CBS Ollin Monitor Arm
The Long-Reach Arm
The Ollin (CBS code OLN/009/010) is the arm for desks where the Flo runs out of reach or the screen is unusually light. Its technical cord mechanism balances 0 to 9 kg with no minimum weight, it reaches 674 mm horizontally and moves 367 mm vertically, and the head rotates to portrait with a fingertip. There is a 180 or 360 degree stop so a screen cannot swing into the desk beside it.
White or black, with your choice of split clamp, top-mount clamp or through-desk fitting.
The Mechanism
A Cord, Not a Spring
The Ollin balances on a technical cord rather than a coil spring or a gas strut. The practical consequence is the bit that matters: there is no minimum weight. A spring arm set for a 6 kg monitor will fling a 1 kg tablet at the ceiling; the Ollin will hold it. CBS publishes the range as 0 to 9 kg, which is why this is the arm that ends up under laptop trays, tablets, point-of-sale screens and light panels as well as ordinary monitors.
It also has the longest reach in the CBS range at 674 mm, so it will cross a deep desk without the post having to sit in the middle of it.
The Details
Five Things That Make It an Ollin
The cord mechanism, the reach, the VESA head, the touch-screen tilt and the desk fittings.
A Cord, Not a Spring
The Ollin balances on a technical cord rather than a coil spring or a gas strut, so there is no minimum weight. A spring arm set for a 6 kg monitor will fling a 1 kg tablet at the ceiling; the Ollin holds it. CBS publishes 0–9 kg.
674 mm of Reach
The longest reach in the CBS range, with 367 mm of vertical travel, so the arm crosses a deep desk without the post having to sit in the middle of it.
The VESA Head
VESA 75 and 100 compliant with fingertip portrait rotation, and a 180° or 360° stop so a screen cannot swing into the desk beside it. The footprint behind the screen is deliberately small.
Laid Back for Touch
Low-to-desk geometry and a deep backward tilt, so a touch screen can be laid back to a drawing angle. Upright is fine for reading and hopeless for drawing or signing.
Three Desk Fittings
Split clamp 0–68 mm, top-mount clamp 12–25 mm, or a through-desk fitting 10–35 mm. The fittings are shared with the Flo, so a mixed floor takes one set of spares.
The Numbers
- Screen Weight
- 0–9 kg, no minimum
- Horizontal Reach
- 674 mm
- Vertical Travel
- 367 mm
- Stop Function
- 180° / 360°
- VESA
- 75 and 100
- Warranty
- 12 years
All figures are Colebrook Bosson Saunders' own, from its Ollin product page. The photographs are CBS's own product photography.
Touch-Screen Use
Laid Back for Drawing
CBS designed the Ollin's geometry to sit low to the desk and tilt a long way backwards, which is what a touch screen needs. Upright is fine for reading and hopeless for drawing or signing; a screen tilted back towards the horizontal takes the weight of the arm off the shoulder.
It is the reason the Ollin turns up in design studios, clinical settings and any reception desk where a customer is asked to sign something.
Mounting
Portrait, Cables and Fittings
VESA 75 and 100 compliant with fingertip portrait rotation, and three-point cable management that keeps the loom inside the arm from head to post. The footprint behind the screen is deliberately small, so the arm does not eat the space a desk shelf or a second screen wants.
Three desk fittings share the range with the Flo: split clamp to 68 mm, top-mount clamp 12 to 25 mm, through-desk 10 to 35 mm.
Why We Stock It
Colebrook Bosson Saunders has been designing monitor arms in London since 1990 and is now part of MillerKnoll. Its arms turn up in the fit-outs where somebody cared: the mechanism is quiet, the cable route is properly thought through, and the 12-year warranty says what CBS thinks of its own tolerances.
We stock CBS because it sits in the gap between a cheap arm that sags in a year and a Humanscale at twice the price, and because the desk fittings are shared across the range — so a floor with Flo and Ollin arms takes one set of spares. Call 02 9640 0642 for a floor quote, or visit our Pyrmont showroom at 1/209 Harris Street to see what is on the floor.
