Description
A wall mounted TV leaves everything else homeless. The set top box, the console, the soundbar and the router all still need somewhere to sit, and a floor cabinet under a wall mounted screen defeats the point of mounting it. Floating shelves are the answer, and the FITUEYES two tier version in tempered glass and aluminium is one of the longer established options.
It is also a heavy sheet of glass held to a wall by whatever anchors happen to be in the box, which puts the mounting question ahead of everything else. Below is what FITUEYES specifies, where its own capacity claims disagree, and what has to be got right on the wall.
What FITUEYES specifies
The manufacturer describes two tiers of 5mm tempered glass on aluminium, using a cold rolling process, with a curved shelf profile intended to break up a rigid square outline. A toothed design on the back allows cables to be wrapped around it in an organised way. The shelves are described as steplessly adjustable so the gap can be set to fit different devices.
Stated dimensions are 11.85 inches deep by 14.96 inches wide by 14 inches high. Weight limit is given as 22 pounds. Unit weight is 5.5 pounds. Installation type is wall mount, assembly is required, and instructions plus mounting accessories are included. The finish is painted black and the model number is DS203801GBAM.
Two capacity claims that do not agree
The specification records a weight limit of 22 pounds. A bullet states that the materials and the cold rolling process mean the shelf can withstand three times its own weight. The unit weighs 5.5 pounds, and three times that is 16.5 pounds, not 22.
Worse, it is never stated whether 22 pounds is the total for both shelves or the allowance per shelf. The product title says holds up to 22lbs, which reads as a total, but the ambiguity is not resolved anywhere. That matters: a games console and a cable box together are close to that figure, and a soundbar on top would exceed it. The conservative reading is 22 pounds total, and the safe practice is to stay well under whichever figure applies, because a glass shelf does not sag as a warning before it fails.
Sixteen inch shelf thickness, and other nonsense
The specification records shelf thickness as 16 inches. The shelves are 5mm tempered glass, which is about a fifth of an inch. Sixteen inches is not a thickness for anything in this product; it is most likely a depth or a width figure that has landed in the wrong field.
The model name field records FBA_COMIN16JU047538, which is a fulfilment code rather than a model name, while the actual model number appears separately as DS203801GBAM. Size is recorded as 2 Ties rather than 2 Tiers. None of this affects the product, but it is a reminder that the numbers on this page need reading rather than trusting, and the ones that matter most, the load rating and the anchor specification, are exactly the ones that should not be guessed at.
The wall is the part that actually matters
This is where the honest guidance sits. A shelf carrying a games console at chest height, on a wall, above where people sit, is a safety item rather than a decorative one, and the failure mode is glass and hardware coming down onto a sofa.
The listing states that mounting accessories are included but never says what they are, and generic supplied anchors are the weakest part of most wall mounted products. Plasterboard alone will not hold a loaded shelf on the screws that come in a small bag. Find the studs and fix into timber where possible. Where studs are not where the shelf needs to go, use proper cavity fixings rated well above the intended load, and on masonry use the correct plugs for the substrate. Follow the manufacturer's instructions, use a level, and if there is any doubt about the wall construction, get someone who works with walls to look at it. The same reasoning applies to the screen itself, which is why our TV mount shelf repeats this point on every product.
Heat, ventilation and what actually goes on these shelves
AV equipment runs warm, and a glass shelf in an enclosed alcove gives it nowhere to send that heat. Set top boxes and games consoles both throttle or shut down when they overheat, and the usual cause is not the shelf material but the clearance around the unit.
Stepless adjustment helps here in a way the listing does not advertise. Being able to set the gap between tiers by eye rather than to a fixed notch means a console can be given the clearance its own manual specifies rather than whatever spacing the shelf was designed around. Check the vents on each device and make sure none of them face directly into a shelf underside or a wall.
Glass is also worth thinking about as a surface rather than just as a structure. It transmits vibration and reflects sound, so a device with a hard drive or a fan will be more audible on glass than on wood, and a soundbar placed on a glass shelf can buzz at certain frequencies. Small self adhesive rubber feet under each device solve both problems for very little money, and also stop things sliding on a smooth surface.
What the listing does not establish
Whether the 22 pound limit is per shelf or total. What anchors are supplied and what wall types they suit. Whether the glass carries a safety glazing certification, which for tempered glass mounted above seating is a fair question. The adjustment range of the stepless mechanism, so the minimum and maximum gap between the tiers is unknown, which is the whole point of the adjustability.
Clearance between the lower shelf and the wall bracket is not stated. The load rating of the supplied fixings is not given. There is no warranty term. Whether the shelf can be mounted with the tiers reversed or at a different spacing on the wall is not addressed. And how much depth the toothed cable channel takes from the usable 11.85 inches is not stated, which matters for a deep set top box.
Who it suits, and who should choose something else
This suits a wall mounted television in a room where a floor cabinet would look wrong, with one or two light devices to house: a streaming box, a cable box, a small console, a router. The stepless adjustment is a genuine advantage over fixed spacing, since AV boxes vary wildly in height, and the cable channel is a real solution to the visible spaghetti problem rather than a decorative touch. It also pairs naturally with a bracket such as the Mount-It MI-4151 articulating arm, which puts the screen on the same wall.
Choose something else if the equipment is heavy. A full size games console plus a soundbar is beyond a sensible reading of the published limit, and a floor standing unit such as the Furinno Turn-N-Tube entertainment centre or a wider TV stand carries far more without touching the wall. Choose something else if the wall is plasterboard with no accessible studs and you are not confident about cavity fixings. Choose something else if the devices are deep, given the 11.85 inch depth. And if the television itself still needs mounting, pair this with a properly rated bracket from our AV shelving shelf rather than improvising.