Impact Mounts Universal Surround Sound Speaker Stands Set of 2 Satellite Speaker (Black, 1 Pair)

I bought these to use with two Samsung PS-KS1-1 rear channel speakers, thinking they would be fine. This was an absolute waste of money. I wish I bought something else.I will explain each star rating in this review, followed by the overall rating. The order of my explanation does not follow the order of the stars. (I paid $44.52 for these)Buckle Up!Easy to Install (1 star)I would like to give this a 0 star rating. My scale for this is based upon the usefulness, functionality, and ease of installation. A rating of 0 means that the product did not work as intended, and required significant effort and modification to get it to work. *This is one of the worst designs I have ever seen or encountered.* The photos attached to this review are the most indicative of what I will be talking about. The base is weighted, which is fantastic. It has a shroud, which covers the unsightly weight. Next, there are three hollow rods, which are supposed to attach to each other through means that are described in the instructions. The issue comes from the bottom and the middle rod, which are supposed to be telescoping. Photo #1 shows the plastic nut which is used as part of the telescoping assembly. This nut, combined with the split plastic spacer shown in Photo #2 comprises the entire assembly. You are intended to slide the split spacer down the middle rod. You are then supposed to place the middle rod inside the lower rod, starting with the end that has a rubber tube around it (you can see this rubber tube in Photo #3). This slides together and ends up looking like Photo #4. You are then supposed to slide the plastic nut (Photo #1) onto the entire assembly and you are supposed to tighten the nut onto the threads on the lower rod (this is shown in Photo #5). The instructions say "do not overtighten". If I were a designer who wanted to make a product that was exceptionally cheap and faulty (read, "scam"), I would create something like this. Then I would put a notice which states that you should not overtighten the nut so if my horrible faulty design broke I could tell you that it was your fault for overtightening a nut. The issue with this is the design itself. Tightening a plastic nut onto a metal (likely steel judging by the weight of the rod) threaded rod will inherently destroy the plastic nut. The obvious solution for this is to use a nut that is made of the same material, or a nut that has a metal insert which will not get destroyed. This conscious design decision causes the assembly to destroy itself unless you are careful. Because there is a warning of "do not overtighten", the person assembling the rods will always under-tighten the nut, which will result in a failed assembly. The "failed assembly" can be described as the following: When you assemble this product per the included instructions, the unburdened upper part falls into the lower part and there is no level of tightening the nut that will prevent it from falling. To make matters worse, the split spacer gets lodged in the nut, and prevents the spacer from expanding to allow for the design to perform its intended telescoping function. Additionally, IF the telescoping feature actually worked, the rubber tube tends to get lodged inside the lower rod. This is an issue, because the tube is not secured to the rod at all, so when it slips off it gets stuck inside the lower rod. To explain this tube a little more: the tube is not pictured in the instructions anywhere. This shows me that it was an afterthought from a design perspective. Impact Mounts attaches these tubes to their product after it has already been completed, and this is likely done by hand. Do not expect for these tubes to be present at all. If these tubes are not present, my solution (described below) is impossible.My solution for assembling this product is shown in Photo #6. I place the split spacer on top of the rubber tube. I then force the end of the middle rod with the spacer into the top of the lower rod. This process yields a more sturdy assembly, but prevents the middle rod from telescoping. The alternative to it being at permanent maximum height is to allow for the telescoping mechanism to fail (as described above). You can either have this assembly at maximum height or minimum height.This means that you cannot raise or lower the speakers at all once you have assembled it this way. I needed them at max height, so this was a solution to my problem.This process took me about two hours to figure out. I used the instructions. They did not help. This should have taken me about 15 minutes. I am not new to building things. I do that for a living.There is also no instruction on how to feed the wire through the rod. Obviously you can either feed it from top to bottom or from bottom to top. In doing this, it is essentially impossible to feed the wire from bottom to top. You must feed the wire from top to bottom.Sturdiness (2 Star)Good things about this assembly are the metal rods (this is very good for sturdiness), and the base of this assembly. The base is very sturdy and will not let anything tip over at all. I like this about the product.Bad things about this assembly are as mentioned in the ease of use section above. The entire assembly is forced to be stable by breaking it. The telescoping mechanism would be good if it was designed properly, as the rods fit nicely in each other.Mounting System (3 Stars)The mounting system at the top is very flimsy, but it is okay as long as you do not touch the speakers ever. My speakers use a standard style slip-in mechanism to mount to a wall or anything. because of this, I had to use a screw and a stand off, and the speakers are basically hanging there. There is no way to tighten the screw after it goes in, so that is not ideal. I would guess that this is around middle of the pack in terms of quality and ease of use. This might work better if you have speakers which can mount in a different way, but I do not know exactly how effective that would be.Photo #7 shows an image of the finished assembly, with the speaker attached.Overall Rating (2 stars)I rate this a 2 out of 5. I eventually got it to work, but the product I paid almost 50 dollars for does not operate as advertised. I see pictures from other reviewers and I refuse to believe that we have purchased the same product. I received many extra fasteners in this product. The cost of the extra fasteners should be enough to replace the material of the poorly designed telescoping mechanism.Pros:- The maximum height is a good height to be stuck at- They are unassuming. Nobody seems to notice them or think they are out of place.- They do not tip over easily- The main support rods are very sturdy- I received approximately 6 extra fasteners PER TYPE OF FASTENER. I now have a bunch of extra screws and washers.Cons:- I paid $44.52 for something that should likely cost $30 maximum- These speaker mounts do not telescope effectively- These took me 2 hours to "assemble"- The assembly instructions do not help you assemble these stands- I had to force the assembly to work. They are stuck at maximum height forever.- The system for attaching the speakers is not ideal for speakers that attach through hanging.- The rubber tube which is loosely attached to the middle rod likes to slip off during attempted telescoping- The main issue with the assembly is also an issue that may prevent you from being able to return this defective design. ("do not overtighten" is lazy and dishonest. If you sell a product that needs to be tightened in order to function and you put "do not overtighten" on the product without providing a guide for tightening, you have included that warning simply to protect yourself from a flawed design).- This product required an engineering degree to assemble. Something this simple should've taken a few minutes to assemble and I shouldn't have been forced to engineer a solution to this design.

