Well designed, well made, and works great for handsfree operation
I've used some car mounts before, but none of them could stick to a dashboard without a special mounting adaptor. This iOttie is the first one that has stayed on the dash, albeit it's only been a week. Still, it's stayed on and stayed put even through some warm Hawaii weather with the car parked out in the sun. That's pretty impressive. It also holds my iPhone 5 in a thin TPU case securely, although it's not quite as one-handed as they say it is. Let's clarify that. If you leave the arms spread in the open position, placing a phone in the cradle is duck soup easy. You just push it in and the arm snaps shut and holds it securely. I usually push it in a little after the initial contact just to make sure. Then I can easily grab the phone and make minor position adjustments. The two handed part comes in when you take your phone out and want to leave the arm spread open for the next use. That's easier done with two hands, but since that should be done only after you've parked, it's not an issue. :-) The ballhead joint shifts easily enough to get your phone in the right position, but holds firmly enough to keep the phone where you put it. No reason why it shouldn't fit bigger phones with ease. There's a little bit of shaking with vibration, but less so than with the cheaper and less capable mounts I tried before. With the friction ball joint and rotating cradle, it's not problem finding a good angle. Unlike some other holders I tried, there are no additional arms or projections to get in the way of the buttons, headphone jack, microphone, or speaker, and I can use the iPhone handsfree in speaker mode easily to answer calls. No problem plugging in a recharge/dock cable. Haven't used it for navigation yet, but it should be great. Best car mount I've tried yet! Update: I've been using this mount in my Honda CRV as a windshield mount for using an old iPhone as a dashcam. It sticks to the windshield very well, and the mount can rotate and adjust to let me shoot straight ahead. My only gripe is that the phone tends to jiggle when the road is rough. If I can figure out how to dampen the vibration, it'd be perfect. Still working, three years later. Read more












