I recently got the TV bench, which I read can support up to 72” TVs. Great, I have a 65”. I went fancy with doors and such.

What I didn’t know was that the top only supports up to 25kg, which was a fairly recent downgrade from the old 50kg. I’m annoyed because my TV is already 26kg. Not too bad, right? Except I also got the glass top which is a whopping 10 kilos.

It’s just sitting in my living room right now. It’s too big for my car to return to IKEA. The thing costs less than shipping/delivering it back. It’s pointless to give it away because it’s useless without the Besta.

I basically have a huge paperweight I don’t know what to do with. 25kg is such a ridiculously low capacity for a TV stand this big.

I have a Besta which is a few years old, but never knew there was a glass top-panel for it. I saw it in store and it looked great.. but when you look at the reviews online, it's a bit scary:

The one I'm looking at has all perfect reviews:
https://www.ikea.com/us/en/p/besta-top-panel-for-tv-glass-black-00295304/

The same one in a slightly smaller size has all terrible reviews, saying the glass shatters out of nowhere:
https://www.ikea.com/us/en/p/besta-top-panel-for-tv-glass-black-80295300/

I imagine they're the same exact materials, just a different sized cut, which makes it so strange that one of them would be perfect and the other would be prone to shattering easily.

Does anyone have experience with these? ideally the larger sized one? Any issues?
And can these be installed relatively easily/quickly (the TV is already on the Besta; I would need to lift the TV while someone added the glass panel to the top of the besta, ideally something that can be done in about 20-30 seconds?)

Hey Ikea hackers! I hope everyone is doing well :)

I want to have a besta tv stand with 4 doors, what is the best option to buy? (thinking about the seam / division that will be visible)

Option A) 2 pieces of https://www.ikea.com/ca/en/p/besta-shelf-unit-with-doors-white-selsviken-high-gloss-white-s89047443/ (4 doors total)

Option B) 1 piece of https://www.ikea.com/ca/en/p/besta-tv-bench-white-00565777/ + 1 piece of https://www.ikea.com/ca/en/p/besta-shelf-unit-with-door-white-hanviken-white-s69046878/ (4 doors total)

With option A the seam is centralized, with option B the seam will be leaning towards one of the sides.. however, I get a hole that I can fit in all the cables for the TV.

I'm lost so any thoughts are appreciated!

Thank you! :)