iOttie Celll Phone Wireless Charger Car Mount (they also make a non-wireless version)
Posted: Sun Jul 24, 2022 7:47 am
So our new Pixel 6 phones have wireless charging. Wife's car has a built-in wireless charger, but I wanted to get something for my car, and a better car mount than what I've been using up until now.
Did a lot of research Lifehacker and Android authority and found this one highly recommended:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07X4YDKTF
Review on Amazon were good so I took a chance. I actually bought two versions: one with the suction cup mount for my car, and one with the CD slot/vent clamp for the 2012 Yukon work truck.
I've gotta say, they work well. The build quality is actually very good. Wireless works as expected.
The one handed feature is VERY nice. My old mount required me to use two hands. This one you can place and remove the phone with one hand and it's quite securely locked in. In the photo you can see a button in the center of the mount. When you put the phone in the mount, it presses against that button, and that triggers a spring mechanism that clamps the phone. To release the phone, you squeeze the buttons sticking out on either side. Very quick and simple.
The suction cup, which is usually flimsy on these things, feels very thick and robust. How well it holds up in hot Florida summers will take time to tell, but I bought another, non-wireless mount, as a spare for the RV and also to steal the suction cup arm off it if needed. If you notice in my photo below, I have the mount resting on the dash. People always complain about the suction cup giving out. Well if the phone is unsupported, and it just bounces around at every bump in the road, that arm is going to act like a lever and pry it off.
I opted to attach the mount to the window so I don't discolor the dash, but it can be used on the dash. There's also a disc included with that strong 3m double stick tape (the tape they use on Go Pro mounts) that you can use on dashes with rough textures: you stick the disc to the dash and then attach the suction cup to the disc.
The vent clip mount actually works well and is what I used on the Yukon. I generally don't like using a vent clip, but this one grabs really tight, and the Yukon has some beefy vent slats.
The CD mount, which at first I was skeptical about, actually works very well if you bother to read the instructions (which I didn't at first) and realize there's a lever on the bottom that you need to turn to lock it into the slot tightly. The CD slot mount wasn't really practical on any of my cars as it would block the entertainment center display, but a good idea for an older car with a more traditional radio.
The charge rate is not very fast - it's 10 watts, which is enough to keep the phone up. But if the phone was nearly dead and I needed a fast recharge, I have a high speed plug-in charger in the glove box. That charge rate is pretty standard for car chargers, and pixel only supports up to 15 watts wireless charging on 3rd party chargers. Only Google's proprietary wireless charger runs at the higher 23 watts.
As I said there IS a non wireless version of this mount, with the same mounting system, and the same one-handed feature:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0875RKTQF
Did a lot of research Lifehacker and Android authority and found this one highly recommended:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07X4YDKTF
Review on Amazon were good so I took a chance. I actually bought two versions: one with the suction cup mount for my car, and one with the CD slot/vent clamp for the 2012 Yukon work truck.
I've gotta say, they work well. The build quality is actually very good. Wireless works as expected.
The one handed feature is VERY nice. My old mount required me to use two hands. This one you can place and remove the phone with one hand and it's quite securely locked in. In the photo you can see a button in the center of the mount. When you put the phone in the mount, it presses against that button, and that triggers a spring mechanism that clamps the phone. To release the phone, you squeeze the buttons sticking out on either side. Very quick and simple.
The suction cup, which is usually flimsy on these things, feels very thick and robust. How well it holds up in hot Florida summers will take time to tell, but I bought another, non-wireless mount, as a spare for the RV and also to steal the suction cup arm off it if needed. If you notice in my photo below, I have the mount resting on the dash. People always complain about the suction cup giving out. Well if the phone is unsupported, and it just bounces around at every bump in the road, that arm is going to act like a lever and pry it off.
I opted to attach the mount to the window so I don't discolor the dash, but it can be used on the dash. There's also a disc included with that strong 3m double stick tape (the tape they use on Go Pro mounts) that you can use on dashes with rough textures: you stick the disc to the dash and then attach the suction cup to the disc.
The vent clip mount actually works well and is what I used on the Yukon. I generally don't like using a vent clip, but this one grabs really tight, and the Yukon has some beefy vent slats.
The CD mount, which at first I was skeptical about, actually works very well if you bother to read the instructions (which I didn't at first) and realize there's a lever on the bottom that you need to turn to lock it into the slot tightly. The CD slot mount wasn't really practical on any of my cars as it would block the entertainment center display, but a good idea for an older car with a more traditional radio.
The charge rate is not very fast - it's 10 watts, which is enough to keep the phone up. But if the phone was nearly dead and I needed a fast recharge, I have a high speed plug-in charger in the glove box. That charge rate is pretty standard for car chargers, and pixel only supports up to 15 watts wireless charging on 3rd party chargers. Only Google's proprietary wireless charger runs at the higher 23 watts.
As I said there IS a non wireless version of this mount, with the same mounting system, and the same one-handed feature:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0875RKTQF