Ikea Besta - Just Paper and Air

Hello

Yesterday we spent a long time at Ikea planning a sideboard for our bedroom. Our new 55" Sony TV was supposed to fit on it. We invested a lot of time and received detailed and thorough advice on site. In the end, however, we gave up.

Two reasons: The TV wall mount suitable for the cutout in the TV bench can only be used for TVs from IKEA and surely does not fit other TVs – this was assured to us several times by the staff ... :eek:

And Besta is not wood but just paper and air as was also assured to us several times by the IKEA staff ...

Okay! But I want furniture made of wood or at least particle board and I’m afraid I am just no longer compatible with Ikea. Just as little as a Sony, Samsung, LG, Philips and so on, and so on TV is compatible with IKEA’s TV wall mount.

That has always been the case with BESTA. The top panels are made of hard fiberboard, and where the holes are, there are strips of particleboard. In between are cardboard honeycombs like in a simple interior door.

That's true, as my predecessor already said. But it has always been like that and is not really a big deal. I also put together a TV wall from Besta and am very satisfied (despite air and paper). Through the customization (fronts, corps, drawers, open compartments, glass cover plates) Besta offers a selection that is unparalleled. In terms of price, you won't find anything comparable that is so flexible. Other TVs (not just from IKEA) also fit the Uppleva mount. You just have to be a bit handy and make yourself a VESA adapter plate. Then you can hang any random TV on it, it's no problem at all.