Smart Forfour/Fortwo Phone Holder, Smart 453 Phone Holder in Car Radio Mount Car Holder Stand (Black)

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Grip We manually shake all the car phone holders to see how well they grip a mobile and whether it detaches.

If you want to lock your phone into place on your vent and charge it at the same time, this Kenu mount should appeal.The Arteck phone holder is easy to mount securely to a horizontal air vent, and the same ball-joint fixture that all of our vent-mounted chargers have gives 360-degree rotation so that you can have your phone mounted portrait or landscape. Unlike some MagSafe holders this one doesn’t charge your iPhone while you’re travelling, but it does maintain a strong hold on your device, and you can still charge using a cable. With its 30cm arm you’re able to move the viewing angle into many different positions and orientations, which makes the Exshow Car Mount mighty handy for taller or shorter drivers due to its generous reach. It simply slips onto one of your heater vents (remember to turn the airflow to that vent off if your car heating is running) and then holds your phone securely in its rubberised grips.

Finally, we check any additional features, including wireless charging, to see how well these work in everyday use. We also considered how compatible they are with differing handset brands, how easy the phone was to reposition while in the holder, how quickly the holder charges the phone, and whether it included overcharging or overheating protection. Our car mobile phone holders attach to the dashboard or windscreen and are compliant with all models of phone. If you don’t want something too fiddly and cumbersome, then this simple magnetic air vent mount is the ideal choice. While it’s certainly possible to marry the iOttie Easy One Touch Wireless 2 accessory to old school hardware there’s nothing out of date about the wireless capability of this accessory.If you have more than one vehicle, this allows you to install one mount in each vehicle and just take the cradle portion of the holder with you. It can make sense to have your mobile phone mounted on the windscreen, for example, if you're using it as a sat nav. We test phones with and without a silicon case, and do at least one test over bumpy or uneven ground to see how well the mount works in more extreme conditions. It’s hard to fault this product as it doesn’t try to do anything it doesn’t need to – and what it does do, it does very well.

If you have awkwardly placed air vents or want your handset to be closer to eye level, we recommend a holder that’s installed via a suction mount. This charger is easy to install onto a standard horizontal air vent, but it probably won’t fit your car if you have rotary or recessed vents instead.

Its chunky silicon claws get an iron grip on your vent, and the clever spring-loaded mechanism holds your phone just as securely; it will even cope with super-sized phones like the Samsung Galaxy A71 or iPhone 12 Pro Max. You can also get suction grips and cradles that attach directly to your dashboard, although this won’t work if it has a textured surface. MagSafe is a way of wirelessly charging Apple iPhones (12th generation and later), by using a magnet in the back of the phone.