What size monitors are those? I use a pair of 24" 4K monitors in roughly the same configuration as yours. 27" would definitely be too tall.
I find having a vertical 24" monitor to be super useful, especially for reading typical PDF files as an entire page fits nicely on the screen.
My vertical monitor is a bit closer to the desk, and the horizontal monitor is much higher than yours, about 7.5" above the desk. The bottom edges are not aligned; the vertical monitor bottom edge is about 5" below the bottom of the horizontal monitor, and its top edge is about 3" above the top of the horizontal monitor.
The top of horizontal monitor is just below my eye height. So the top of the vertical one is a couple of inches above that, but this is not a problem as I don't spend much time looking at the very top of that monitor.
Each monitor is tilted separately. The horizontal one is tilted back only slightly; the vertical one tilted more. So the center of each monitor is perpendicular to my line of sight.
At the moment I'm using the two monitors with a Linux desktop, but sometimes I connect them both to a ThinkPad for a three-monitor setup with the ThinkPad's display and keyboard. When I do this, I raise the horizontal monitor up another inch so the ThinkPad display tucks in underneath it.
With your horizontal monitor sitting so close to the desk, I have to wonder if your seating position may be too low? Are your forearms horizontal when typing? (Forgive me if I'm being nosy or presumptuous, just curious.)
One related tip for anyone reading this, regardless of your monitor arrangement: if you wear glasses, do not use progressive lenses at your computer. Instead, get a pair of single vision lenses with a fairly tall aspect ratio so they let you see the entire screen(s) without tilting your head back. Don't ask your optometrist for a "reading" prescription - that tends to be about a 16" distance, and your monitors are probably farther from your eyes than that. Measure the distance from your eyes to the monitors and get single vision lenses made for that distance.
> What size monitors are those? I use a pair of 24" 4K monitors in roughly the same configuration as yours. 27" would definitely be too tall.
They're 24", like yours. It sounds like our setups are actually nearly identical: the top of my horizontal monitor is also just below my eye height, and I spend most of my time looking at the middle of the vertical one. I should probably move them around a bit so I can actually look at the vertical one without turning my head, though.
> With your horizontal monitor sitting so close to the desk, I have to wonder if your seating position may be too low? Are your forearms horizontal when typing? (Forgive me if I'm being nosy or presumptuous, just curious.)
I appreciate it! I think my seating is right, at least based on what I was taught about ergonomics -- my forearms are horizontal and I don't have to pivot my wrists up or down while typing or moving my mouse.
I find having a vertical 24" monitor to be super useful, especially for reading typical PDF files as an entire page fits nicely on the screen.
My vertical monitor is a bit closer to the desk, and the horizontal monitor is much higher than yours, about 7.5" above the desk. The bottom edges are not aligned; the vertical monitor bottom edge is about 5" below the bottom of the horizontal monitor, and its top edge is about 3" above the top of the horizontal monitor.
The top of horizontal monitor is just below my eye height. So the top of the vertical one is a couple of inches above that, but this is not a problem as I don't spend much time looking at the very top of that monitor.
Each monitor is tilted separately. The horizontal one is tilted back only slightly; the vertical one tilted more. So the center of each monitor is perpendicular to my line of sight.
At the moment I'm using the two monitors with a Linux desktop, but sometimes I connect them both to a ThinkPad for a three-monitor setup with the ThinkPad's display and keyboard. When I do this, I raise the horizontal monitor up another inch so the ThinkPad display tucks in underneath it.
With your horizontal monitor sitting so close to the desk, I have to wonder if your seating position may be too low? Are your forearms horizontal when typing? (Forgive me if I'm being nosy or presumptuous, just curious.)
One related tip for anyone reading this, regardless of your monitor arrangement: if you wear glasses, do not use progressive lenses at your computer. Instead, get a pair of single vision lenses with a fairly tall aspect ratio so they let you see the entire screen(s) without tilting your head back. Don't ask your optometrist for a "reading" prescription - that tends to be about a 16" distance, and your monitors are probably farther from your eyes than that. Measure the distance from your eyes to the monitors and get single vision lenses made for that distance.