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Bell'O 8170DB Tilt-Pan Art Arm Mount 12-52-Inch LCD (Black)

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This product is titled "for dummies" and having bought 2 of these I am now certain I qualify. It is supposedly suitable for TV's up to 42 inches and c80lbs in weight. I bought 2 (based on Amazon recommendation) for my new 42 inch Toshiba TV's.

I am a structural engineer and have completed many home improvemnt products so I think I know the right tool for the job when I see it - upon opening the box I instinctively thought "this looks too small and unstable for a large TV" but decided to give benefit of the doubt and try it anyway.

The 2 small lag screws provided to fix the device to a single stud looked way too small for me so I added an additional batten behind the wall and installed 5.5 inch through bolts instead. The instructions are pretty poor - I think anyone unused to such projects would be confused and not figure out why so many surplus screws, bolts, washers and shims are provided (I am still not sure myself!). However I found what I needed, put the thing together and mounted the tv.

Instantly I was unhappy with the way that the tv wobbles around the single support axis, and how, despite the fact that the support was put in perfectly level, the TV sits at a drunken angle against the wall (the support is simply not stiff enough to counter any slight eccentricity in the weight of the TV).

My greatest frustration however was how easy it was to strip the threads on the adjusting nuts (I managed to do this to at least one without really trying) and also how the sockets in the nuts for the supplied allen key adjusting wrench can (and were) easily rounded off during the process of trying to turn them at an awkward angle behind the tv.

I now have a listing TV attached to a support which I can no longer properly adjust and which gives me little comfort that it can support the c75lbs my TV weighs in the long term. Despite the installation of through bolts all this load applied to a very small area causes the wall to creak and flex alarmingly every time I move the TV!

I have returned the second device without even attempting to use it and cant wait to replace the one I did use with something more suitable for the job.

In summary, may be an economical option for small TV's but not very robust or well made and certainly not man enough for the range of sizes claimed by the manufacturers.

I intend to go with my original gut feel and go with something much sturdier that will spread load across 2 studs.

two lag bolts small holding up 2 thousand dollar aquos tv equals extreme apprehension. typical example of if it sounds to good to be true it probably is. it will good for smaller tv.

arrived busted and completely unusable. DO NOT buy this if you intend to USE the dvd for installation instructions! The way it is packaged and shipped is horrible. There are a gazillion nuts and washers and screws too, so be prepared for this when you try to install without that DVD! Once we got it together after 2 hours(I have a BBA and my hubby has done industrial maintenance for years-HE CAN TAKE ANYTHING APART AND REBUILD IT) the mount is great for the $.....

Bought this for a 52" 75 lbs. tv. Ummm, yeah right! There is no way we were gonna trust our tv on this. So we thought maybe for our smaller tv - 32" around 50 lbs. No way there either. Really, maybe if you had a REALLY tiny $200 19" tv or something less it might work. But I wouldn't trust this on anything you spent a good amount of money on or anything over 15-20 lbs (even that would make me nervous). This absolutely will not hold up what it advertises! If you don't want to worry about your tv falling off the wall, don't get this! Bite the bullet, spend more and get a sturdier mount!

I have a visio 32" and it didn't fit the mount on the back of the TV.

Worked exactly like it should easy to install. It was exactly what I wanted and needed for the 32" lcd tv we have.