Tuesday, December 27, 2011

Works Well, It's Outstanding - Phone Mount Car Critique

By Elizabeth Jenkins


For the price you can't beat this mount. It has an opening for the volume buttons and the charger. It's not a particularly attractive piece of equipment, but it does what it's designed to do. Three stars may be unfair; I'm comparing it to the old droid mount, not to other squeeze mounts. The device is very sturdy and is made of solid heavy-duty plastic. In my installation, I used the included 3M adhesive plate to mount the holder on the dash beside my cd receiver and slightly above and to the left of the gear shift, making it easy to see at a glance and to operate while keeping my right hand close to the steering wheel. I tried every possible orientation of the phone, and none would allow access to all phone ports and power button. That said, the modification was not a big deal, and the holder works fine. It was easy to put it in and take it out of the holder. A couple times the mount slid apart in the sideways position, but this may be due to user error in not fully and securely sliding the two pieces together.

I have only used the vent mount. It works better than expected. I bought this "Universal" mount so that it could be used with both mine and my wife's smartphones. The reviews here on Amazon make this sound like a great product, and after using it for over a month now, it is! Very easy to assemble and the parts fit very well. The grip is snug and the phone sits securely in it.

The clips that go onto the vents aren't hooked in the ends, so they don't actually grip the vent. The mount can easily be pulled off without releasing the clips.

I read a review on here before I bought that the suction cup doesn't stay at all. Whoever wrote that review is straight up inept. You will not be disappointed. I have a 2003 Land Rover Discovery 2 and this product works perfectly.

Okay, so if you don't know how to use this product properly, you probably shouldn't have bought it (I'm talking about the other reviews). The package comes with the windshield mount (suction cup), a vent mount (clips), and a dash mount (sticky pad).

Unfortunately the vent mount fits very loosely and moves back and forth when taking a turn. I'm unable to install it onto the vents closest to the driver because it interferes with the wiper control and the headlight/blinker control. Very well made, sturdy on both the vent and on the suction cup, although, I never really like to trust suction cups with something like this...always afraid it will suddenly drop and break it. I use the vent clip holder and it positions very nicely with the support bracket they have included.




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