Smartphone mount steady enough for track use
 

I'm looking at turning an old iPhone 6 into an oil/water temp gauge using the DashCommand OBDII app and wanted to know if anyone has suggestions on a mounting solution. Any thoughts? Would love to hear if anyone else uses a similar setup and how they like it.

Get a ProClip dash mount, they are great. I have used one in autocross for the past year and a half with an 8" tablet. Solid as a rock.

Ram mount.

I have a ram mount, have not had any trouble with it, that thing sucks! I mean, in a good way.

I've been using a cheap ebay suction mount and it's never failed me at the track. I just clean the windshield and suction cup with some water before mounting, and to be extra safe, I put double-sided tape behind my device.

I know someone who uses the RAM mount for his phone and says it works well too.

A can tell you that a vent mount is not strong enough for HPDE. I bought a Ram mount recently, and have been experimenting with mounting on the front triangle section of the driver's side window. Got the phone mount that's a custom fit instead of the universal twist style. More secure: http://amzn.to/2nvfOMB

Still working on optimized routing for the power cable. Right now I have a 10 foot lightning cable running from the center console, under the seat and then tucked under the floor mat.

Scosche magic mount.

The ram mount suction cup is definitely strong enough, but the universal X-grip has a bit of slop in it, so no good if you're using the phone for accelerometer data, but likely good enough for most other uses.

ProClip looks good, and cheap, probably takes the cake if you want to run a tablet (autoxers running Solo Storm like Justin above), might have one soon.

I got the X-Grip for a ram mount, all my video is very shaky, but it has never fallen off.

I don't mean it will fall out, I mean that my phone can twist maybe +/-10 degrees the way the x-clamp is designed (at least the model I have), so if you are taking accelerometer data, the phone can twist and skew your data. That might be why you're getting shaky video as well, I've never used it to take video so I don't know.

The only time I've gotten shaky video off a suction cup mount (not ram) was when the suction cup was not properly secured.

Do you have a photo of your ProClip tablet set-up? I am going to try running some data this year, and I'd like to buy everything once. I have a 7" tablet and was going to get the mount for it, but I was worried it might not fit with where the ProClip dash mount is located in our car? Thanks.

It should fit. I have an 8" tablet and it's fine. It will cover up some of the controls on the right side but not a big deal. Sorry for the crappy pics, I only swap in the tablet mount when I am racing. https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...ebcb65aa7c.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...9aefc64210.jpg

Perfect, thank you! I was worried that the tablet mount would hit the radio.

I love my Scosche. It's good on the track as long as I'm not driving over gators. The vibration causes my phone to slip. Big individual bumps do not.

RAM mount or Beatsonic.

I love my Beatsonic in the FRS but kinda far to read being that far away. I have a magnetic mount that works great for my OFT but my phone vibrates off/wierd angles too often. The RAM mount I have in my MR2 is solid as hell and that thing shakes like a mofo. I went through 3 mounts and the rest was like having someone with Parkinson's hold my phone for me. Couldnt even follow Google Maps well.

RAM Mount works well on the driver side front triangle window. The only bummer is that snaking a power cord over there is a hassle. And when you open the door, the cord can get in the way.

I switched to a Beatsonic but with a Scosche Magic Mount on it. The Scosche piece pops right into the Beatsonic. Great for daily use, too.

Have my magnet mount on that small triangle window. My OFT has taken a beating from me forgetting to disconnect it before opening my door :bonk:

I've been using the Quadlock car mount and it's been terrific. I put it on my windshield and put my iPhone 8 Plus in landscape mode so the camera can record as well. It's stable and not going anywhere, plus when I get out it's just a simple 45° twist and its off.

https://www.quadlockcase.com/product...lock-car-mount

https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/01...g?v=1516141938

I used to use some CD slot mount which worked pretty well, but then I got a new headunit that didn't have a CD slot. So now, I've been using the RAM X-Mount with twist-lock suction cup. For some reason, it takes several tries for the suction cup to actually stick to the windshield. Sometimes I wonder if I just got a defective one or something.

Any shakey video on the track? I found the Ram mount does not work for phone video on the track. Hoping this could a better solution?

Do you have any video links to track video you have done with this mount for comparison?

Thanks:)

I'm bumping this cause, as others have said, I tried a RAM mount and the video is super shaky with my iphone 6s on track.

Willing to try the Scosche. Wanted to check if anyone's got updates.

I'm curious if anyone has tried the Scosche 'magic mount' with one of the smaller light weight 7" tablets ? My tablet weighs 250gms which is about maybe 70-80 gms more than my Galaxy phone I think.

I bought a sticky suction cup mount for my phone and the video comes out nice and clear. This is the exact one I got:

https://www.amazon.ca/Universal-Dash...ne+mount&psc=1

Here is some video with overlay I took at the track with it last year:

[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nzuA0WYRU8w[/ame]

I made a hard mount that bolts to one of the bolts that the TPI mounts to. I'll take some pictures tonight.

Another vote for the RAM mount here, love mine.