What is the longest extending TV wall mount!

When purchasing a long extension TV wall bracket, be certain to check our reviewed checklist. 

Extendable arm length 

Having an extendable arm length allows you to position your TV anywhere in the room and to have an adjustable viewing angle.

For example, if you simply had an articulating TV wall mount you wouldn’t be able to position the monitor in the corner of the room while being able to extend the arm out to fit.

The most extendable arms can be adjusted between 15 to 42 inches. Under scrutiny, we can define what is strong at the maximum end of the scale. 

VESA universal TV compatibility

All TVs usually contain generic VESA patterns that have set distances for each bracket hole to be mounted conveniently.

Your television bracket should accommodate your television’s VESA measurement.

You’ll want it to always be compatible with the VESA measurements.

For instance, common VESA and TV sizes are 400 x 400 mm for 60-inch mos and 600 x 400 mm for 70 to 84-inch screens.

Low profile

A slim TV wall plate design will take up the least amount of space, is the easiest to install, and is also the least expensive.

Ideally, a low-profile extending TV wall rack should only have a single or dual arm on the hardware base plate, doing research into this first will help achieve a better-looking home theater.

A slim and low-profile design also won’t interfere with your room’s decor and might be exactly what’s needed to help to save space and declutter your living room.

Weight capacity 

Full-motion TV wall mount brackets can vary in their overall weight limits. When checking some are as low as 60 pounds, while others will range up to 160 pounds.

Look for an extra-long arm TV mount that can at least hold 80 to 100 pounds and can take your TV perfectly to ensure that your box won’t tip over.

Swiveling and tilting motion

An articulating or full-motion mount gives your TV movement tilt and flexibility for your ultimate viewing experience.

This type of hardware should be able to tilt, swivel, swing, or lay flat against the wall. Typically, these arms can swing between 15 to 42 inches outward and tilt up or down to about 10 to 15 degrees.

You want to perfectly level your high-end screen to ensure the screen is easy to watch and looks professionally set up.

Ultimately, DIY’ers can position their TV to fit their viewing preferences and prevent glare or away from sun rays. 

Bracket material

Different full-motion TV mount manufacturers will use a variety of materials for the bracket. However, the most common materials used are plastic, aluminum, and steel.

Ideally, you want the bracket to be made of strong steel or aluminum to ensure that we know it will hold the required weight and last a long time.

Also, check the bracket is UL-rated, meaning that it’s nationally tested and approved to meet safety and sustainability standards. 

Stud spacing compatibly

A full-motion TV bracket will always need the wall plate to be installed into your home’s wooden studs unless your wall is, concrete or brick.

If you are on hollow drywall you’ll need to measure and calculate to find the stud spacings needed to properly install your long-arm TV mount on timber-framed drywalls.

Most homes feature 16-inch stud spacing, but some are 24 inches apart. However, with a stud finder, you can easily locate where your wood studs are inside your walls. 

Cable management options

Your television bracket may come with some management caps that allow you to conceal any audio wires or cables to remain clutter-free.

This keeps your design looking sleek and also prevents potentially tripping on wires. But ultimately, you have to take your cables to the next level.

How to choose and find the right spot?

We learned there are several things you should consider when selecting a spot to mount.

First, consider where the nearest power source is to where you’d like to place your bracket.

Next, check to see that there’s enough power supply to handle sound systems and Blu-ray players.

Next, you’ll want to set your TV at eye level so that you’re not straining your neck by looking up or down to view the flat screen.

What is VESA and How do I measure VESA?

Vesa patterns make for universal TV compatibility with the standard distances between the four mounting holes located on the back of your TV in millimeters. And match the dimensions on a VESA mounting template.

You’ll have to know your VESA measurements so that you purchase a bracket that fits your screen properly.

Follow these steps to measure your TV’s VESA size: 

1. Measure the width or the horizontal distance between the left and right mounting holes. 
2. Measure the height or the vertical distance between the top and bottom mounting holes. 
3. Make sure that you measure in millimeters. If you measure in inches, you may convert your measurement to millimeters for better accuracy. 

When looking for TV mounts, the mounting hole pattern should be to the VESA specifications and will be shown starting from the horizontal measurement and then vertical measurements.

After going over dozens of long-arm television mounts, we’ve found that the Mount-It! M1-372 delivers the best value due to the array of adjustability on this durable mount.

Our top option is fully adjustable by distance, swivel, and tilt to save valuable space in your room.

