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Sanus VMAA18S Articulating Wall Mount for 30 to 50 Displays Silver

The Sanus Systems VisionMount wall mount holds 30 – 50 inch Plasma and LCD TVs weighing up to 130 lbs to a vertical wall. It is a full motion mount that will tilt, swivel, extend and can roll ?6? to level the TV.

User Ratings and Reviews

5 Stars Awesome mount
I would recommend this mount to anyone buying a larger LCD. It tilts up/down, swivels left/right, and can pull away from the way effortlessly! I have mine set-up in my great room and this unit works great as when you are watching from the couch, you can tilt it down and when you are across the room in the kitchen or bar area, you can pull it out, swivel it to the left, and tilt it back… so you can see it from anywhere you might be in the room!

It does stick out from the wall about 4-5 inches when fully pushed in, but that can be expected if you want the swivel and extension features. I was leary of the included mounting bolts so I invest in some harden ones from the local hardware store. It pays to shop around as this unit was almost $200 cheaper at Amazon (plus shipped for free!!)as compared to BB and CC.

4 Stars Good product, installation a bit of a pain
The product itself is very good and I am VERY happy with the flexibility it offers to move/pivot the TV around. The two issues I had regard installation.

I mounted mine into a brick wall fireplace and bought mason anchor bolts with sleeves from Lowe’s, only lag bolts for stud mounting come with the kit. However once I got the TV on the mounting plate, the anchor sleeves started slipping out. To solve this I bought a tube of Loc-tite industrial adhesive, the kind you need a caulk gun for (about $7). Filled the anchor holes with it, put the sleeves/bolts/plate back on and let it set for 24hrs – no issues with slippage after that.

The other issue is getting the tv bracket on the mounting plate. I have a 46″ lcd tv and it was definitely a three man job. Part of this may have been due to moutning it in a corner, so the arm had to be bent 90 degrees. It looks easy to get the arm on the plate, but once the TV is attached its pretty difficult. Again maybe this is easier if the arm is straight.

All in all though it is a great mount. Great flexibility for viewing options.

4 Stars Great mount….except….
The mount itself is great, but do yourself a favor and don’t use the lag screws that came with the unit. I put two of them into my wall and both snapped in half during the install. I had to pay HD a visit and purchase 4 new lag screws as I didn’t trust the remaining hardware. The new screws worked fine. I don’t think it was my install that snapped the screws as the new ones went in without a hitch.

4 Stars Mr.
I had to cut the support bars, being a universal mount in all, there were no directions about how to accomplish this feat. One bar made two with much room to spare. The holes for the security screws on the bottom of the mount were not tapped, and the screws for the swing limiter were not included in the kit. What should have been a straight forward install turned into a three hour ordeal including trips to the hardware store.

Once together the mount is a thing of beauty, it works perfectly!!!! I would recommend this mount to anyone and everyone.

As a side note; I built a special wall for this mount and TV to hang on so I solid blocked the wall and added extra mounting bolts to the mount, probably not needed but the blocking was there so why not.

5 Stars Great Product
This product was easy to install and holds my 42″ LCD quite well. Easy to move and change positions.

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