Best vent mount
What I was looking for was a mount that was flexible both in terms of the orientation of the device and the placement on the dash. I also needed to be able to charge while it was in the mount, and that the device would not bounce around too much. A note here - apparently I'm a lot more sensitive to the shaking of the display than lots of people, because I haven't found very many mounts that will hold the screen reasonably steady. I've gone through a lot of mounts and I think I've tried all of the different types: dashboard / weight mounts, air vent, cup holder w/ arm, cd slot mounts and window suction cup mounts. Inside every category you'll find good and bad builds, but generally the shorter the distance from whatever is holding the phone and the mount point, the better off you're going to be in terms of stability (a cupholder mount with arm was about the worst) - but getting right next to the mount point usually costs flexibility in terms of the device orientation (you can't switch between landscape and portrait mode). The best balance of all my requirements was the vent mount. Latching onto the vents was a stable base (vs. a cd slot which was wobbly or a stick-anywhere mount which came unglued after a while). There are enough vents in cars to give you some flexibility in terms of where you put it, and they're all generally at the right eye-level (you don't have to look down to see it). I went through ~5 vent mounts before I ran across this one which is the best I've found. The grippers are solid and work well. It's one of the only vent mounts I've used where you could pull the device straight off without pulling the vent mount out, as opposed to sliding it off to one side or the other. Still a good practice to slide off so you don't damage your vents. The arm is short so it's stable, and there's a pivot so you can spin the device around easily. If you like vent mounts just buy this one, just remember if you have cheap vents don't pull it directly off. Read more
