iOttie Easy One Touch Dashboard & Windshield Universal Car Mount Phone Holder Desk Stand
[{'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on July 9, 2020', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': 'Background info:\nI bought the Easy One Touch 4 in the fall of 2018 because of its features and price. I still use the original because it still works and nothing ground-breaking has come out--all it needs to do is hold a phone. The only problem I had with the Easy One Touch 4 was the adhesive coming off after a few months, but I was able to get a replacement [via RMA] in a few days. I\'ve bought the Easy One Touch 4 several more times for family and friends based on the price/performance ratio and the after sale support. I wanted to see if the Easy One Touch 5 had made any major improvements, so I went ahead and ordered it.\n\nPackaging:\nThe packaging is roughly the same, although the sizing chart had been removed and the stock image now shows the mount being used in a "luxury" vehicle; this tells me that the company is trying to move upstream [which is fine], but outside of Lyft/Uber, I don\'t think most people would use a phone mount if their car already has\ninfotainment/GPS built in. The packaging does look nicer and the color palette remains the same. The font has also appeared to change, but I doubt anyone cares much about the packaging except for environmentally conscientious individuals. Every component inside receives its own bag--this is likely to prevent dust and/or damage to the adhesive. Aside from fully sealing the outermost box, this is the best option. The manual contains multiple languages and instructs on how to adjust the newest feature; a magnetic charging cable holder; more on this later.\n\nFirst Impressions:\nThe piano gloss black has been removed in favor of a less fingerprint prone matte black and the "push panel" has been upgraded to a more subdued and trim less soft-touch rubber. The push panel, which is used to automatically retract the arms, no longer bears the brand name, but gains a texture. This design choice is intelligent because\nit lowers tooling cost and looks more premium--something the packaging is also trying to convey. All rubber grips have been slightly altered to provide a surface with more grip and depth to help hold a phone securely. I did not have any issues with devices falling out, but it is good to see.\n\nMore Details:\nThe suction cup and tab mechanism is largely unchanged and intuitive; no reason to fix what already works. As a side note, the instructions clearly state a "curing" time and temperature to mount the base and arm. If you do not adhere to the instructions, the adhesive will not form a strong bond and may fall off. Additionally, if you have a car where the dashboard is made of rubber or has been recalled for something like UV degradation (google car dashboard melting recalls), you may have an issue with the adhesive regardless--this isn\'t to say it won\'t work, but if you have a mid-2000s Toyota Camry and park in the sun, you might find that the suction cup has melted.\n\nThe Magnetic Cord Organizer:\nInside the box you will see a small black strip of rubber with 2 magnets on opposite ends [similar shape to a Breathe Right strip]. This is to wrap around your charging cable so it doesn\'t fall away between your chair and center console or anywhere else you wouldn\'t want it to fall. There is enough clearance for most phones and cases for the cable to rest in a neutral place and everyone I\'ve showed it to did not have any issues using it with their phone.\n\nChanges:\nThe arm now extends an additional 3 inches (8 total) in case you have a very long dashboard or want your phone to be as close to you as possible. The tension mount on the back of the device is now thicker, stronger, and has better quality threading--it is easier to work with when compared to last year\'s model. The feet are still adjustable, but the position of the feet is no longer controlled by a dial; the same piece of plastic used to hold the magnetic cord organizer can now be pushed (gently) towards to user and moved up or down depending on the height of the phone.\n\nNotes:\nThere are wireless charging variants of this device, but I feel that the cost increase is not worth it--you still have to touch your phone to mount it, it takes 3-5 seconds to plug in your phone and the cable will already be directly underneath the mount.\n\nTL;DR Its the best car mount available [that I am aware of] in its price bracket.'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on October 22, 2020', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': " The phone bracket - the part that matters, as it holds your $1,000 investment in place - is incredibly solid. No amount of vibration could shake it loose out of the bracket. (see video). The mount bar and sticky pad haven't been tried yet, but I'm far less worried about them. I'll update the review once I install the mount into the car with the included sticky pad and suction cup. At this point - 5+ stars; I've never had a mount this solid, with the capability to display the phone in portrait or landscape mode.\n\nThe Car Mount:\nSimple to install, excellent design and easy to use. Very flexible, solid, sticks well to the provided pad. Easily adjustable height, reach, angle and orientation. Magnetic cord holder is kind of a gimic - just as easy to wrap the cable around the mount. Still very impressed with the whole package.\n\nDetails:\nMade from solid, reinforced plastic. Not going to shear off during anything resembling normal use.\nSide grip bars do NOT touch any buttons, unlike most other mounts I've seen.