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!!).

I have used this to wall mount an Epson TW6700. The projector fits fine, and feels secure, although there were some challenges getting the projector arm mounted onto the wall bracket. If you have the arm mounted near the top of the wall bracket, the black top cap will prevent you from clipping the arm in to place. Even when positioning lower down (as in the product picture), the black trip at the wall bracket end of the arm makes it difficult to clip the arm into the bracket - although it goes on quite easily without it in place. I eventually managed to get the arm attached with the black trip in place, although it took about 20 minutes and a bit of lost skin from my hands. I also broke one of the clips on the top cap in the process so that is not as firmly attached as it should be. The bracket certainly looks neat now it is in place, and I could not find a cheaper wall bracket that was stylish enough to put in the living room - the cheaper brackets had a lot of nuts and bolts on show and had an industrial look about them. I have read in other reviews some complaints about the instructions - they seemed well drawn to me and quite easy to follow - a copy of the installation leaflet is available on the Vogels website if you want to review it first.

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.

This is another one of those reviews which is frustrating to write. Out of all of the projector mounts out there, this is one of the best looking, and particularly for a living room environment, the wall mounting option makes things much neater. There are plenty of projectors which this will fit (but definitely check as I can see some of the deeper ones being a bit tight to the wall), and the overall quality looks great. BUT... Firstly, the Vogels instructions are a joke. They should frankly fire the person who drew them. That said, there's not a great deal to this so you should be able to work it out. This is a minor quibble ultimately, because the real killer here is that the horizontal bar does not fit at all onto the vertical upright. The tooling was terrible on this, as there's simply no way the two parts fit without strong use of a mallet, which a. you shouldn't need to do and b. is a nightmare if the bracket is fixed to the wall close to the ceiling (like it is in my room). I complained to Vogels directly and to be fair their service was second to none - I had a new bracket sent out within 24 hours. Except that the new bracket has exactly the same problem as the first. The good news is that there IS a workaround. If you remove the black plastic cap on the horizontal bar where it meets the vertical bar, then the two parts slot together perfectly and securely (see photos). It doesn't look as good but it does work.

Well this left me stumped, literally. It's a projector bracket right? Hardly the world's hardest thing to assemble for people who are technically minded. Well no, as who ever designed this wall bracket was presuming the customer is familiar with the product themselves or works for the design department! Let me break it down: Positive points: Best looking wall bracket out there in my opinion. Lifts on and off the wall when still connected to the projector which is good for security if you want to store it when away on short notice. You can also lock it to the rotating platform with a mini padlock which is useful in communal housing. Modern design, looks great in a contemporary house and way above a 'cheaper' product, although it is still finished in plastic and for the price you would expect anodized aluminium end caps. Negative points: No worded instructions, only pictures. Subsequently you have to spend a few hours working out which bit goes with what, why it won't fit, and having gathered up the right tools come to realise less tools are needed than what you thought. I realise Vogel did this to save money translating multiple languages, but come one, this is meant to be a premium and not a cheap corners cut product. At this price, without detailed guidance to direct you through each stage, this is inexcusable in my opinion. Example 1: When inverting the horizontal room facing bracket so the projector perches on top and not hangs below, you presume from the drawings you have to unscrew a clamp on the back of the arm, invert the arm, remove a little metal tab around at the rear, then reposition it. As there are no words, and the drawing shows two screwdrivers, you presume this means unscrew 4 starbit/hex style screws that you discover and proceed. Except it doesn't mean this. The muzzled drawing is trying to tell you to pull off a plastic cover with some screwdrivers only as levers, (pointless as you can pull it off manually with your fingers) and do it all without tools. As there are no words to mention this, you don't work out it out initially. More wasted time scrabbling for uncommon tools you mislaid in your garage long ago. Example 2: The vertical bracket screws onto the wall obviously and this requires a power drill and screws. However, this bracket has nicely recessed holes. If one was careless you'd just put this up against the wall, drill into it and probably scratch the housing when the drill jerks forward and that would be that, a nice gouge out of your otherwise pristine acquisition. Tucked away in the instructions (not colour coded or any visual alert or labelling) is a little cut out template, a noticeably small template hence I missed it. This is worth using, and saves you from any disaster by preparing the holes first by sticking this on the wall with tape, marking the centres with a pencil and then removing and finally drilling. After this you simply use a screwdriver and drive home the screws into the brickwork or wooden studs. Again, as Vogel appear somewhat allergic to language, they don't put a big sign that says 'cut out template for back bracket' in bold text, and don't offer a numbered 1-10 plan of action for example. Step 6 may have been 'locate template, affix onto wall and drill holes using a level'. Instead you just randomly discover it and sarcastically think to yourself, 'ohh, how nice of them', after you've finished the job and potentially damaged the product. To me, this is a little chaotic. It's initially a nice experience unboxing this but as you go along and feel somewhat abandoned by the lack of direction during assembly you can feel a little 'left out', by these little niggles of Vogel omitting things here and there to save time and money their end. Time and money on a product that costs maybe 3x or more than the admittedly less pleasant looking opposition - hence my annoyance. Overconfident advertising : Unfortunately, this doesn't fit older large (deep) projectors with 4 claw feet design despite coming with 4 in the box. Although my JVC HD-DLA350 (£3,000 in its day) which is admittedly large in scale fits by a few mm in depth - the dish like platform it sits on does not fit unfortunately as the 'spider' connecting arms one screws into the base of the projector are far too short, which is a great shame. I presumed it would fit as the advertising on the box was unusually confident, proudly proclaiming: ''fits virtually every model, whatever brand you have''. Maybe there's a work around with locating some longer feet another company sells on the Internet? If so, please let me know by replying as I'd love to use it. NB: It also wont fit the same family of DLA- HD550/HD750 Projectors either. Build quality of the plastic is a bit poor in parts. For example, the top black plastic trim is OK, it slots downwards into the aluminium vertical housing and stays put. Yet the lower black plastic finishing trim is thinner, and in my case, slightly warped and it won't stay in place so falls off due to gravity. I can't tell if it was sent like this from manufacturer or if it bent from pulling it off, but you have to pull it off to mount it! So if this was the case, why make the plastic thinner than the top section, knowing it has to be manipulated during the build process? With mine, you can see light through it, somewhat ruining the effect of an otherwise sleek unit. No amount of firm pressure keeps the plastic in place, I think I'll have to glue it in place which feels awkward on something a few hours old. Conclusion: I can't mark this product down for not fitting my own oversized projector as that was a long shot and this is obviously a small, stubby armed mount built for looks and I shouldn't have trusted the claim ''fits virtually every model'' as 'virtually' when in reference to electronics and A/V is unquantifiable and subjective. I will, however, mark it down for a healthy recommendation to others as the utterly hopeless instructions would certainly scare most people off who aren't tech savvy and still irritate those who are. Even with it now completed and ready for use, there are some doubts in my mind if things are secure. For example the bottom of the mount has a little chrome plated 'tongue' with a hole in it that isn't quite in line with the metal hole behind it. Why it has a hole I have no idea as with no words, nothing is for certain. Is it for a bolt to secure it? It can't be as it has no thread. Is it because you tap the top with a mallet (using wood to protect the top) to give a firm fixing that won't possibly come loose? These sort of questions customers have in their minds, and the instructions should have (not could have) explained it. I'm left with an odd taste in my mouth here. I like the design, the compact nature. I can't call it 'bad' out of frustration, but I can say with all honesty, it puzzles me how this is marketed so clumsily. You could argue, 'rather well' as after all I purchased it beliving it to be 'the best'. It's only 'the best' if you feel find constructing something with no firm guidance on the arm locking mechanism, (when you're hanging a 10Kg object over your head over a sofa or bed) isn't at all precarious. Yet I feel it is. I don't know it's going to be secure as I have no checkpoints to follow using words. E.g. check part a is firmly located into part b which when point a meets point b, allows for a safe and strong mounting point. Vogel chose not to add such a thing. I feel this is a mistake. Overall, I'd give this a 8/10 for overall design, 6 for finish (cheap black plastic caps are not nice), and 0 for ease of assembly, meaning I end up around a 6/10 final score and rate it 'OK' rather than great. Pretty dissapointing when parting with £150. So it gets a puzzled lack of excitment from me, a nice mount with some glaring issues, a shame as I otherwise approve of it and oddly, very oddly, I would buy it again, due to no competing or superior products being available. If that's not a definition of 'cornered the market' I don't know what is. The pictures attached show how the Vogel projector arm just clears the rear of a JVC DLA HD350 projector in depth (has side access ports), yet the arms are sadly too short to put it to any use as the are too short to reach the central platter/disc that mounts onto the arm..Also I show the poor fit of the plastic, the part that falls out on it's own, the lower trim section.

