Best Phone Mount?

C.K Dexter Haven

Looking for a good phone mount for a windscreen; i know it's a simple thing, but with prices from a few euro to over 60 euro, i'd appreciate your own tried and tested views.

Looking for a windscreen mount for a multi-phone fitting- but all phone mount reviews for any phone welcome - please post link if possible as to where to purchase, either online or bricks'nmortar shop.
thanks

Interslice

Holds phone at a bad angle, facing your lap, for a while. Phone eventually falls onto the ground.

C.K Dexter Haven

Interslice wrote: »

Holds phone at a bad angle, facing your lap, for a while. Phone eventually falls onto the ground.

thanks- one down, many to go:P

challengemaster

Have you looked at the ones mounting into the CD player slot?

http://radmo.co/

I've tried a good few over the last number of years, Belkin, Tomtom, etc - and tbh no matter where you mount it, it's just one more blind spot to deal with.

C.K Dexter Haven

challengemaster wrote: »

Have you looked at the ones mounting into the CD player slot?

http://radmo.co/

I've tried a good few over the last number of years, Belkin, Tomtom, etc - and tbh no matter where you mount it, it's just one more blind spot to deal with.

didn't see this before- thanks CM- i'll explore further- cheers;)

jca

challengemaster wrote: »

Have you looked at the ones mounting into the CD player slot?

http://radmo.co/

I've tried a good few over the last number of years, Belkin, Tomtom, etc - and tbh no matter where you mount it, it's just one more blind spot to deal with.

It looks like a good idea but at 220 bucks it's a bit scaldy!! The misspelling of legal doesn't inspire confidence either.

challengemaster

jca wrote: »

It looks like a good idea but at 220 bucks it's a bit scaldy!! The misspelling of legal doesn't inspire confidence either.

You might want to re-check that. It's $22

Interslice

I think dash mount is the only job. Had one mounted in the vents above the radio in the primera but it was still dodgy to do anything with. Eyes were more or less off the road. Fine if your only using bluetooth or headphones to answer calls but if your looking to change mp3's or mess with the sat nav dash mount will be better I think. Health and safety and all that.

BBMcQ

challengemaster wrote: »

You might want to re-check that. It's $22

You can get these in Ireland. Trying to think of where I saw them... Will keep thinking!

Cmar-Ireland

Samsung Universal Mount

I have one and it works great. Very secure.

Flood

The best phone mount is the boot, you are either driving or want to be taking selfies.

darragh o meara

I have this one in my car for almost a year, Ive had everything from a iphone to a galaxy note in it and its been flawless. The gooseneck can be removed from it making it even smaller.

http://www.halfords.ie/technology/car-entertainment-accessories/mobile-phone-tablet-accessories/belkin-window-mount

breanach78

I opened a post like similar to this in the iPhone section, posted recommend this one

http://winnergear.com/product/car-mount/

I can not recommend it highly enough, I hated going in to some shops here and asking about suction mounts. Most had cheap Chinese rubbish and charging well for it.

This is a really good quality product.

If i am not mistaken it was only 29$ delivered too!

cletus

Flood wrote: »

The best phone mount is the boot, you are either driving or want to be taking selfies.

That's ridiculous. People have their phones mounted for all sorts of reasons these days. The idea that somebody would mount a phone so they could play with it while driving is stupid.

I suppose you've removed the head unit from your car on the basis that your either driving or dancing? And that you don't carry passengers because your either driving or conversing

Pointless moralising is pointless

TrailerBob

Flood wrote: »

The best phone mount is the boot, you are either driving or want to be taking selfies.

Yeah, I mean, who's taking selfies with a dash mount, I use mine for texting and surfing the web only :rolleyes:

All joking aside, my phone is also a Sat Nav, plus the mount on my dash charges it and allows me to use it as a dash cam if needs be... The cradle is very handy

OP, if you don't want a cradle specific to your phone, try the x mount (a quick Google will find them).. I put one in a car for a friend of mine and it's quite impressive

pippip

Dont get this one (JML), it won't fecking let go of the phone, keeps pulling the back off the phone when I try to get it off. Couldn't believe it, I was originally worried about it dropping the phone, not a chance.

mik_da_man

I know its not a windscreen mount and is expensive, but I'd recommend a Brodit setup.

http://www.brodit.com/brodit.html?pn=home

Nothing that I have tried came close.
Downside is that you must get a specific holder for each phone, so if you change phones regularly it can be a pain

WhatsGoingOn2

I've had a few and the arkon mg279 is by far the best I've had. Search for it on Amazon, it was about €20.

C.K Dexter Haven

All great suggestions and warnings guys, many thanks

Padkir

I've an oso mount thing that I got off Amazon. Very good, solid as a rock. One point to note is to make sure to wash it and let it dry again if you've had it off for a while, as the dust sticking to it does affect the suction. But a small wipe before hand and no issues; mines been on for months now with no issue.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B007RYI7R0/ref=cm_sw_r_awd_H0RXub1EWP8X9

68 lost souls

I have a vent mounted holder which is great. Never fallen off in my car in 18 months. Saying that it didn't fit as well I the company can when I drove that a few times.

Use it with Waze running any time in the car and position is good as it's not in the way of the windscreen but not too far out of the way for looking at. Also great placement for the charger.

Handy placement aswell in the centre of the dash so passangers can easily access it if I need them to handle texts or dial numbers etc so I don't have to.

JBokeh

pippip wrote: »

Dont get this one (JML), it won't fecking let go of the phone, keeps pulling the back off the phone when I try to get it off. Couldn't believe it, I was originally worried about it dropping the phone, not a chance.

I've one of them, but it isn't JML branded, it is a cling-go or something, It was great until I changed phone to something that didn't have a smooth back. I've a cheapo phablet I use as a satnav when i'm traveling to exotic places beyond Cork, and it does a great job. I know what you mean about it pulling the back off the phone, but apply a bit of leverage from your thumb to pull it from the mount and it is fine.

Unless the JML ones is a copy made from some tec7 that never sets fully :pac:

Liamalone

pippip wrote: »

Dont get this one (JML), it won't fecking let go of the phone, keeps pulling the back off the phone when I try to get it off. Couldn't believe it, I was originally worried about it dropping the phone, not a chance.

I have one of these, it's a JML Grip go, I think it's brilliant. It grips the phone like a boss, trying to get the phone off it is like trying to get a bone off a dog, because there's a knack to it. For a tenner I think it's the job.

Squidgy Black

Where can you get the JML one?

Liamalone

_Tyrrell_ wrote: »

Where can you get the JML one?

I bought mine in Debenhams.

Best one I've used is Tetrax Geo. it does mean sticking a small, powerful magnet to the back of your phone though.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/?ie=UTF8&keywords=tetrax+geo&tag=googiehydra-21&index=aps&hvadid=39803232355&hvpos=1t1&hvexid=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=4117417148906194039&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=e&hvdev=c&ref=pd_sl_4l6wnva7ag_e