height hinge is held in place by the weight of the tray. If you lift up the back of the keyboard tray, it raises the height, just like it should. If you raise up the front of the tray, it disengages... and drops like a rock. Try to adjust it, but aren't careful enough? Drops like a rock. Trying to put it away, but accidentally raise the front edge of the keyboard when you're pushing on it? Drops like a rock. Bump the front with your knee? Drops like a rock. That situation is the worst, because only the back half will drop, which will leave the tray at an angle and will spill my fancy keyboard and mouse onto the ground every single time. I'm going to build a back lip onto the wooden tray that I had built for this, but it's stupid that I have to. The mechanism is also loose. The hinge for turning left and right has proper resistance once you turn the tray far enough engage it, but the track itself that the arm is connected to is a little too wide, meaning the tray can rotate 10 degrees in either direction with no resistance at all. The tray also rocks on its, I guess that would be a Y-axis? From the left to the right. I think they didn't tighten the interior part of the arm so that it would be free to move up and down, but the trade-off there is that it's so loose it rocks left and right. Unfortunately there does not seem to be a way to tighten that joint. There's also more play on the whole arm than I'd like. The tray depresses by a couple of degrees with just a tiny bit of pressure on it. For example, if I rest the weight of my wrist on the tray, the whole thing will deflect down by maybe 5 degrees. It's noticeable, and it makes the whole tray feel shoddy and fragile. Overall I think that if I could do back in time I would have tried a different product instead.”

Helpful Report

Posted 3 years ago

BA From Des Moines

Verified Reviewer

“Responding to the commenter above - the tray height hinge is held in place by the weight of the tray itself. If you lift up the back of the keyboard tray, it raises the height, just like it should. If you raise up the front of the tray, it disengages... and drops like a rock. Try to adjust it, but aren't careful enough? Drops like a rock. Trying to put it away, but accidentally raise the front edge of the keyboard when you're pushing on it? Drops like a rock. Bump the front with your knee? Drops like a rock. That situation is the worst, because only the back half will drop, which will leave the tray at an angle and will spill my fancy keyboard and mouse onto the ground every single time. I'm going to build a back lip onto the wooden tray that I had built for this, but it's stupid that I have to. The mechanism is also loose. The hinge for turning left and right has proper resistance once you turn the tray far enough engage it, but the track itself that the arm is connected to is a little too wide, meaning the tray can rotate 10 degrees in either direction with no resistance at all. The tray also rocks on its, I guess that would be a Y-axis? From the left to the right. I think they didn't tighten the interior part of the arm so that it would be free to move up and down, but the trade-off there is that it's so loose it rocks left and right. Unfortunately there does not seem to be a way to tighten that joint. There's also more play on the whole arm than I'd like. The tray depresses by a couple of degrees with just a tiny bit of pressure on it. For example, if I rest the weight of my wrist on the tray, the whole thing will deflect down by maybe 5 degrees. It's noticeable, and it makes the whole tray feel shoddy and fragile. Overall I think that if I could do back in time I would have tried a different product instead.”

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Posted 3 years ago

BA From Des Moines

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“I have been trying to leave a two star review, and it doesn't seem to be appearing for some reason.”

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Posted 3 years ago

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