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Mounted a 65" on my wall with these 4 years ago....
It's worth noting that my use of these is a bit unique. I have a 65" Toshiba TV, and I enjoy it very much. My apartment wouldn't allow me to drill or tap into the studs in my living room wall so I was unable to use a standard wall mount hanger for my TV. So here's what I did...
I actually reached out to Hangman Products directly, and let me start by saying that they were very friendly to communicate with. Since these are meant for 55" TVs and smaller, they do not work particularly well with anything larger than that. The reason for this is that TVs larger than 55" typically have the inputs and outputs facing outward from the back of the TV rather than downward. So for these, the cable clearance was a concern, but also the weight. Each of these is rated to hold 80 lbs. My TV is approximately 75 pounds or so. This is pushing the limit a bit, and made me a bit uncomfortable. But what about using two of them on the same TV?
I can confirm that it works! Hangman Products stated the design limitations and weight concerns above when I spoke with them, but in theory, if the hangers could be spaced apart well enough that each was holding equal, or close to equal load, then it should have no problem holding. I risked my nice expensive TV to feed my curiosity, and the cat is still alive! I made sure to verify my measurements exactly multiple times and checked my math, and had my math checked, and mounted these into the walls with their suspiciously tiny picture nails. Trust me, when you start hammering these things in, you start getting quite concerned and thinking "These puny things that I can bend between my fingers are going to hold up my giant TV???". Somehow, through science, physics, witchcraft, black magic, or some previously undisclosed alien technology, they do so just fine. Mine has been hanging on the wall since December, 2016, and it hasn't budged even slightly.
To solve the cord problem, which is a real issue, I ran my HDMI cables into right angle adapters and filled up every input on the TV. Then I ran those cables into a project box that I built and used HDMI, TOSLINK, and other wall plates, and mounted it underneath the TV. So if I ever need to switch inputs, it's right there under the TV, which has turned out to be easier than it was when the TV was sitting on the top of the entertainment center.
OVERALL: Great product. Ingenius. I'm a believer, they work. It's a tough breath to take before you let your hard earned money rest on these seemingly puny things, but breathe easy, these won't let you down...
UPDATE (3/12/2020): Glad that this was helpful to so many folks. I'd like to update that we have since moved from our apartment and into a new home. While uninstalling these mounts, the screws had to really be pried loose to come off, they hadn't moved a millimeter and were solidly still in the wall. I also decided to reuse them in our master bedroom in the new house for the big TV using the same technique described in my original review, and that TV has been hanging on the reinstall of the same mounts since 2017 and it's still firmly in place. These really are awesome!
July 2017 · Electronics · verified purchase