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(More customer reviews)I bought 2 sets of these to mount a 28 pound center channel speaker along with a wooden shelf to hold the speaker.I figured with 4 individual brackets it would be plenty sturdy.Boy was I wrong!After getting the brackets mounted directly to wall studs and laying the wooden shelf (14 pounds) on the brackets, the darn things were already bending downward.I hadn't even put the speaker on them yet.This meant that each bracket couldn't even handle a load of 3.5 pounds.No way the speaker will go up.After mulling this over a day or so, I figured the problem was due to the extension feature of the bracket - You can extend the brackets out quite a bit.It is when they are fully extended that they get really flimsy.I had them fully extended but I needed them that way support the wide shelf as I wanted to get the center speaker as close to the front of the TV as possible.These brackets are rated at full extension but I don't believe it - If I had added the speaker, it would have collapsed onto the floor - No question.Even without the shelf.In fact, I think the 14 pound shelf would have eventually come down.
My solution:I kept the brackets but reinforced them by adding support struts underneath.I kept the 4 brackets on the wall in the extended position and added 2 struts that I fabricated in my garage. The struts attach to the bottom of the wood shelf towards the front of the shelf, that then angle down and back to attach directly to the wall studs.I used 3 foot long pieces of 3/4" aluminum U channel that I bought from Home Depot and spent 1 hour cutting, drilling, fabricating and painting black.This gives the shelf the outboard support that the brackets themselves were not capable of providing.I have an older rear projection HDTV that luckily had an angle back that allowed me to use the struts.
It is ridgid and sturdy now and probably capable of holding much more weight but I can sleep at night knowing the whole kit N kaboodle won't come crashing down on someone.
I strongly suggest you steer clear of these unless you are using them with the extension feature retracted all the way and even then I would push a 20 pound load.Yes - I am using them now but only after reinforcing them significantly.I am on unhappy with the product but they are not capable of holding the weight as advertised.
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The Pinpoint AM15 speaker mount offers a unique 2-arm L-Bracket design that can handle a standard center channel speaker from 7" to 11.5" deep. Arms are not limited to the speaker width allowing this mount to be used with any center channel speaker as long as it does not exceed 33 lbs. All steel construction gives a solid and secure mounting location and rubber isolation tabs are included to reduce vibrations. Can also be used as a micro stereo shelf or with bookshelf speakers. All mounting hardware included
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