Review: $10 Harbor Freight TV wall mount. Is it worth it?

[@Guitarnivore]

The 7/32" pilot hole is for the plastic anchor you can screw the lagbolt into.

[@jason5409]

Very good presentation. I like how well and clear you speak and have no wasted words or rambling.

[@TheRandyDulin]

I’ve owned this mount for a couple months. Works great in my shop

[@personator907]

I've used one to mount an older 32" plasma TV, so it's about 50lb. It's held for the last 5 months and I'm happy with it.

[@0509kj]

I actually have two of these, just mounted to standard wood studs for 40" lcd TV's. More than adequate and super simple install. The side to side adjustment leaves a little to be desired but for the price having to finesse the level adjustment is well worth the price. I do agree I wouldn't max out the weight capacity though - you always want a buffer on capacity when mounting anything.

[@NeonDreams7]

I would have liked a short discussion on the VESA mount size but I can read the box. Overall, really nice review. Thanks for sharing!

[@truckerpeterose]

I have used these mounts with great success on multiple televisions. The biggest was probably around 30-35 pound tv. I have not had any problems from any of them. Theses are a deal

[@orijimi]

I got a kick out of seeing a Workzone drill in use. I use a beater 12v SKIL pwrcore around my house in much the same way.

[@Timewaits4no1]

Good review. I wish you would of showed the tv swiveling on the mount when you were done tho

[@mustafaYkhan]

The weld beads are actually quite impressive.🔥🔥

[@jameshall4385]

the horizontal adjustment is built into the bottom lag bolt hole

[@ToolTeardowns]

Correct, which is what I used when mounting the arm. That's why I pointed out that you have to get that arm as level as possible becuase there isn't a good adjustment for the TV.

[@jimgrady7458]

Great timing, I was just thinking about swinging by HF tomorrow and picking one or two of these mounts up

[@ShopJock]

I welded mine to some u bolt brackets and mounted a 42" tv in my shop last year. Best 10 dollar mount in my opinion

[@junyah1976]

does the top screw go into the stud or does the middle part go over the stud?

[@tommysparks6536]

If you look at all the holes plate that goes into the wall you will see that it will swivel clockwise and counterclockwise a little bit but the plate that goes on the TV goes clockwise and counterclockwise a little not to mention it also goes left and right so for the money I think it's the best deal on the market

[@GarthGoldberg]

Pretty good for ten bucks. At the end, you complained about it not being precisely level when swiveled. Perhaps your wall is not perfectly straight.

[@grumpyoldnate]

great product video. thank you!

[@theallblackghost6194]

Can you give some updates on this mount? Is it still working correctly after years of use?

[@ToolTeardowns]

Yes. Working fine.

[@theallblackghost6194]

@@ToolTeardowns Thanks!

[@mglrosario]

I hope that you can review the new bauer dual action polisher.

[@ToolTeardowns]

I already have the older one. Maybe I could pick up the new one and compare.

[@snap-off5383]

With the good coupons they were $7.99 limit 4. Totally good deal. Got them to mount my 7.2 speakers in my recording studio. They're worth $10 all day long. They, however, are NOT worth the current price of $16.99 not by a damnsight. Check the suptek on amazon ($11.99) before buying at the current price.

[@damannoa]

Another fine vid my man.

[@williamcrazylacyfurmage9953]

Anybody know how wide and tall the Mounting plate that goes on the back of the TV is ??

[@JMTechZ]

Thank you for the review, i am very impress too

[@MysticBreakdown]

I just bought this & the mount arm is stiff & doesn’t move. Should I loosen up the bolts or just return it?

[@ToolTeardowns]

I'd try adjusting the bolts, but that's because it's probably easier than returning it.

[@MichaelMechanix]

You need to loosen bolts. Same thing happened to me.

[@caitlinsarvello]

i’m new to this type of stuff lmao, so am i able to mount this into drywall? or do i need a specific anchor?

[@ToolTeardowns]

You need to mount it directly into a stud in the wall. Drywall won't hold it.