Really don't know what the fuss is about installing this. I was very sceptical about buying due to mixed reviews, however, was a doddle, no modifying needed, looks fantastic, couldn't be happier. Great mount for my Optima DH401. Even the instructions were fool proof, in my opinion!

A dreadful product. Appalling quality and tooling, terrible instructions and extremely hard to fit. The base plate and ball joint are now stuck fast on my £2k projector and I’m in dialogue with Vogel customer services team.

Ich war auf der Suche nach einer Möglichkeit meinen Beamer an die Wand zu hängen und trotzdem so flexibel zu sein, ihn auch wieder abnehmen zu können. Dabei bin ich nach langer Suche auf dieses Produkt gestoßen. Den Preis finde ich ja recht teuer, aber wenn die Qualität passt, dachte ich. Und ich muss sagen, das Teil hält was es verspricht. Qualität ist super. Alles ist toll durchdacht. Man kann den Arm später auch wieder abnehmen, so dass an der Wand nur die Befestigung mit dem Kabelschacht hängen bleibt. Die Montage ist auch einfach. Ich kann also wirklich nur zu diesem Produkt raten. Durch das Kugelgelenk am Halter ist der Beamer dann auch stufenlos und einfach zu justieren. Genial durchdacht und tolles System.

C’est du costaud. C’est vrai que la notice pourrait être plus explicite mais bon c’est pas chinois non plus.

Ottimi i materiali, un pò difficile da montare perché ha un meccanismo tutto particolare. Bel effetto sul muro è elegante e permette di spostare il videoproiettore in verticale e un minimo anche in orizzontale molto utile se si sbaglia di pochi cm la misura

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J'ai accroché mon vidéoprojecteur Acer HD40 de 5 kgs à 2m50 de haut sur un mur en Placo. Avec des chevilles très costaud et le vidéoprojecteur près du mûr pas de problème de poids qui aurait pu être dû au deport. Matériel très solide, facile à mettre en oeuvre et dans des materiaux qui respirent le serieux et la solidité. Mais problème dès le début de la pose. Les vis fournies pour s'accrocher sur le vidéoprojecteur sont trop courtes, il a fallu que j'aille en acheter des nouvelles. C'est un comble pour le prix assez cher du produit et frustrant à la pose.