Published 2026-10-13

Wall workstation or cart? A guide for tight spaces

In tight rooms the question is rarely which cart, but whether a cart at all. A wall-mounted workstation frees the floor; a slim cart keeps the IT mobile. The right answer depends on where the work happens.

The question behind the question: does the work move?

The choice between wall and cart is decided less by the room than by the task. If documentation happens at one fixed point — beside a bed, at a lab bench, at a machine or next to a door — the workstation can stay there, and the floor stays free. If the same person works at many points in the course of a shift, a workstation that travels saves the walk back to a desk. So start with a simple list: at which places is IT needed, how often, and by how many people at once? One busy fixed point argues for the wall. Many points that are each used briefly argue for a cart.

What a wall workstation offers

The IT Lift turns a wall into a complete, height-adjustable workstation. It offers 300 mm of height adjustment, and matched gas springs balance the monitor weight — no adjustment needed. The mount takes VESA 75/100 or 75/75 with quick release and carries monitors up to 18 kg; a dual-monitor option is available. The keyboard sits on a magnetic tray measuring 580 × 200 or 650 × 200 mm. With the tray folded, the whole unit stands only 110 mm from the wall — in a narrow room or corridor this is the figure that matters most. Cable routing is fully integrated, and optional holders take a client and a barcode scanner, with a drawer on a rail if needed. Wall systems are delivered as complete workstations including all IT components.

Support arms: when the screen has to come to the user

A wall lift moves up and down at one spot. Where the screen has to reach further — around equipment, across a bench, towards a person who cannot come to the wall — a height-adjustable support arm is the better tool. Three-joint arms with an optional extension bridge longer distances and swivel horizontally and vertically; a Z-bracket for VESA 75/100 adds rotation and tilt. Fold-up keyboard and writing trays and magnetic trays in various sizes turn the arm into a workstation, and a scanner holder is optional. Cables run inside the arm, various mounting options are available, and the arms are maintenance-free.

What a slim cart offers instead

A cart needs floor space, but not necessarily much. The EasyCart is built for exactly this situation: a small footprint and high manoeuvrability, so it fits into the tightest spaces, with a gas-spring lift for comfortable work sitting or standing. The decisive difference from the wall is independence. With a lean LiFePO4 power supply or an all-in-one panel PC with swappable batteries, a cart brings its IT to the place of work without cables being laid there. One cart can serve several rooms, and it can be moved out of the way entirely. When material or a printer has to travel along, cabinet carts add storage — the BaseCart is available in widths from 50 to 90 cm.

Power, cleaning and certification

Three practical points often settle the decision. Power: a wall workstation is fixed and supplied at its location, whereas a cart carries its own power — the lean LFP with 720 Wh runs for more than twelve hours, depending on the connected devices. Cleaning: a wall unit leaves the floor completely clear, and both the IT Lift and the support arms have integrated cables and smooth, easy-to-clean surfaces. Certification: for clinical environments, lean wall lifts and support arms are certified to IEC 60601-1 as medical devices of risk class I and CE-marked according to EU 2017/745; the support arms also have TÜV-certified safety. The warranty differs as well: wall lifts and support arms come with a 5-year warranty, while for carts a 5-year warranty is available as an option.

A short decision path

Four questions lead to a result. Is the work tied to one place? Then plan the wall first. Does the screen have to reach beyond that place? Then choose a support arm instead of the lift. Is IT needed at several places, or only at certain times? Then a slim column cart is the more flexible answer than one wall unit per place. Does material have to come along? Then look at a cabinet cart. In many buildings the outcome is a combination: wall workstations where the room is smallest and use is constant, carts for everything in between. Before you decide on quantities, test a cart from our pool of demo units under real conditions. In a consultation, by phone or on site, we plan wall-mounted and mobile workstations together, so that both use the same IT.

In short

Fixed place of work: wall. Many places: cart. A combination of both is a normal result.
The IT Lift stands only 110 mm from the wall with the tray folded and carries monitors up to 18 kg.
Support arms reach where a lift cannot: three joints, optional extension, integrated cables.
A slim cart such as the EasyCart carries its own power and can serve several rooms.
Wall lifts and support arms are certified to IEC 60601-1 and come with a 5-year warranty.

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