It might just be me, but it took me abut 2.5 hours to get these assembled because of reading the small print instructions with a magnifying glass and trying to match pieces and parts to the pictorial. It comes with a product assemble pictorial that list all the different pieces, but you don't use all the pieces listed. The assembly pictorial shows three different ways to attach the speaker, but only for vertically assembly. There are 6 different size screws, several extension sleeves, washers, 4 quarter inch felt pads and several other items. It is up to you to figure out which configuration will work with your speakers.The telescoping poles are just a tad too small in diameter and even the tightening screw that connects the bottom piece to the next piece won't hold them up extended. I took tape and wrapped the bottom of the second pole to create a tighter fit and that seems to work. The assembly to the speakers, mine are Vizio, is very unclear. Mine actually mount horizontally and not vertically. As stated by other people who purchased them, the surround sound speaker wire will not fit into the piping for the stand with Vizio. I don't mind the speaker wires not fitting, there are ties and such to solve that problem.It would be wonderful if the manufacturer would list the brand of speakers these can be used with. If the speaker brand is listed within the different diagrams, that would be so helpful. As it is right now, you are on your own to figure out which mounting setup works with your system and then figure out which screws and such to use.

These mounts allowed me to position my rear speakers without mounting them to the wall, and the ability to hide the wires.

I like that they came with instructions and went together fairly easy, they look like they will hold up. I don't have small children or pets that could knock them over.Overall I like them and they do the job.

Below average product for Samsung 5.1 surround sound audio system. The stands are wobbly and seem to precariously hold the back two speakers. I would look elsewhere for a better pair of stands. Its heavy which is nice but other than that, the quality is not worth the price.

Sturdiness I have Bose speakers midsize and it held up well but the screw for the mount to pole the bracket could be better then a small screw maybe one goes through with nut to secure better . The bottom weight is always likes to listen when you tighten the adjusting pole height so you must hold on to both while tightening . ( but it good for price and use in corners as your not going to be moving those stands daily ) husband really likes these as we’re old school and wireless requires batteries ok’d school do not ! Lol

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For the price that you pay, these products arnt half bad. These cheap speaker stands support my Polk Audio m1 series at max height, which each weigh 8 pounds. They are very fragile with this much weight at max height, even with the included heavy weights attached to the bottom. So keeping children away would be a good idea. I'm using them to hold the rear channels in my surround sound system and havnt had a problem. They wernt the easiest to construct, the instructions wernt much help, but I was able to figure it out. So in summary, if you want cheap speaker stands that wont be touched very often, these are a perfect fit.