Vogel's EPW 6565, Projector Wall Mount, Tilt 20º and Swivel 360º, Max 10 Kg, Black/Silver

I bought the Vogels after undertaking a lot of research; I was mounting an Optoma HD50 projector in my study/snug room which has very high ceilings, thus a normal ceiling mount wouldn't work for me, and almost all of the wall brackets really looked flimsy and poorly engineered.I have to say that the Vogels is very well constructed, it feels a quality bracket and is very solid indeed. The instructions are a little cryptic as they are a series of illustrations, but as an engineer and keen DIY'er I soon worked this out. I would recommend taking your time and not rushing the install.First mount the projector to the main circular bracket - you may need to use the extension arms depending upon your projector, but this should fit just about any projector that I have seen on the market.Make sure everything is aligned (especially if your screen is already in-situ) and only then drill the wall - again measure twice and drill once has to be the motto here. I used specific Fisher rawplug fixings (size 10) and hefty screws (from Screwfix) - more substantial than those in the box, and I used four instead of the supplied three (this is all dependent upon your wall of course).One the bracket is up the arm can be fitted - this is where you need to be really careful, as one reviewer commented, the arm 'slots' in to two grooves and just simply pushing it on by hand isn't sufficient. You need a rubber mallet or similar and it needs to be tapped into place. I made an almost fatal error in mounting the projector to the arm, offering it up to the wall bracket and just trying to push it into place - the projector was not secure and came away from the wall bracket, but fortunately I was holding it!!Once the bracket is securely mounted to the wall bracket only then offer up and lock in place (which is very easy with the quick fit rotary locking disc) the projector.There is a friction lock that you can release that allows for fine adjustment, and if you have a projector with lens shift then it is very easy to get everything aligned.I hope this helps anyone looking and wondering about this product - I haven't seen a better wall bracket, it just needs a bit of care in the installation. Everyone who sees my cinema room thinks it looks like a really professional install (and of course the picture is amazing!!).

Why I chose to order this mount:*It's sleek. Visually it was the best I came across.*It advertised as much adjustment as I could find on a wall mount, which was especially important because my projector doesn't have the ability to shift the image and I'm not always the most precise with my measurements*I was not comfortable with drilling into my apartment's ceiling for a few reasons.Pros:*As I could see before I ordered, the mount looks good.*Has enough adjustments I was able to be satisfied with the image on the screen.*Seems pretty secure, hasn't fallen on my head as I slept yet.Cons:*Like most other reviews, assembly wasn't great. I could do it now fairly easily if I had to, for what it's worth.*The circular part that attaches the projector to the rest of the mount took quite a bit of time to secure everything properly.Other things worth mentioning:*I could be wrong about this, but I don't think the included wall anchors are for drywall. This was easily solved with a trip to the store, and I know some people don't trust anchors included with products or anchors at all, but it seemed odd because drywall is a pretty common material.*My projector only has 3 holes for attaching the mount. In that configuration it was kind of hard to center and tighten the mount. Whether this is the fault of my projector or the mount, I'm not sure.*Customer support was both good and bad. They didn't really do much troubleshooting with me, but they sent me a new one and were reasonable in the response time.Bottom Line:If I had to do it all over again, I'd still probably get this one. That said, I much prefer ceiling mounts. My $20 one that I am unable to use due to new living arrangements was loads simpler and has much more adjustment. If you are forced to mount to a wall, this seems like a pretty good one once it's all set up.

I bought this for a BenQ W1070 projector, and I am very satisfied with it.The instructions are only visual (meaning I had to scratch my head a couple of times to get it), but not that complicated, similar to your average Ikea mounting instructions.The mounting components seem to allow for a very flexible configuration: if you are not sure about the compatibility of your projector, I'd say that if it has 3 or 4 screw threads on the same horizontal plan, with no other bit from the projector crossing that plan, I hardly see how it could not fit.I would not buy this if not for mounting it to a solid piece of wall. The depth of the holes is 80mm and I would definitely not trust anything not solid to hold this in place.Once fixed to the wall the whole thing does not move, and once fixed the support allows for a 20 degree fine-tuning in all horizontal axis, plus 360 degrees on the vertical axis. Releasing/thigtening up the mechanism is easy.Tried mounting the projector both ways (with the projector in the normal position and upside down), works equally.And it looks great (I think). No screw is visible once it's mounted.

Bought this item to mount my Optoma HD26 to the wall rather than the ceiling. After reading some reviews about the connection to the wall piece being problematic i was a little worried but continued anyway. After getting the item and having a look i realised the problematic connection was to do with the plasic trim internal ribs being about 1mm too long. This wouldnt allow the clip to engage properly without force (more than could safely be applied once mounted) i trimmed the ribs back a small amount which allows the plastic trim to sit better and i have a perfect connection with the cosmetic trim in place. Overall a solid mount that works great, instruction could be a little clearer but not that hard to work out.