Phone Mounts

[Colin86]

Those with magnetic mounts like Scosche, can they be trusted to hold the phone through track duty? Wanting to utilize my phone for bluetooth/ODB gauges during track days but wasn't sure if the magnets were strong enough to hold through track driving...

[Andrew025]

Originally Posted by Colin86

Those with magnetic mounts like Scosche, can they be trusted to hold the phone through track duty? Wanting to utilize my phone for bluetooth/ODB gauges during track days but wasn't sure if the magnets were strong enough to hold through track driving...

I haven't had an issue with mine, it sticks pretty well. I have the metal plate behind a thin case as well. My phone is fairly light though.

[Colin86]

Originally Posted by Andrew025

I haven't had an issue with mine, it sticks pretty well. I have the metal plate behind a thin case as well. My phone is fairly light though.

Have you had a phone mounted during track events?

[Andrew025]

Originally Posted by Colin86

Have you had a phone mounted during track events?

Yes

[Ultramaroon]

Originally Posted by Andrew025

Yes

Yeah but you only do parade laps.

[Andrew025]

Originally Posted by Ultramaroon

Yeah but you only do parade laps.

This guy...

[ermax]

I just did this yesterday.



I'm sure everyone has seen mounts like this before. It has a ball joint so it pivots and uses magnets to hold the phone. You put a thin sheet of metal behind your phone case to attach it to the mount. What I like about this version of the mount is it has a screw in the bottom center that attaches the base to the ball. I am going to get a slightly longer screw and a washer so I can hard mount it to the dash and not have to rely on adhesive. I spent a bunch of time on Amazon trying to find a mount which had a threaded hole for hard mounting. I looked at user photos and read reviews and none of the mounts seemed to have a hard mounting option so I gave up and picked this one somewhat at random. I was happy to find out it does have a way to hard mount.

Here is the link if anyone is interested:
http://a.co/adSt1e9

So far I haven't been able to shake the phone off this mount. I have an iPhone 7 with an Apple Silicon case. The silicon seems to help it grip the rubber mounting surface of this mount so it doesn't slide around on the mount at all.

[TommyW]

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...?ie=UTF8&psc=1

[ermax]

Originally Posted by TommyW

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Thought about something like that but then it blocks the screen and mounting/dismounting isn't as simple as a magnet. I also like the low profile of the magnet mounts.

[neilr]

Originally Posted by westendRIOT

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Arkon makes several of these mounts: 15, 18, and 22 inches. Do you recall the length?

[BirdTRD]

Originally Posted by neilr

Arkon makes several of these mounts: 15, 18, and 22 inches. Do you recall the length?

I have the 18" mount.

[neilr]

Originally Posted by BirdTRD

I have the 18" mount.

That looks nice and clean. I notice that you don't have the arm tied down to anything - is it fairly stable? Some of the Amazon reviews indicated a lot of vibration while driving (as opposed to the flexible section drooping).

[churchx]

Nice & clean .. except if one drives on track with passenger. I think that this way of mount may interfere if knee is pushed against pad & this mount over it when passenger secures his position to be more stable for side-Gs.
Also if using this mount .. imho it's worth to attach charging cable with zip-ties or alike to mount arm, for less clutter/neater looks. (and connect charging wire to cig-plug adapter in glove-box).

[BirdTRD]

Originally Posted by churchx

Nice & clean .. except if one drives on track with passenger. I think that this way of mount may interfere if knee is pushed against pad & this mount over it when passenger secures his position to be more stable for side-Gs.
Also if using this mount .. imho it's worth to attach charging cable with zip-ties or alike to mount arm, for less clutter/neater looks. (and connect charging wire to cig-plug adapter in glove-box).

Yes, that might be an issue for the passenger...I don't have that problem but someone might. As for the cable, that pic was from when I was using OFT so the cable now is just a thin USB charge cable but I like your idea about securing it to the mount arm.

Originally Posted by neilr

That looks nice and clean. I notice that you don't have the arm tied down to anything - is it fairly stable? Some of the Amazon reviews indicated a lot of vibration while driving (as opposed to the flexible section drooping).

Initially it was "stable" but after bumping into it once or twice, that was no longer the case. I ended up pulling the knee pad and finding a spot to hook a zip tie, then daisy chaining another zip tie to that to go around the arm as seen below. This setup has worked well over the last 2 years, no vibration or movement whatsoever.