BUY DIRECT FROM THE MANUFACTURER WIXGEAR. WixGear TM CD Slot Mount for Smartphones. Setting your phone on a mount in your car has never been easier! WixGear CD Slot Car Mount for smartphones saves you the hassle of placing your smartphone securely to make sure it doesn't fall.
I like this product and use it in one car, but not the other.
The box that the item came in fell apart quickly. It just seemed like there was not a sufficient glue product. All of the pieces were present and fit the product and work well on. I use this in my work vehicle and it's a good spot for being able to glance at it at stop lights. Unfortunately, I do have to remove the heavy duty case from my cell phone when I use this phone mount. However, that is the case with any phone mount I have found, not just this one. I like the idea of not having to put in it he Civ peace on the dash or anywhere in my car. The only thing that worries me is that I've noticed when I insert the mount into the CD clear and start to turn the knob so that it expands to hold the mountain, the CD player seems to spread a little bit. So I do not use this in my Camaro, which is not my work car , but I do use it in the Camry. This reason here is the only reason I give this product for stars. If that wasn't something that happened I would give it five stars. And, yes, it does it in the Toyota also but I don't mind as much in that car because it's not my muscle car. The phone holds very well on to the magnet, I have not had trouble with things coming loose and having to adjust the phone during the course of the Des. And with my line of work I am in and out of the vehicle often and have to take my phone with me. So I mount and dismount the phone from the magnet multiple times a day without incident. I put one of the magnetic plates directly onto the back of my phone and it's been fine. There's no glue seeping out or it slipping, nothing like that. I'll be curious to see how this does in the Southern Arizona summertime when it gets to be 150000 degrees here. Which is why I do not use glue to mount anything inside my cars. I have had this product for several months, at least, and I'm satisfied with the product.Read full review
Without question the best mobile phone holder on the market. "GENIUS" in comparison to several other phone mounts I have owned over the yrs, The WizGear CD Slot Cell Phone Holder is the best by far. Easy access & visibility to your phone while keeping your eyes on the road. Gone are the days of those annoying suction cup marks on your windshield or dash and no more odd viewing angles that air vent mounts create. Super easy to instal and remove. Beyond strong magnet eliminates any chance of your phone falling off on bumpy roads. If your an owner of a sports car like I am, your familiar with sleek windshield angles that make glass mounted holders annoying and dangerous by blocking your view of the road. Overall build quality and materials are top notch. I found this mount so nice that I bought one for my wife, mother and in-laws. In my opinion a must for any motorist.Read full review
After a fairly intensive week of researching aftermarket head units with Apple CarPlay and/or Android Auto, my wife and I decided that options which fit our needs well are much too cost prohibitive at this time. We then opted for a more inexpensive but still practical solution to our "Georgia Hands Free Motoring Law" compliance needs. Again, about a week of fairly intensive research (Google, YouTube, etc.) led us to this unit...
...as a second choice...
Our first choice was a slightly more complex and substantially more bulky gel/suction-cup style unit from another manufacturer which cost more than TWICE as much as this one. I chose to try this unit first, not only because it's less expensive but also because my research led me to the conclusion that suction cups, no matter how well engineered, always eventually fail.
1. This unit installed easily and well in my wife's very old car. In all honesty, I suspect that it worked so well because her factory CD head unit is made very much like aftermarket units of the era (2004). It has a very slim slot opening which is only a few millimeters wider than a CD. I didn't crank the tightening bolt down very much as I had read that it might be prone to breakage under too much torque. I turned the bolt only as far as was necessary to keep the unit firmly inside the slot and eliminate extreme degrees of vertical play. At the point that I felt satisfied, there was still quite a bit of vertical play but, I suspected that the weight of our phones, an iPhone 8 Plus and an Essential PH 1, would probably counteract any bounce or movement under anything but the most extreme circumstances. My assumption turned out to be correct, especially for the SUPER heavy, ceramic backed, Essential phone, which is the heavier device, but I'll probably still install the foam tabs that came with the unit to further reduce vertical play.
The magnet is more than adequate. Ive tested the magnet for a few days on Georgia's roads and even when passing over the rough, bumpy and often broken terrain of road construction sites, the magnet has never let go. I don't think I've even seen the phones shift position, since we installed this unit. I'm especially impressed that I can charge up our rough, uneven, damaged, driveway and this observation holds true even as the car is pitching, rolling and being tossed about in the dirt and gravel. NOTE: The steel plates are very thin. I can't claim to know anything about the physics of magnetism but they did not inspire my confidence so, though I'm not sure it made any real difference, I used both rectangular steel plates at once, sandwiching them between the rubber and composite layers of my phone case. This worked well no matter what orientation, portrait or landscape.
I couldn't possibly say that this is a perfect solution and it definitely can't work well for EVERY car but, in our experience, it's simply elegant and well worth the small investment of time and money as a temporary solution. I'd give the unit five stars if I had enough experience with it to be completely confident about it's durability. How durable the device is and how long our satisfaction will last can only be revealed in more time.
EXCELLENT, so far! We're hoping for the best. I will definitely order another one to install in our other car!
UPDATE: I just received the second unit. perfect! It works EVEN BETTER in my car than in my wife's. My CD slot has an even more snug opening than my wife's and, although there's a HUGE control knob exactly where the tensioning screw needs to rest, this ended up working to my advantage.
I had to pre-tension the unit and then finesse (force fit) it into the slot where the giant control knob that prevents me from adjusting the screw (see last photo) then becomes a support platform for the whole unit. This is probably unique to specific Hondas and Acuras made between 2002 and 2009 though.
Anyway, it seems, at the outset, that these units will serve as fairly good temporary solutions for us since we don't really use our CD players anymore. It remains to be seen how durable they are but so far, so good.Read full review
The magnet works great. The CD slot insert probably works as well as possible...I was afraid to tighten it too much, and mess up my radio...so the mount was never too snug and it would move a little...But it works.
Well designed and works perfect. I read a review that said it was cheap junk but I couldn’t disagree more. It is very sturdy and made from a good quality plastic. The screw that clamps the device into the CD slot is made from metal. It is so easy to install and uninstall. There is no need to over-tighten the screw (the instructions advise against doing so because it is pretty obvious that it would break if you did). There are adhesive pads provided with the device that can be used to thicken the tongues on the device if the CD slot in your car has a wider opening.
The cell phone is held a good distance away from the CD slot, which is good because it places it in easier reach and prevents the items on the dash behind the cell phone from being completely hidden and inaccessible. I was concerned that the magnet might not be strong enough to hold the cell phone in place, especially as I have a car with very firm suspension, but it has never even moved. My phone is in an Otterbox with the metal plate between the inner shell and outer skin, so the magnet is plenty strong to magnetize through the case.
This device is the perfect solution to the problem I was having of trying to use Google maps while driving and is a brilliant way of making use of the CD slot which I never use because I play all my music through the AUX input.Read full review
This product works great and is strong enough to hold a small tablet. Fits great on my Hyundai
Elantra GT and no problems holding my ZTE Blade. Tried others with my phone and it kept falling off while driving.
Initial effort to install failed. It just didn't fit. I need to try further because the product is obviously well made and would be a considerable convienience to me. I will try again. A 2005 Ford E-150 Van is what I am working on.
