Customer Reviews

Sanus VMAA18S Articulating Wall Mount for 30" to 50" Displays (Silver)

5 star:		(38)
4 star:		(18)
3 star:		(2)
2 star:		(0)
1 star:		(1)

 

 

After looking tirelessly on the internet for swivel mounts, I landed on this mount which was only reviewed by one user. Usually that's not enough for me to hang my hat on, but I took a chance. As has been the case with Amazon these last couple of years, the price and free shipping was too good to pass up. Best Buy locally stocks this mount for $350 plus tax, so you can see how good of a deal this is here. Now for the mount, it's well built at about 30 pounds. The main swing arm is aluminum, with the rest of the components heavier steel. This universal system installed flawlessly in about 15 minutes after I anchored the main wall plate. I took my sweet time on the wall plate assuring myself of an excellent hold and position. The rest was quick. Lifting my 50 inch plasma at 90 pounds with the 30 pound mount was a slight chore, but you easily hang the swing arm (with TV) over the wall plate. It's so easy to turn the TV now and I have a slight tilt downward to square the viewing angle. This thing is great. I would highly recommend it. Be sure to visit the manufacture's web site to confirm your TV model works with the mount.

I initially purchased a vertical tilt only mount at Best Buy, at the same time as I bought my 42'' flat panel TV, but returned it when I realized I could order this on Amazon, same price and full motion, better looking.
The instructions were remarkably easy to follow, and we mounted the TV in about one hour (it takes two people), without any glitches except at the end :make sure you remove the stand that might come attached on the TV BEFORE you screw the mount in. We made that mistake and had to take it apart after the TV was attached to the wall WITH the stand, and we realized the mount's frame was covering the access to the stand's screws. But even that was relatively easy to fix.

I highly recommend this mount, and it's a good deal for the price!

I love the flexibility of Sanus brackets. They work great on most any TV and they have the best mounting bracket that mounts to the wall. Other manufacturers only work if your TV centers on a perfect stud space or they do not give adequate room to bring wiring/electrical through. This bracket is very flexible for wiring and the screw holes go all the way across; not just at both ends. Just be sure you can get two studs lined up with this bracket or at least a stud on one side and a set of heavy-duty toggle bolts on the other.
My only complaint (as with every other bracket out there) is that there is no easy way for proper wire management. It comes with plastic eyeholes that fit in either top or bottom of the arm so you tie-strap your wires to the bracket which is a nice idea; but unless your just using only composite video and the power cord, forget about trying to get the bracket managable to easily pull out and push back in the TV. I just trimmed my wires to the lenth the bracket would be fully extended and left enough to loop down to the inputs. Then I tie-strapped the wires to the bottom bar just above the inputs. It will not hang below the TV and it is workable enough to push back against the wall without the wires pushing it back away from the wall.

Amazon's price is great and their delivery very timely. Once this mount is up and installed, it is fabulous -- well engineered, excellent manufacturing, very "tweakable" for leveling and ease of movement -- a solid mount for my new Pio 5010. So why not 5 Stars?

Amazon ships the product (which is quite heavy) in the product's original packaging (no outer box). When mine arrived, the carton had been heavily taped with clear packaging tape. Upon opening the box -- no documentation/manual of any kind. Went to Sanus website and fortunately the product documentation was available for download -- downloaded and printed the manual. First section of the manual is a parts listing, which given the state of the carton, I cross-checked against the major components. To my disappointment (but not surprise) 2 MAJOR parts were not present. The manual pleads you to contact Sanus for parts, instead of returning the product to the dealer, so the next morning I dutifully called CS at Sanus to see about getting the missing parts. Parts were to be sent out that day -- expedited. Unfortunately, the parts were sent out "ground" and took 6 days to arrive.

When speaking to CS rep at Sanus, I was advised that the 2 bags of small parts (bolts, washers, etc) were all that were shipped with the major components. As I had received both bags intact and factory sealed I believed once the major components arrived I would be all set. WRONG!

As a previous reviewer has noted the retaining bolts for the restrictor/preventor plate were no where to be found in the 2 small parts bags. Again, contacted Sanus and was told the bolts were out-of-stock. Sanus has evidently made a "business decision" to knowingly send out this product without these parts. While the exact parts were not locally available (6mm cylinder head Allen bolts), I was able to find a hex-head bolt at Lowes that works OK.

Summary: While the supply chain failed to perform to expectations, I am VERY pleased with the mount itself. Amazon, the weight of this mount exceeds the carton's capacity to be used as a "shipper" (consider using an outer shipping box). Sanus, shame on you for KNOWINGLY selling a product without all its parts -- the marketplace will punish you for your error in judgement.

This is a very heavy duty mount. I installed it in about an hour. A stud finder is a must. Once I found the (16" apart) studs, it wasn't hard to put up the mount. One person can do it, but 2 would have been better. The wall portion must be attached at the studs, however the TV portion of the bracket can slide approximately 12" back and forth so you can center the TV over a piece of furniture or between windows etc.

I found similar mounts at CC / BB for 50 to 100% more. I would recommend this mount to friends or if the need arrose buy another.

I searched for this product all over the internet and by shopping at several different retail stores- Hands down Amazon had the best price- I saved over half the money buying it from Amazon! When I first opened the box all the parts looked Scary..lol..but once READING the instructions (yes, I am a woman!) the installation was a breeze. After assembly the T.V. bracket and installing the wall bracket into the studs(making sure it was level) all I needed was my husbands strength to lift the T.V. up on the wall bracket and tightening a few nuts and bolts it was set! This wall mount comes with every conceivable nuts and bolts you will need. Our new LCD T.V. looks amazing up on the wall and the best part is with a touch you can move it out from the wall and swivel it from left to right and up or down! Love it!

I did a good deal of research before I chose this mount. I was not disappointed! With help from my 11 year old son, we had no problem assembling and mounting this puppy. The lag bolts are more than adequate for mounting to the wall. Final mounting is solid, and the articulating arm and screen-tilt feature make this ultimately flexible for viewing from anywhere in the room. I mounted this in a corner, and get plenty of clearance for maneuverability. Recommended this mount to a buddy...he ordered it and is very happy with it.

This was a great wall mount for my 37 inch LCD TV. The instructions where very clear and easy to follow, it folds back to about 3 inches and is center in the wall when retracted or extended out to its max length of 19 inches. If you're looking for an articulating mount this is the one to buy. The best part was the price, $224.00 Dollars from Amazon verses 399.99 from Best Buy.

I bought this Swivel wall mount for my 40" LCD TV since I wanted to mount in the corner of my wall to cover both Living Room and Dinning Room. Indeed, it does really very well job by moving left and right and upside down.
I like it.

Product is well built, yet was disappointing. The documentation supplied by the manufacturer claims it can be mounted on walls with studs spaced up to 24" apart. However, the wall bracket is only 18" wide. Contacting the manufacturer resulted in being told that the product manual is incorrect and they do not offer a 24" wall bracket for that model. I would have to return the entire (very heavy) unit on my dime and pay almost another $100 for a different model.

I chose to fabricate an extension myself at a cost of $15 worth of steel that works fine but looks a bit hokey as seen when the TV is extended from the wall.