Cheetah Mounts Plasma LCD Flat Screen TV Articulating Full Motion Dual Arm Wall Mount Bracket For 32-65" Displays Up To 165LBS Black With 10' High Speed HDMI Cable With Ethernet Fits Up To 24" Studs
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Customer Review: Cheetah mount is great!
Summary: 5 Stars
I purchased this mount to use with a 42" Samsung plasma (400mm x 400mm VESA mounting pattern, 40 lb. weight). The mount is extremely sturdy - I bet that the wall and/or mounting bolts will break before this mount will! This is one of the most complete and well packaged kits I have ever purchased! All bolts, screws, washers, nuts, spacers, and even a small level are included! Additional items you need for the installation: a stud finder, a drill motor, a 3/16" drill bit, and another person to help hold everything in place. My wall studs are 17" on center so the outside bracket holes ( I used 4 bolts total) lined up perfect with the wall studs and the mount/monitor feels rock solid. The articulating arms are a little stiff (better than too loose in my opinion). It requires 2 hands and a steady pull to adjust the television viewing angle - not a problem for me because I don't adjust it often. Overall a top quality product and highly recommended.
Additional mounting note: some of the reviewers mentioned that their wall studs are not 16-17" on center. The cheetah mount also has two mounting holes directly on center. An option for mounting with wall studs 24" on center is to install bolts through these two holes into a wall stud, then use 4 (or more) sheet rock toggle bolts (anchors - some are rated at 30 lbs. support or more each) through the outside holes. I don't know if this would work for a 150 lb. television but I think it would work fine for a lighter television like mine. Just my opinion, not the manufacturers; use at your own risk :)
Customer Review: A wall mount to beat all wall mounts!
Summary: 5 Stars
I have had this wall mount for about 2 months and my family loves it. It pulls out almost 2 feet with no sag from my 46" Samsung LCD and the swivel is awesome. Now everyone can see the TV with no problem. The mount is made of SOLID STEEL. This thing could hold a rhino. Installation was a breeze by myself. The toughest part was trying to decide if it was high enough. Highly recommend!!
Side note: Reading the other reviews about the bolts I did buy different 5/16 lag bolts and did not use the ones that came with the mount.
Now a moment about the company that sells the product, Cheetahmounts.com. All I can say is that they ROCK!!! I ordered my mount and couple days went by. I checked the online status of delivery and it hadn't changed from "Billing received" on the UPS site. I called the company to see what this meant and the lady(forgot her name)told me that the label probably fell off the product. She said we'll send you another one 2nd day air and sure enough two days later I had it. Then I noticed that it wasn't the model I ordered and called them back. Once again customer service was outstanding. She said that the model I got,APDAM3B, is better than the one I ordered,APDAM2B. Which I believe after comparing the specs of the two. Then she says, "I noticed you didn't receive your original mount in two days. I'm going to refund your shipping costs". How great is that?? I have never dealt with a better business and will definitely go with this company again for my next mount.
Customer Review: Rock Solid
Summary: 5 Stars
I am a Directv installer and have seen just about every mount available. This is a rock solid mount. With dual support arms and heavy duty steel construction, you can't beet the price. This is the mount I decided to use with my 55" Samsung LCD and not looking back at the other mounts I was thinking about at all. I am very happy with my decision, which is rare. This mount is adjustable in every aspect possible. Tilt, Twist, Swivel, Extend, and Skew.
This mounts comes with every screw, bolt, toggle, and spacer you would ever need to mount your brand of TV. I used my own high quality 3" x 3/8" Lag bolts to mount to stud in wall. I have personally snapped lesser quality Lags with ease. Lag bolts are not all created equally and since those are the week link in your TV mounting assembly, do yourself a favor and use at least 2 high quality 3" x 3/8" Lag bolts directly in center of studs, besides the included toggles and flares. Less than a buck to save your $1,000 plus investment.
Anyone looking to buy a wall mount should definitely go with one that you can pull away from the wall weather your planning to twist it at a angle or not. There is nothing more frustrating than trying to install or change cables in the back of a flat screen that is stuck against a wall. And believe me, just tilting it up on a wall hugger unit isn't always good enough.
As always, know whats inside your wall and where the studs are before you mount it, especially if there is a kitchen, bathroom, or laundry room on the other side.
Customer Review: Good mount
Summary: 5 Stars
Since all previous reviews help me decide to buy this mount, I felt I'd better pay if forward.
Took my dad and I ~1 hour to install. I'd highly recommend having that extra set of hands. I could have probably done it by myself but I would have had to disassemble the mount to make it lighter/easier to hold while installing. The kit comes with 2" lag bolts but we bought some 2 1/2" bolts with larger washers. Can't be too safe! DO NOT TRUST THE BUILT IN LEVEL!! We started by using that level since it's built in, but once we double checked with an actual level we found it to be extremely off!
Once the wall mount is mounted, the rest of the installation goes rather quickly. My TV is a 46" LED/LCD that only weighs 40lbs so this mount was more than enough support. I intentionally angled the TV down a few degrees just cause that's what I wanted. One cool feature is that the TV side of the mount does rotate (like a steering wheel, 5 degrees +/-)!! I read this in another person's review and didn't really understand until I installed it. My TV ended up being just slightly off level once mounted, so I rotated the TV about 1 degree and now it's perfect... really cool feature!!
I got a quote from a company to come and mount my TV and they said it'd be ~$500 ($300 for mount and $200 for labor)! Save your money and do it yourself... this is a great mount and fairly easy to install yourself.
So far it's perfect. Will return with an update if any issues arise.
Customer Review: Great mount, watch where you buy from
Summary: 5 Stars
I bought this mount after reading many of the reviews and I am satisfied with the mount. I had an extra stud so I used six lag screws instead of four as recommended. I also replaced the hardware (also got it a bit stronger than what came with the mount) as some of the reviews recommended, but I really did not see that the hardware sent was a problem to begin with, but I did it to be on the safe side. After installing the wall plate, but before installing the TV, I had my 145 pound son hang from the mount fully extended and noticed that it did not seem to have a problem with that weight so I figured my 50 pound TV (47 inch Vizio TruLED) would be fine and it is. I can see where tilting can be a problem, but since I really don't intend to change the tilt now that I have it set, I am not going to worry about it.
The only problem I had with this whole experience is when I went back to Amazon later that day, they had the same mount for $30 less than I paid and the shipping was half the price I paid. When I contacted Amazon about that, they said they were sorry but really there was not a lot they could do other than for me to send the item back when I received it and by the cheaper item. Since DiscountJungle has a 15% restocking fee, I just used the whole thing as a lesson learned. Just be careful to look at all the pricing before you buy because you can't take it back once you press the submit button.
To summarize, great, strong mount which does what I want it to, but buyer beware.