Carry Handle for VESA Mount Monitor?

I have an old Lenovo M72e Tiny PC attached to the back of a monitor using the VESA mounting points. I've been using this combination as a kind of transportable computer over the last couple of months.

I think it'd be really convenient if the monitor/computer had a carry handle, and the obvious place to attach such a handle would be the VESA mounting points. However, I've tried googling and I haven't been able to find much.

There's a guy on Reddit looking for the same thing.

I can find watermelon carry handles, concrete block carry handles, and even dog carry handles. Monitor carry handles? Not so much.

I did find this one but it's in the UK, and appears to be rather over-engineered (for Special Forces operatives?) and likely to be in the category of "if you have to ask the price, you can't afford it".

I also found this device, which is closer to what I imagine such a thing would look like, but it's pretty pricy for a piece of flat metal with a wooden handle. The second-hand monitor that I want to attach it to only cost me $30!

Has anyone seen anything like this?

Comments

  • You could make the tabletkiosk.com one easily enough.

    They're expensive because it's a low demand item, when was the last time you saw someone carting a PC or screen down the street> That's why we invented laptops, and LAN parties are so '90s.

    • when was the last time you saw someone carting a PC or screen down the street

      Maybe they don't because, like me, they can't find a carry handle?

      • Like I said, it's a speciality item. Either buy what's on offer or make one.

        Making one isn't rocket science, you said yourself it's only a wooden dowel & some metal straps.

        As pointed out below 3D printing is also an option.

  • I just found this one https://www.sanwa.co.jp/product/syohin.asp?code=MR-VESA5N but when I go to the English version of the site, there doesn't seem to be a search facility.

    Amazon Japan also lists it, at 2629 yen, which seems to be about $35, but I can't seem to find it on other Amazon sites.

  • +1

    The only way you're going to get something cheaper is to diy it from a metal plate or have a mate with a 3d printer.

    https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=vX01b4AZPCE

    https://www.myminifactory.com/object/3d-print-vesa-carry-han…

  • Thinking outside the box, how about a bag for the monitor/tinyPC? At least it's far more durable this way, not to mention less conspicuous.

    https://www.amazon.com/Gator-Transporting-Screens-Monitors-B…

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