Customer Reviews for Peak Design - Mobile Car Mount VHB Charging v2 - Black
Customer Rating
4
Nearly perfect.
on February 18, 2022
Posted by: Nick
from Yokohama, Japan
The product itself is incredible and on that alone it’s worth 5 stars. The reason for dropping a star is that I feel the team at PD has missed a key feature out of the design and that is, if you want to plug your phone into your car, most of the time it’s not just for charging, it’s actually for entertainment connectivity. To still have access to systems such a car play you are still required to plug a cable into the phone which will also charge - thud rendering the charge version of the PD mount fairly pointless (in my view). PD team take the design one step further and make it not just chargeable, but infotainment connected via your usb charger.
I searched for some time for a product like this. It's incredibly secure, discrete, and high quality. The only area for improvement is the charging speed. I see less than 500 mA while charging my iPhone 12 at home with a USB-C will see 2500 mA.
Read the instructions! Especially the part about the adhesive. It needs 24 hours to adhere. I did what most do and didn’t read and was disappointed until I reapplied and waited the 24 hours. Now it sticks perfectly.
Overall, great quality with a strong magnet. However, it was difficult to find a suitable mounting place for my car (2016 Lexus Rx350). Also, the magnetic plate doesn’t reach out far enough in my opinion. Multiple mounting arms that could be swapped on or off would be better IMO.
I have been using this car mount with the magsafe on my iPhone 13 pro and it has been great so far. What more can I say? The installation was easy. The mount is sturdy and takes very little space in the cabin.
I bought the car mount for my campervan 1 month ago and am really satisfied with the product. It works well together with the phone case I ordered as soon as it was available.
Love the product but there was no place on my car's dashboard (Honda Fit) where this would work. The stand or foot presents some limitations (which is why I only gave it 3 starts0. So I made some modifications and purchased a stand to use in my car. (I'm expecting that someday PD will come out with a version 2.0).