The extra strong extending arm lets you extend out up to 40 inches and is ideal for positioning a TV in the corner or center of a wall. In comparison, most arms only have singular joint support.

The M1-372 has solid base support made of heavy-duty steel to secure your TV and prevent your it from tipping or falling over.

I am happy to find this option easy to install. And I like the design, strength, and flexibility more than all the other options.

From our experience, the Forging Mount FM9388-B simply has the longest extending arm we’ve been able to see.

This is useful in rooms where a normal type of mounting wouldn’t be feasible if you were to sit your screen too close to the wall since a distance too far could obtrude your view or result in your home decor getting in the way.

Instead, you want to bring a gaming monitor or movie experience as close as possible to the sofa with one of our recommendations.

We like how this affordable bracket is compatible with all of the top brands like Sony, Samsung, Toshiba, LP, Phillips, and more.

This extending full-motion TV mount can be adjusted through rotation or tilting to customize your viewing experience.

For those looking for the most affordable LCD bracket, to help with neck pain consider getting the Perlesmith PSMFK1.

Even at this low price point, were still able to extend the bracket up to 19.5 inches, which is quite standard from our tests.

The Perlesmith also has swivel, leveling, and tilt adjustments, so users can position a screen according to their imagination.

Lastly, this hardware has quite a slim design, to match the design of any room style.

How long does the extending TV mount reach?

The length at which the extending TV wall mount can adjust depends on your needs and preferences.

From what we’ve seen, the max extension TV holder ranges and reaches up to 40 inches. This amount of reach and rotation from the wall plate makes for a great versatile television mount.

At the closest distance to the wall, your TV will be 3 inches from the wall. Keep in mind that televisions mounted in corners will require a long-arm bracket with the most extension you can get. Or even a specialty corner TV mount like these.

How can my long extension TV bracket keep the balance? Always.

Keeping your extending TV mount in balance ensures that your tube won’t likely tip over. There should be a level adjuster on the bracket that aligns with the backside of the TV.

There should be a roll adjustment screw on the right and the left side of the bracket. Adjust by loosening one side and leveling the telly.

Once it is leveled, make sure that you tighten the screws all the way so that the support maintains balance and security. 

We found that some of the cheaper mounts can sag over time, and become out of level if used aggressively.

For architectural situations, we recommend using a double-arm TV wall bracket that is resistant to sagging, meaning that the television will stay level with bricks or other level lines in a room like timber boards.

Can my wall hold my large TV with an extending TV mount?

When DIY comes to installing a new TV, each wall type has some challenges. The two major types of walls that cause people difficulty are plasterboard walls and concrete or masonry walls.

How good can a plaster wall hold?

Plasterboard otherwise known as drywalls are what most walls are lined with over wooden or metal studs. If not located properly, drilling holes in the wrong place can be unsightly and permanently damage your wall.

For drywalls, you need to correctly locate studs using a stud finder or by tapping the wall.

Adding in wall wood studs will add an anchor point to ensure the monitor and mount stay in place if you do not have hardware fixing in the right spot already. 

Here’s how to mount a TV on a plaster wall:

1. Locate where you want to mount the wall plate.
2. Find the fixing point like studs or nogs.
3. Level your articulating TV bracket.
4. Mark the holes 
5. Drill the pilot holes in the wall 
6. Screw the bracket base plate to the wall and attach the TV to the hardware. 

How well can your concrete wall hold a long extension TV mount?

TVs can also be mounted easily on concrete walls but you will need a concrete anchor or a nylon plug to support the screws.

Follow these steps:

1. Mark all the locations for the fixing holes behind your TV using a drill template equal to the distance of the mounting holes.
2. Using a high-quality masonry drill bit to drill the holes. 
3. Use a hammer to align the nylon plugs into the holes.
4. Position your television bracket so that the bracket holes are lined up perfectly with the pilot holes.
5. Screw the fixings through the mount and into the nylon plugs into the masonry wall.

Brick walls will require deeper screws as well as masonry walls to get through the brittle surface and into the concrete inside the wall.

Cable management system and tips

There are two main ways that can always help hide your cables when installing your TV.

First of all, is by using on-wall cable raceways so that you don’t have to cut into your wall. The second way is to have the cables routed behind the wall freely or inside a PVC pipe. 

