How to Find the Best TV Lift : Avoid The 5 Common Mistakes People Make

Too Cheap

You get what you pay for. ALWAYS ask if the TV lift is a Chinese import. ALL of the cheaper imported TV lifts have very poor warranties, and most have plastic gear wheels and thin exposed slide tracks. They don’t work with floating cabinet tops, TV swivels, counter-top cut outs, and other applications. Avoid the problems by choosing the best TV Lift design: one that is made in America, using a smooth, telescoping steel column.

Too Noisy

Unless you compare, you could get stuck with a loud lift! Any TV lift maker can claim that their products are quiet (and most do), but there is a big difference in motor noise. Your TV lift should be almost silent when it runs. Nexus 21 telescoping TV lifts are so quiet that they only affect ambient noise by about 5 decibels (that is less than a whisper). Ask about the decibels before you buy a TV Lift.

Too Unreliable

LOOK FOR A WARRANTY so you are protected! Most TV lift companies do not cover your purchase with a long warranty, and this should tell you something about their reliability. Most only give you 1 or 2 years, with various limitations. A very few give 3 or 4 years. One even CHARGES YOU EXTRA to “upgrade” you from 1 year to 4 years! The best full warranty in the TV lift industry today is - 5 years of total coverage on everything, and it comes standard on every TV Lift from Nexus 21.

Too Big

A bigger TV Lift mechanism forces you to use a taller cabinet. Watch out for big “rack and pinion” frame-style TV lifts. There are also back-mount slide lifts that look small in the photos, but are taller than you would think! You will have more options if you use a compact, low-profile TV Lift. Currently, the lowest-profile TV Lift in the industry is the Nexus 21 model L-27.

Too Slow

Many people forget to ask about this before they buy a TV lift! Most lifts are very slow and it seems like forever waiting for your screen to get fully into view, but the best TV lifts are faster. Nexus 21 lifts take as little as 15 seconds to fully extend; many others take 35 to 45 seconds!