Level Mount Fullmotion TV Wall Mount

I was quite pleased when I opened the box. The mount was very well packaged. Nicely engineered. Good finish and seemed hefty enough to support my 32" Sony monitor,since it was rated to handle up to a 37" screen. There were nuts, screws and enough hardware to fit most Vesa mount configurations. The directions were fine. The included stud finder is just a toy and was useless in finding the stud. Fortunately, I have several other stud finders so that didn't hold up my project. The mount MUST be attached to a stud and the wall where I wanted the monitor located had the stud a few inches off the center of the wall. So it took a few minutes to figure our how to offset the Vesa mount on the back of the monitor to compensate for the off center stud. The small mount didn't fit the monitor, so I had to use the extensions that came inside the package. These were well engineered so that the holes for the assembly bolts held them securely as the screw nuts were tighten. I thought the extended screw nuts were a nice touch and eased the assembly. All seemed well for attaching the articulating arm, now attached to the back of the monitor, onto the wall mount that was held to the stud by four stout(#P3)screws. It would have been nice to have a helper but I was alone and managed to slide the arm over the wall mount while holding the monitor. It went on easily and snapped securely into place. An extra screw can be installed to make it difficult to remove it. (Theft deterrent.) All was fine until I tried to articulate the arm. It drooped. There is enough play in the three axles that pivot the arm that it sags and droops. To return the monitor flush to the wall, I had to lift it up so that the arm sections would line up and not hit on each other. I was so disappointed. A couple of hours of planning, measuring, assembly and installation were now down the drain and I have to start searching again for a mount that will work for me since this one is going back to Amazon. This mount might be fine for a smaller TV or monitor but it just can't handle the 37 lbs of my monitor even though it's rated to 100 lbs.