CBS Ollin, 674 mm
Reach Across the Whole Desk
The longest reach in the CBS range, a mechanism with no minimum weight, and a 12-year warranty behind it.
Features & Specifications
Key Features
-Technical cord mechanism rather than a spring or gas strut: 0–9 kg with no minimum weight
-Horizontal reach 674 mm (26.5 in); vertical travel 367 mm (14 in); 180° / 360° stop function
-VESA 75 and 100 compliant; fingertip portrait-to-landscape rotation
-Low-to-desk geometry and a deep backward tilt for touch-screen use
-Three-point integrated cable management; compact footprint behind the screen
-Desk fittings: split clamp 0–68 mm, top-mount clamp 12–25 mm, or through-desk clamp 10–35 mm
-Red Dot Award; Good Design Award Japan 2021; plastic-free packaging; British design and engineering
-Warranty 12 years (CBS)
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Screen Weight0–9 kg (0–19.8 lb), no minimum
Horizontal Reach674 mm (26.5 in)
Vertical Travel367 mm (14 in)
Stop Function180° / 360°
VESA75 and 100 compliant
Desk ThicknessSplit clamp 0–68 mm; top mount 12–25 mm; through desk 10–35 mm
FinishesWhite, Black
Warranty12 years
All figures are Colebrook Bosson Saunders' own, from its Ollin and Ollin dual product pages linked above. CBS publishes no recycled-content figure for the Ollin and no separate weight for the dual mount bar. Warranty terms are on CBS's site and our warranty page.
Frequently Asked Questions
Check three things: the screen's weight in kilograms (the number that matters most), its VESA hole pattern on the back, and your desk's thickness where the clamp goes. The weight range is in the specifications above; almost every office monitor is VESA 75 × 75 or 100 × 100. CBS gives 0 to 9 kg for the Ollin, with no minimum, so a light screen or a tablet is fine on it. If your screen has no VESA holes, a VESA adapter plate is usually available for it — send us the model on 02 9640 0642 and we will check before you order.
The Ollin is cord-balanced, covers 0 to 9 kg with no minimum weight and reaches 674 mm. The Flo uses a dual-rate spring, covers 2 to 7 kg and reaches 584 mm in a more compact package. Choose the Ollin for very light screens, tablets, laptop trays, touch screens or a deep desk; choose the Flo for a standard monitor on a standard desk.
Yes — that is what the no-minimum-weight cord mechanism is for. CBS publishes the range as 0 to 9 kg, so a tablet on a VESA adapter or a laptop tray sits on it without the arm trying to lift. Tell us what you are mounting on 02 9640 0642 and we will confirm the adapter you need.
Measure the desk where the arm will go. The split clamp takes 0 to 65 mm and is the default; the top-mount clamp takes 12 to 25 mm and sits more discreetly; the grommet fitting takes 10 to 35 mm and goes through an existing cable port. If the desk has a thick edge beam or a return in the way, send us a photo on 02 9640 0642 and we will tell you which one works.
Ten minutes with the supplied hex key for one arm. The clamp or grommet fitting goes on the desk first, the post drops in, the arm slides on, then the screen clips to the VESA plate. The only step worth doing carefully is setting the spring tension to the screen's weight before you let go of it — the instructions cover it and the specifications above list the adjustment.
Colebrook Bosson Saunders publishes a 12-year warranty on this arm against defects in materials and workmanship in normal use. Claims come to Chair Dinkum on 02 9640 0642 and we lodge and manage them. Full terms are on Colebrook Bosson Saunders's site and our warranty page, and your Australian Consumer Law rights apply in addition.
Yes — visit our Pyrmont showroom at 1/209 Harris Street to see what is on the floor, and we can put a screen on an arm so you can feel the movement before you commit to a floor's worth. Call 02 9640 0642 first so we can have the one you want set up.
