Overall impressed in the day that I have had this. Bought one for myself and one for my partner as a gift. I have an iPhone 4 in a CaseMate Carbon Fiber holster sliding case. Was on the hunt for a car mount adapter that did not require me to remove the iPhone from its case in order to use each time. Found it of sorts.
Will say that the "stem" portion seems to be very well-built. The goose-neck is tight and may be hard to position, but I think that is a good thing given other flimsy feeling goose-neck products in the past. The cup size adjustment mechanism works like it should, and fits my 2003 Subaru Baja perfectly with just a few turns.
The cradle for what ever you put in it seems to be well-built. Holding out on a 5-star rating because I felt the ratchet mechanism to old the iP{hone in place could be an issue - IF I tightened it to hold it firmly in place, in as much that it would not slide out easily. So far with the CaseMate case I mentioned - I won't to have the grip as tight as I thought and the iPhone will slide out easily - but with enough of a snug fit. As of right now I bought the Cup-it for the iPhone to being used as a GPS with the MotionX Drive GPS app. I use earbuds when driving for cell phone calls.
Which brings me to my lament - not a killer, hence the 4 stars. In the past I have done traveling that put me in rental cars. Some states prohibit the use of windshield GPS mounts. Never found a portable dashboard GPS that was effective or light in weight. This seemed to be a perfect solution. And it is sort of - only for such a short and strong goose-neck. For my partners Yaris - this should be no problem for their Sirus radio using the fold out cup holders at each end of the dashboard.
But for those of us that will want to use the Cup-it in the floorboard cup holders - one has to take their eyes more briefly off the road for those of us less than optimal viewing situation if you wear eyeglasses. I would so much buy a Cup-it XL that had at least an extra foot of goose-neck for those that want to use floorboard cup holders to give a better viewing angle for on the fly viewing and adjustments of our iTunes music.
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Will say that the "stem" portion seems to be very well-built. The goose-neck is tight and may be hard to position, but I think that is a good thing given other flimsy feeling goose-neck products in the past. The cup size adjustment mechanism works like it should, and fits my 2003 Subaru Baja perfectly with just a few turns.
The cradle for what ever you put in it seems to be well-built. Holding out on a 5-star rating because I felt the ratchet mechanism to old the iP{hone in place could be an issue - IF I tightened it to hold it firmly in place, in as much that it would not slide out easily. So far with the CaseMate case I mentioned - I won't to have the grip as tight as I thought and the iPhone will slide out easily - but with enough of a snug fit. As of right now I bought the Cup-it for the iPhone to being used as a GPS with the MotionX Drive GPS app. I use earbuds when driving for cell phone calls.
Which brings me to my lament - not a killer, hence the 4 stars. In the past I have done traveling that put me in rental cars. Some states prohibit the use of windshield GPS mounts. Never found a portable dashboard GPS that was effective or light in weight. This seemed to be a perfect solution. And it is sort of - only for such a short and strong goose-neck. For my partners Yaris - this should be no problem for their Sirus radio using the fold out cup holders at each end of the dashboard.
But for those of us that will want to use the Cup-it in the floorboard cup holders - one has to take their eyes more briefly off the road for those of us less than optimal viewing situation if you wear eyeglasses. I would so much buy a Cup-it XL that had at least an extra foot of goose-neck for those that want to use floorboard cup holders to give a better viewing angle for on the fly viewing and adjustments of our iTunes music.
http://www.amazon.com/Bracketron-UC...1?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1288841778&sr=1-1
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