Note: not all monitors, even modern ones, are VESA mountable. I learned this the hard way (darn you Dell!)
The work I'm talking about in the title is adjusting the arms to where they work well for me. This product gives as much motion as you could possibly get from a mount, but it does have limitations, which I quickly realized (the arms only go so far up, so it's better to aim high: mine are both at the top of the stick; also, if you want them to be as far back as possible while being close together, you need range from the desk to the wall. I had to move my stick from right next to the pegboard to 6 inches to the right to make it work like this).
Also. Instead of unmounting the monitors, I found it easier to carefully remove the entire arm with the monitors attached. I missed the step where it says to put in the screws on the monitor then hang it up and put the rest of the screws. It can be done as a one-man job, other than that and the need to move the stick to the right (which I chose to keep everything mounted rather than remove and shift, which made it a 2-man job).
The cable management was a nice touch (though it doesn't take away the rest of my cable management which looks terrible). Just make sure to take off the caps on the arms before you mount or you won't have an easy time getting them off. The holders to attach were easy enough after the fact but might have been easier beforehand as well.
Finally, there were some pieces it wasn't clear what were for, as in their purpose wasn't mentioned in the manual as far as I could tell, though they were listed there in the materials list.
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