Ergotron MX Mini Desk Mount and Universal Tablet Cradle Review

The Ergotron MX Mini Desk Mount is a versatile mount that lets you put a small monitor or tablet on a desk for easy access. We’ve used this arm with the Ergotron Universal Tablet Dock to use the iPad Pro as a monitor while working for the past few months, and we love the flexibility it adds to our home office.

Ergotron MX Mini Table Mounting Arm Ergotron Workpiece D, but mounts to almost any desk that’s one inch to two inches thick. The arm itself offers a wide range of motion so you can put the screen where you need it, including tilt options for standing use. It has a swivel mount so you can use the monitor in landscape or portrait orientation without disconnecting any connections.

You can attach a monitor up to 24 inches directly to the arm using a standard VESA mount, or use the Ergotron Universal Tablet Mount to attach an iPad or Android tablet to the arm. It really depends on your needs. We used the 9.7-inch iPad Pro as we already have it in the office and the mount is easy to put on and take off.

With the iPad mounted, you can use the iPad apps on their own to watch a movie, make a FaceTime call, or stay connected to other essential services – but the real power comes from using an app like the one below. Duet Screening To turn the iPad into a monitor.

You can use this to make the iPad a monitor, or use the arm to hold up to a 24-inch monitor.

We use Duet to make the iPad Pro in the Ergotron dock and arm a third screen for our home office. Unlike other screens, we can take this to the bedroom to watch a movie at the end of the day or catch it to fly a drone after work. The Universal Tablet Dock can hold tablets up to 10-inch screens and attaches to an arm like this one or the back of a monitor you already own.

You adjust the arms on the Universal Tablet Mount to fit the width of the tablet, and you can move the top that locks the tablet in place so it doesn’t block the camera on the tablet. It’s easy to set up and once you’ve made the required measurements, simply slide the tablet into place and fix it.

The mount and arm allow you to hold a tablet up to 10 inches in place at various angles and heights.

We often use it in portrait mode with the iPad Pro so we can keep Messages, Twitter or a website in place while we work. While we’re working late, we’ll often throw a movie on the iPad for fun in landscape mode. We can change the position and orientation of the Ergotron MX Mini Desk Mount Arm and the Ergotron Universal Tablet Mount in seconds to suit our needs.

This is a handy monitor mount that can hold a sizable screen, and the Universal Tablet Dock easily fits iPad Mini, iPad Air and iPad Pro 9.7 inch. Stand alone or with Duet Display, these accessories are an essential part of our home office, and the added monitor definitely helps productivity on busy days.

you can buy Ergotron MX Mini Table Mounting Arm for $149.99 CDW and Ergotron Universal Tablet Dock for $38.99 CDW and other retailers.