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ST parents - can I ask - did you ever secure your flatscreen TV to something in order to prevent toppling on the baby? (assuming it wasn't already on

Posted by kelly Jan 4 '13, 13:23

your wall)

We have our TV sitting on the entertainment center. I read a blog post last night from a woman who lost her 3 yr old 8 yrs ago when her small dresser toppled over onto her. It was *heartbreaking*. Nothing in this house is secured, but you can bet that now it will be. There isn't much choice when securing furniture to the wall, but there seems to be some choice about securing TVs.

One option is to buy something that holds the back of the TV to the wall with some sort of rod. Another option is earthquake straps, which can be put on the wall, but can also be attached to the entertainment system itself. Have you tried any of these? What did you like/dislike about them?

Thanks.

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We got a wall mount for ours -- nm - Beryllium Jan 4, 13:53
Debbie is wanting to do something like this over the winter....we have our tv on a stand also and its part of changes to the living room... - Walt_Disney Jan 4, 13:43
Flatscreens were before my kids were grown. My kids never really climbed on things though. - JaxSean Jan 4, 13:41
Thought about it, but never did. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Jan 4, 13:38 1
- oh man, you guys have major earthquake risk. you should secure everything. -- nm - loosilu Jan 4, 13:40
You should do it even if you don't have kids. -- nm - tl Jan 4, 13:32
i would think a simple strap would be fine for the tv, if it works for bookcases and the like. -- nm - TFox Jan 4, 13:30
here's the blog post - again, it is heartbreaking. -- (link) - kelly Jan 4, 13:29
There are lots of stories of these things. I would recommend them. Any reason you wouldn't just mount it on the wall? -- nm - pmb Jan 4, 13:27 4
- Cost, mainly. I think it costs a lot less for the straps than it does for one of those mounting units. -- nm - kelly Jan 4, 13:38 2
  - $30 to $75, depending on the size of the tv. - tRuMaN Jan 4, 13:45 1
    - Yeah. Just get the mounting brackets from Amazon instead of best buy and there are really reasonably priced ways to mount on the wall. -- nm - pmb Jan 4, 13:48
- we mounted ours, but iirc, it did come with an anchor strap as well. -- nm - znufrii Jan 4, 13:36
not a parent, but I secured all of my bookcases. was very happy about this when we had the earthquake. -- nm - loosilu Jan 4, 13:24

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