\nEasy to release with a single squeeze.\nEasy to insert - just press and the wide side bars snap shut.\nFits Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra in a thick case.\nDoes not cover any of the cameras. Yes, you can use this as a mount to video from your car."}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on July 20, 2018', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-1 review-rating', 'review_body': 'I bought this in March 2018. It worked well for about a month or two, but then the suction cup started coming off more frequently. I followed the instructions and rinsed it with some warm water then let it air dry. This helped for a little while, but then it would keep falling off as the weather got warmer. Once summer rolled around, there was no point in even attempting to stick it back into place. Eventually, even the pad came unglued from my dashboard because of the heat. The holder itself seemed to be well made, but it’s just a shame it wouldn’t stay mounted.'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on August 28, 2018', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-1 review-rating', 'review_body': "To start it was working really well. Held my Moto Z Play with no shaking. It was very difficult to remove to place in a different area. Then it happened, I parked one day that had sun for more than 4 hours the suction gum melted. Now it's rendered useless."}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on January 4, 2018', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': 'This is totally worth the 25 bucks. You can transfer it between vehicles and for most dashes will stick right on.\n\nThe mount is not shaky, creepy, or short of features. It held my iPhone X (with case), and before that it held my iPhone 6s Plus. I use this for long distance travel and commuting and t is perfect. The mount makes it very easy to load and unload your phone and change the orientation. This new model looks best out of all of them.\n\nYou can see in my pictures this new version set side by side with the last model. The functionality is the same but I believe it is way more pleasing to the eye.'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on March 7, 2018', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-1 review-rating', 'review_body': 'After having this for about 4 months, through winter mind you, the sun seems to have melted off the base. I use it maybe 2 times a month and do not have my phone it in when not in use. In winter while the sun is not shining its brightest, this melted off. I now cannot return this which is frustrating. DO NOT BUY if you are going to place this on your dashboard as it will melt off when exposed to sun for, apparently, 3-4 months. Totally bummed!'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on December 21, 2017', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-1 review-rating', 'review_body': 'I bought this item because the description stated it would stick to my dash. It did not. The product came with a permanent adhesive patch that needed to be "stuck" to the dash. I followed the directions precisely, even taking the extra step to carefully clean and dry my dash before attaching the adhesive patch. I gave it 10 minutes to cure, but the minute I attached the suction cup and unit, it all came tumbling off. After that, it was useless. Product returned for refund.'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on March 31, 2018', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-3 review-rating', 'review_body': 'I just downgraded this item to three stars because the dashboard pad has failed after three months so now I have to reach out to request a new pad. See the pic that I posted of the pad developing a bubble.\n\nThis is my third purchase of the IOttie and while I still would purchase it again I do have a few things worth mentioning. I have an iPhone and the vibration from the road makes the bottom of the phone slid forward sometimes. It doesn’t fall out but it does slide forward and that didn’t happen on the older model. The other thing that I notice is that is wiggles a lot and not as solid as I expected. Other than that I would recommend.'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on December 21, 2017', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': 'This is my third gen iOttie device - and they just keep getting better. My only gripe (not worth a deduction) is that in my current car, the weight of my iphone 8 plus hanging at an incredibly low angle kept tearing the stick disk off the dash - something I had never experienced in other configurations with less weight at that angle. So I glued the disk to the dash (thanks Shoe Goo!), and no more issues.\n\nThis is one of those simple devices that is extremely configurable. It can be flipped over, extended, and there are joints and hand-turn adjustments that can support some pretty wild configurations. It easily holds my iPhone 8s with its large case, and snapping the phone in or out is simple.'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on February 14, 2018', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': " This works perfectly with my iPhone 8 plus with a phone case on. Secure fit and its easy to attach and remove. I opted to not use the sticky base when I saw reviews about removal damaging the surface. It holds tightly just using the suction directly on dashboard.\n\nI'm so pleased with purchase after buying one previously from a different brand that was horrible. The phone was never safely fitted and popped out often and I couldn't keep my case on it.\n\nThanks for making this available."}]