I've been looking for a decent holder for not only my car but my work van as well. Most vent holders suck...don't want multiple suction type holders attached to my windshield and the cig lighter/cup holder type holders just aren't my cup of tea. But then I stumbled upon this vent holder and it seems not only to have addressed the issues with most vent holders, flimsy clips, lack of stability and very little adjustability. Anyone tried it out? Strongly considering getting one....would help keep the phone cool since it's summertime here and I have the a/c going most of the time. See any potential problems with it's design?
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I've already got a screen suction arm, and holder for the Wizard. These are connected together through the standard 4 prong connection method.
If I get just a Brodit active holder (http://www.gpsforless.co.uk/product_details.php?id=5839), will it connect straight onto the existing sucker via the 4 prongs, or will I need to get another screen sucker? This page (http://www.gpsforless.co.uk/product_details.php?id=5860) seems to imply yes, but looking at the Brodit on it's own, I'm not sure.
Thanks in advance.
I don't know which sucker you have, but the Brodit cradles come with a plastic swivel plate on the back with four holes, which are used to screw it to the mount. There are no prongs involved. Whether you could still screw the Brodit to your suction mount I couldn't say...
I've found the Brodit-specific car mounts to be excellent, and if you go to www.dsldevelopments.co.uk you'll get excellent help and advice.
The screen attachment you describe sounds like a Herbert Rickter product, the second link in your post is for an Artemis holder that is supplied with a HR screen mount. The normal Brodit powered holder you link in the first post will not connect to a HR mount, it needs a Brodit Pro clip specific to your vehicle.
I have tried coupling the Brodit holder to a HR mount and it simply doesn't work, there are addaptors for securing a HR holder to a Brodit Pro Clip but not the other way around AFAIK - Mike
I've always liked the simple use of the Garmin GPS clipping system, you just snap the unit in and that's it. When I saw the Kensington mounting system, I was ecstatic but then disappointed to find out that it would not work with my Seidio Innocase. I ended up staying with my MOBI vent mount but the vent clips aren't secure enough and the whole unit slides around when I turn and go over bumps so I went on ebay to purchased a Garmin GPS vent mount to use the coiled spring vent clips so it'll hug the vent. Turns out those spring clips don't attach to my MOBI vent mount. At this time I figured I'd just disassemble the two and get a $60 solution from ProClips. This is when I discovered my perfect solution. I just took a piece of foam from the MOBI unit and taped it to the wider clip of the Garmin GPS clipping unit and now my EVO holds securely with or without my Seidio case. It doesn't have to be a vent mount, as long as you have the Garmin GPS clippping unit and a 17mm ball mount. I've included a video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ri0AWroEzhQ
So I pretty much just bought this GPS vent mount from ebay user chxee (seems to be the only one selling them for cheap starting at 99cents. I got mine for $2.75, I've seen some going for just 99cent free shipping.)
Garmin air vent mount nuvi 255w
The foam piece can be purchased from a crafts store.
Anyways, here are the pics:
Try heating it up with a hair dryer and see if you can permanently bend it. Should work, and might be the perfect solution.
i thought about that, it was my last resort. but now with this foam workaround i think the foam gives it an extra grip to keep it from sliding.
How does that mount hold in your vent. I see it's similar to this one. http://cgi.ebay.com/Car-Air-Vent-Mo...EVO-4G-Black-/390229156793?pt=PDA_Accessories
I had a vent mount for my iPhone 3G but it was significantly lighter than the EVO, haha.
I ordered one (suction for $4.99 since I like that better), but I'm wondering if there's anything better than foam to use since that looks a bit tacky. I want it to look professional. Might try the hairdryer route, but am afraid of snappage. Let me know if you have any ideas.
Springs = CHINSEY
I had this car mount for my Evo 4G for about 2 weeks, and literally after taking the phone in and out of the cradle (Correctly, I might add. I wasn't tearing it out, rather pressing the release button, and then removing.) about twice a day for not even two weeks, both of the plastic connectors on the arm-end of the spring loaded clamp snapped off. Any suggestions on how we can reinforce this? If it hadn't snapped, I LOVED THIS THING!
