Purchased this mount for an Asus Transformer. I have built a few mounts in the past from mic goosenecks for laptops and figured since I was ordering other items from Amazon for the Transformer I'd try this one out. Packaging was satifactory (oversized box with no 'stuffing' to keep it from rattling around), product is mostly cheap plastic parts and tge worst part for me is the non-locking cradle. I'm in the process of installing it atm and may just send it back. Unless there is a spring that came loose or something else I'm not seeing on it, there is no way to lock the cradle at a certain width to properly support your device. Mind you I am a commercial electrician of 17+ years and avid tinkerer. Making things work and finding out how they work is my niche. So I may be off to the hardware store for some 24 cent springs.
After further work with it I found that the basic mount doesn't meld well in my BMW. Have to drill the mount thru the floorboard in order to be able to have the seat remain adjustable, placement is a little goofy with a manual car and access to the gloovebox is shot. Of course some of these things would be an issue regardless of any tablet gooseneck mount for a car. Just giving a full review of my experience.
Postioning is a little better in me truck but the mount still needs work.
Overall I would suggest doing more research before purchasing this mount. Especially looking into what would best fit your specific vehicle. Pretty much any 'universal' item is going to need some tweaking. In this case there seems to be more tweaking than necessary. In closing if you want to save some time later, I suggest spending more time now on research and maybe even a few more dollars to get a worthwhile product.
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This is a good enough mounting system for my Samsung Galaxy Tab. I sometimes use it with my iPod to avoid having it in my cupholder. It was an easy enough install and the neck is very sturdy; it takes some effort to bend, but that's a good thing because it holds its position very well. I've had it for a while, and although it hasn't yet, the little tabs that hold the device in place feels like it's just a matter of time before it snaps. When I first took the parts out of the box to assemble it, I was quite surprised by how flimsy the tabs looked and felt. I'm always opening the cradle very gingerly to avoid breaking any of the tabs, as you do not get any extra in the box. My biggest complaint is the looseness of the cradle once in the gooseneck. It's screwed in there very securely; I've made sure it was. However, even though I've got the screw on as tight as I possibly can, the cradle still swings around rather loosely. It's swings left to right way too loosely for my liking and it's also impossible to rotate it and keep it that way. The only position that seems to still lock into place is the up-down motion. When using this with my Garmin GPS, I've tried to position the cradle into a portrait position as the GPS will only fit and show right side up that way, but it never works and I end up needing to read my directions while cocking my head to the right. I'm very disappointed in this product for this reason. I've scoured the internet looking for perhaps a replacement cradle, but I haven't been able to find any to date. Bottom line; this is an adequate mount for your tablet or other medium sized device so long as you don't need said device in a particular position.
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I got this mount for use in my motorhome. Instead of mounting to a seat bolt, I mounted it directly to the firewall with the gooseneck coming out from under the dashboard. I was worried that it would bounce around alot because it is coming out almost horizontal instead of up from the floor. It does bounce a bit on rough roads, but overall stays pretty steady and is easy to see.
The mounting brackets for the tablet are plastic and seemed a little weak, but after using them they seem to hold well and are easy to use. It would be nice if there was some type of positive lock on the mounting bracket, but the way it is is adequate.
This mount is also nice because the passenget can easily swivel the tablet for their use as well.
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Ítem barely fits iPad, and that's when vended a litle. Cradle braket it's super glued to the mount by hand, product is not made for iPad and it's sold as if it was. Gooseneck wiggles a lot when tipping, not berry practical, plus over extending beakers get in the way of tipping.
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It can only hold your iPad in vertical position. Grip is not a big issue but the arms that will hold your I pad r little away from screen. Well this is a good deal in this price.