[@JamesMiller-th6rz]

Forgot to add, it does have a horizontal adjustment via the elongated hole on the bottom of the wall mount.

[@ToolTeardowns]

That's what I was referring to when talking about leveling the mount.

[@AntonioClaudioMichael]

Great video

[@PawOfRizzo]

I picked this up a few weeks ago, and for $10 it is a great mount. My TV is like a 32 inch screen, so not huge. The only issues I had installing it were do to hitting a stud for one of the bolts, missing a stud for the top bolt -- but my house is old, and has had some additions so no telling what's behind the wall. So, any issue I ran into was from issues inside my wall, and a strong metal anchor fixed that issue.

[@dscerba21]

When did John Mulaney start reviewing TV mounts ?

[@ford427v8]

I bought this TV mount after I had plopped $80-something on a Sanus mount from Target (but hadn't done any installation yet), just to compare/contrast and see if a cheap alternative could save me money. The Sanus is full-motion for 26"-47" with a beefier arm construction and only has a weight limit of 50lbs. So to think Harbor Freight can rate the Armstrong at 66lbs with how lightweight it is, is hilariously dubious.

[@ToolTeardowns]

Yeah, there's no way I would put a 65 lb. TV on the HF mount.

[@nativenomads]

What size was your tv? Don’t remember if you stayed in the video

[@nativenomads]

Stated

[@ToolTeardowns]

I've used it on two different TVs, a 37" and a 49" both weighed about 25 lbs.

[@LA_GALLADA_RUIZ]

@@ToolTeardowns so will it hold a 50 inch? The only waits around 18 lb

[@CWBush73]

The plate that goes against the wall is much lighter than the model above it

[@cup_and_cone]

We have both the $27 flat mount and the $50 full motion mount from Harbor Freight. The flat mount is currently supporting an old 50" Plasma in the bedroom and the full range mount is supporting a 75" LED in main room. I've only had one problem with each unit. On the flat mount with bigger TV, you have to use a screw driver bit on a super long ratchet extension to adjust tilt (pain in ass). On the full range mount, you cannot get the up and down tilt to be perfectly 90-degrees to the floor; it physically does not have the range to adjust. What I did was just take the swivel bracket off and flip it, which let me level it to my needs (only issue is now you need two helpers to hold while you adjust), because it can no longer "hang". Bought both with super coupons (one was $39 and the other was like $19). Overall very happy. Nuts feel cheap and on verge of stripping, but brackets themselves are very solid.

[@Up_All_Night]

These things are great.

[@polarys425]

The wall mounting plate has a slotted hole for side to side leveling.

[@ToolTeardowns]

Yes, that's how I leveled it. But the TV does not have much for adjustment once you get the arm mounted to the wall.

[@patpp]

Everything is good except hard to put two bracket mounting screws, they can easily get stripped. Design should be changed to make it easier. If TV is small, it is better put those two screws first, then attach TV Plate to TV with some help.

[@123i123i1]

A Workzone drill? An Aldi Tool in the USA? What‘s going on there? :D

[@ToolTeardowns]

I got it at Aldi. It's pretty decent for a cheap drill. I opened the battery pack and it has Samsung cells.

[@SJChip]

Looking briefly at: kzbin.info/www/bejne/h4rNaYysraxmncU I was thinking you were somehow using these as a way to hang your bikes from the wall... But it's still great for a TV/monitor.

[@airborneexplorer]

Mount level to the world or level to the room... so many times that is not the same.

[@dodgeramsport01]

who needs studs when your garage is block? HAHAHA!

[@btrswt35]

Little bit of an abrupt ending. I'm not sure if Id need it a a TV mount but had thought of getting one to mount a oscillating floor fan to and create a shop fan that's off the floor. For $10, I don't think someone could go wrong.

[@brandonclyde6350]

For $10 who could raise hell with an extra 20% off and free item

[@kevinyoungblut]

Can you use the 20% and the mount coupon at the same time?

[@TheDragonfriday]

Darn, I just order one from Amazon for 24$

[@nvg1526]

Great video! Just installed one the other day. Not a bad tv mount at all,good enough for the women I go out with 😂