Smartphone holder for car suggestions

I have had a lot of success in my Focus with a Brodit Proclip, which is custom designed for each model of car. See

That clip just provides a mounting surface. To attach the phone, I used a Scosche Magic Mount Surface:

Then as per the illustration, I attached one of the metal plates to the back of my phone inside the gel case.

It has all been working a treat for about 18 months.

I also found a down-angle USB-C or Micro-USB connector was the tidiest, such as this one:

Just to follow up, this is mine without the phone:

Cheers Tony

I was also very pleased with these. We fitted them to three different models of car. The nice thing is that a new phone or car simply requires that component to be replaced.

The last two cars have Bluetooth and voice activation, so I haven't needed one recently.

Personally I've simply repurposed an old phone as satnav/audio device (which needs mounting). No case, and the magnetic-air vent holder is fine.

Since I've decided never to actually make/take calls on the move, my real phone can stay in my pocket.

YMMV.

Very interesting thanks. Maybe I should wait till I replace my 2010 Focus!

I have:

A bean bag dash thingy:

Then:

Magnets near phones is not real problem (if you aren't relying on the compass, obviously) and it's too far from the car's wiring to matter.

I've found it one of the better setups, especially as I can chuck the whole lot in the glove box when not in use - and in theory, it's easy to let anyone clip there phone on the same base.

NO need to worry about magnetism really, but the other worries are valid. You need something easy to release, since you do not want to leave it in the car or in the sun.

Could you not get a case and modify it so it has a slide on mount at the back or something like that?

Brian

I'm happy with my phone carrier clipped in the dash vents. Would never blow hot air out of these, only on to screen or feet! I have an eBay cheapie of the type where the two side clips move inwards as the weight of the phone is taken on the bottom support. Secure, quick and easy to insert or remove phone, will fit most phones.

I too would echo the Brodit suggestion.

At first I thought they seemed expensive but the one I bought for my wife's Fiesta (mounted on the A-pillar) has been nothing short of superb and so consider it money well spent.

Tony Mountifield wrote

I had a brodit for my previous car, I double sided-taped a magnetic wireless charger to it.

the good: you could just "throw" the phone in its general direction, it would grab it and start charging

the bad: the magnets buggered up the compass, not as disastrous as it sounds because the map software uses GPS for its heading rather than the compass whenever the car is moving (over 5mph?) but when stationary it would think you performed a 180 on the spot!

Not in terms of damaging the electronics, but see my post about it affecting phones with a magnetometer/compass ...

using a mag compass in a vehicle is almost impossible anywaay

Something like that is what's used for the satnav bit of driving tests, where they need to put the approved satnav in a different car every hour. Seems to work for them, and evidently emergency-stop-proof!