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Belkin - Vehicle Mount for Smartphone, iPhone - Metallic Silver
Average customer rating
4.5
(62 Reviews)
Rating breakdown 62 reviews
5 Stars
40
4 Stars
17
3 Stars
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2 Stars
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1 Star
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100%of customers recommend this product.
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Customer Reviews for Belkin - Vehicle Mount for Smartphone, iPhone - Metallic Silver
Customer Rating
4
Better build quality than most vent clips
on April 4, 2018
Posted by: Bill From KCMO
from KCMO
[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] (This product was provided to me in exchange for a fair and honest review.)
You'd usually just look at a vent mount like this is the cell phone accessories bin by the register at a gas station, and you can pick up something similar - rubber fins slide into your car's HVAC vent and holds your phone in place. However, Belkin's Car Vent Mount has a better build quality for more much more money than these gas station specials do. It also opens wide enough to hold an iPhone 8 Plus in a relatively thick TPU case, but closes narrow enough to hold a small MP3 player (think iPod Nano 4th, 5th, or 7th generation) in place.
It does work well with cars that have vertically stationary vents (as in louvres in the vent move to direct air or the vent opening moves from left to right while louvres in the vent direct air up and down). For vents that aren't vertically stationary, like in many Chrysler/Dodge/Jeep vehicles from the late 1990s through the 2000s, this doesn't work as the weight of your device being held in place by the vent will drag it down. It would need an extension of some sort to hold the device in place.
Also - and this isn't a design fault of the Vent Mount, it's an inherent issue with this style of cell phone holder - your car's HVAC settlings can affect how your device runs. In my case, my heat gets hot enough at full blast to cause my phone to slow down after an hour, and the AC in my wife's car gets cold enough to cause her iPhone to shut down due to temperature if the duct for the vent used is left open.
If you don't mind closing an HVAC vent in your car (unless you need to warm up or cool down your phone), this is a decent solution.
Written by a customer while visiting belkin.com
Customer Rating
4
Simple, yet sturdy!
on April 4, 2018
Posted by: ScottSkar
from South Dakota, United States
[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] A simple, sturdy design & a feature allowing you to manage where the cord goes. The only setback is if your air vent is at an angle, or the car dash sticks out above or below the vent.
Written by a customer while visiting belkin.com
Customer Rating
5
Just What I Needed!
on April 4, 2018
Posted by: Redcrabby
from Minneapolis, MN, United States
[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] This is a product that I've needed for a very long time and I'm pleased to say that the product is well made and serves the purpose very well. It easily clamps onto my phone (with case) and securely clips into the air vent, keeping my phone in view when using GPS.
Written by a customer while visiting belkin.com
Customer Rating
5
Great Car Mount
on April 4, 2018
Posted by: thecalebdunn
from Brentwood, CA, United States
[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] i really like this car mount because it is very minimal and small so it doesn’t feel like it is overcrowding your car like some cheaper mounts do
Written by a customer while visiting belkin.com
Customer Rating
5
Simple and effective
on April 4, 2018
Posted by: Rico Suavington III
from Middle Island, NY, United States
[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] This product is solid, sturdy and very well built. Doubt it will break under normal usage. Used it for a 6 hour round trip and it stayed in place on the air vents with the phone attached. The section at the back for threading the charging cable through comes it handy for keeping the cable in place and out of the way. All in all a very simple, but effective design.
Written by a customer while visiting belkin.com
Customer Rating
5
Car Vent Mount from Belkin - used as a stand too
on April 3, 2018
Posted by: 3kWang at Simi Valley
from Los Angeles, CA, United States
[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] This is small but can hold iPhone without any issues. Plus if you take it with you it can be used as a stand. Pretty handy
Written by a customer while visiting belkin.com
Customer Rating
5
Versatile and holds phone tightly.
on April 3, 2018
Posted by: Thegruben
from Indiana, United States
[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] I am using this with my iPhone X and my wife’s iPhone 7 and it holds both phones easily. Attaches easily to multiple vents and can be used in landscape or portrait mode. Solid build quality.
Written by a customer while visiting belkin.com
Customer Rating
4
Good, simple, sturdy Car Mount
on April 3, 2018
Posted by: Hairbear54
from Gilbert, AZ, United States
[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] Very useful, flexible, and mostly convenient car vent mount. Usable in both vertical and horizontal vents. Fits most phones without any problem. My only complaint, though slight, you cannot put your phone into or take it out of the mount with one hand.
Written by a customer while visiting belkin.com