1. Use an on-wall cable channel that streamlines the cord in one direction and hides the cord under the channel. The channel is simply a mounted narrow platform with a snap-on cover that conceals the cords.
2. Hiding the cables inside of the wall is simpler than you think. Use a stud finder to locate two stud-free sections in the wall. One will be near the outlet, and the other will be behind where the flat screen is mounted. These are the two locations where you’ll cut through the wall and string the cords in and out of the wall. 

Tips for installing a long extension TV mount

Here are the do’s and don’ts when installing this long extending television bracket:

If you require a full guide on installation here is where to go.

Your best practices for installation

• Have all the right tools needed to mount your tube, such as a stud finder, power drill, TV mount, etc. 
• Always find the exact stud centers.
• Run the cable wires through the wall.
• Always mark holes first before drilling the pilot holes.
• Have a partner help you mount the wall plate.
• Find the correct height for positioning the perfect height and angle.
• Some hardware contains a built-in spirit level for perfect TV leveling. But we prefer to use a real level.

What you should watch out for

• Hang your monitor directly above a fireplace with the wrong type of mount. Here’s what you need.
• Not reading the instructions while hanging your LCD.
• Positioning your TV too low or too high 
• Not factoring in the potential sun exposure when positioning your television.
• Choosing the wrong wall bracket 
• Not allowing enough cord or cable length.
• Not securely fixing the television to the wall.
• Not having a professional help you with the electrical work or installation.
• Lastly don’t get a TV mount that doesn’t have the flexibility to extend!
• Don’t mount an outdoor telly unless there is plenty of shelter from the elements. If close to the ocean expect your television and the hardware to corrode.

Be safe doing a DIY installation

Before mounting your TV on drywall, you must know if there is wiring behind the wall.

Drilling into wiring will cause shorting out electrical circuitry that could cause other home problems such as damaged electricity or even start a fire. Only mount where you have established to be a safe place.

Alternative ways to mount your TV

If you don’t want to use a regular TV cabinet and want to see your other alternative ways to mount a television screen without any drilling, you can use hybrid stands, strong adhesives, rails, hook hangers, and brick clip-on hangers.

You can always consider other types of mounts like a ceiling mount and a hidden pop-up mount.  

How I tested to find the best TV wall mount

The best TV wall mounts for almost all applications we found to be on a bracket with extending, swiveling, and tilting options. What we compared:

• Value
• Weight limits
• TV size limits
• Arm sag on extension
• Ease of installation
• Materials
• Minimalist design

Standard fixed TV wall mounts do not offer great value at all. We noticed that an extension length greater than half the frame size of a monitor is the minimum required extension to give it a full 180-degree rotational movement from the wall.

We checked standard 32-inch and 42-inch screens. And note the most important thing is to detect any sagging with the hardware and to still allow for potential sag with single-arm brackets. 

• We recommend a minimum of 18-inch extension for 32-inch monitors.
• We recommend a 23-inch arm reach for 42-inch screens.

With our top recommendation reaching 38.8 (40) inches, this will allow full motion 180 rotation from the wall for screens up to 75 inches in frame size.

Our findings when we compared the features

	Mount-It! M1-372	Forging Mount FM9388-B	Mount-It!M1-392	Solid Mounts	Sanus VLF728-B2	Aeon FBA_AEON-45200	Aeon FBA_AEON-40112	Kanto FMX3	Mount-It! M1-319L	Mount-It! MI-2171L	Perlesmith PSXFK1	Vivo Mount-VW03G	Perlesmith PSMFK1
Verdict:	Top long extension	Longest extendable arm											Best low cost
TV size:	42 to 80 inches	37 to 80 inches	42 to 80 inches	32 to 65 inches	42 to 90 inches	42 to 80 inches	32 to 65 inches	40 to 90 inches	40 to 70 inches	32 to 65 inches	50 to 90 inches	40 to 55 inches	26 to 55 inches
Weight:	110 lbs	100 lbs	176 lbs	120 lbs	125 lbs	150 lbs	70 lbs	150 lbs	220 lbs	165 lbs	165 lbs	17 to 66 lbs	up to 88 lbs
Extending	40 inches	42 inches	36 inches	36 inches	28 inches	32 inches	29 inches	28 inches	26.2 inches	26.25 inches	23.62 inches	24 inches	19.5 inches
Distance from wall :	3 inches	Unknown	3.3 inches	4.25 inches	2.15 inches	3.1 inches	2.8 inches	4 inches	4.5 inches	4.5 inches	3.07 inches	2.5 inches	2.3 inches

Our top pick for the longest-extending wall mount!

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