I would like to mount my phone to my ATV so I am looking for a smartphone holder. It musn't be a vaccum or bicycle type, because I want to mount the holder with two or four screws to the frame, so there are no doubts the phone and holder would fall off when riding on a more rough terrain..
Any suggestions?
Thanks in advance.
Why don't you look into Brodit or ProClip mounts? Hope this helps.
Thanks for your suggestion.
Active holder from Brodit should do the job, but it still isn't that secure. There is no additonal "limiter" from the left (or top if in landscape). Motorola has some excellent original holders, I wish something like that would exist for SE..
A car mount is just a car mount, right? How exciting can a car mount get?
I've been using over a dozen car mounts over the years. They all work fine.....initially at least. But all of them have one problem in common. They don't last. Either the flimsy plastic parts start breaking or more likely the suction cup becomes unreliable causing the mount to fall off the windshield at the most inconvenient moments.
I picked the Exomount because I read many good reviews about it but here at last was a car mount with a difference because it claims to do things that other car mounts can only dream about - it can mount on textured surfaces like a grained wood surface or the dimpled surface of a car dash. Many reviewers also claim that it can mount on slightly curved surfaces.
I bit the bullet and got the Exomount. True enough, it is able to do all that it claimed it can do. I had a fun time trying it on all kinds of surfaces. When it comes to actual usage, the Exomount gave me a lot more choices on where to to mount my phone/gps in my car. I no longer have to mount it on my windshield if I don't want to.
The clamping jaws of the Exomount may look a little basic and primitive but it is actually a pretty good feature. It allows me to swap devices easily without the need to make adjustments to the clamping mechanism. It also allows me to mount my phone on it without blocking the camera so I can use my phone as a dash camera if I want to.
Best of all, I have been using it for more than 18 months now and it still works like new. The suction cup has yet to fail me, not even once.
The Exomount is an amazing car mount and I highly recommend it. A more detailed review of the Exomount can be found at Exogear Exomount Universal Car Mount Review.
The Exomount has a limit of up to devices with 5" displays. I have tried it with a few other phones such as a couple of Blackberries, an iPhone 4S as well as my 3.5" Garmin GPS.
My Generic Knockoff
Here's a review for the Generic Knockoff I ordered off of Ebay for $5.99. It arrived yesterday. http://sgoldfein.wordpress.com/2012/11/27/universal-cellphone-automobile-mount/
best car mount ever. i'm getting my second one for my dad
I had been using the Mountek nGroove Snap for almost two years, but the thing they don't tell you in the product description is that the Mountek will compress and destroy the foam protector in your CD Player. When you take it out, your CD Player will look like a Hillbilly's smile.
I just bought a new car, and I didn't want that to happen again. I've always been interested in ProClip's offerings, since they are custom molded to fit your car, but the high price always put me off. For my car, I'd have to shell out 30 bucks for the custom mold and another 50 for the adjustable iOauto Pro Magnetic mount. Also, I couldn't find any posting anywhere that said that the iOauto Pro would hold the Nexus 5 securely without adding the included metal plate. I prefer my Nexus 5 naked.
My solution combines the Mountek nGroove and ProClip that more or less works perfectly with my Nexus 5 (I'll get to the drawback in a second)
Since I already had the nGroove, all I needed to buy was the Custom ProClip mount for my car ($30) and an AMPS ball adapter ($9.95), which I found on Amazon (search for iBOLT AMPS Adapter Plate).
The iBOLT comes with screws that are a little too big for the ProClip mount, so what I did was widen the holes on the ProClip with a power drill until they fit. Since both the iBOLT and ProClip use the AMPS standard, the holes lined up perfectly.
I'm happy with the finished product, although the ball on the iBOLT and the ball of the Mountek have a different texture. This made the Mountek piece sit a little too snug against the iBOLT ball. I'm thinking about sanding down the iBOLT ball until it can click into place.
Thanks for reading!
that looks awesome. id love to see some more pictures of it actually in the car. i might have just found my car clip!
Thanks for the setup. I was looking for a solution to this exactly. BTW you can take that yellow sticker off if you didnt know.
Thought that Proclip mount looked familiar. I have an XV Crosstrek and it looks like you either have an XV or impreza.