Reviewed: Tetrax Geo Magnetic Phone Mount

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I'm often on the lookout for novel ways of mounting my phones in my car. As much as I love my Brodit ProClip setup there's always a part of me that's conscious of the fact there's an obvious holder in the car advertising the fact that there may be a phone or mp3 player left in the car. Not that I ever do leave my devices in the car...

When I was looking for a suitable prize from MobileFun for last month's Christmas competition I stumbled across the Tetrax Geo holder. It's a small, magnetic clip that attaches to your air vent and a matching metal plate you stick to the back of your device. The magnet is strong enough to hold it in place. It looked like quite a neat design and was suitably discrete too.

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Kremmen · Posted: Tue Jan 15, 2013 4:55 pm Post subject:

I used a magnetic dash holder ages ago for my old Nokia phone and it trashed it - twice. I'm convinced it was the strong magnet near the phone.

That device came with a thin piece of metal that you stuck to the inside of the battery cover.

After the second fail I stopped using it and the phone was/is still working OK.
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MaFt · Posted: Tue Jan 15, 2013 5:11 pm Post subject:

From the Tetrax web site:

lbendlin · Posted: Tue Jan 15, 2013 5:19 pm Post subject:

Another thing factoring in is the location of the antennae inside the phone. Generally those are located in the top and bottom bands, though, so if you place the metal plate in the center of gravity at the back then it is as far away as possible from these. Generally...
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timsim · Occasional Visitor Joined: Apr 08, 2006 Posts: 7

This seems like a very good solution to enable fast fixing and removing of devices, but how would it cope with a larger device like a TomTom Go 835?

MaFt · Posted: Fri Jan 18, 2013 10:33 am Post subject:

It weighs 244g (vs 112g of the iPhone 5) so I would hazard a guess at no. This was alluded to in the review anyway. A thinner device like the Garmin Nuvi 3790 would be fine though.

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TonyD · Frequent Visitor Joined: May 08, 2005 Posts: 412

I have used mag mounts with all my iPhones since the iPhone 1, never had a problem despite numerous naysayers sating it shouldn't be done.
I buy sticky magnets with their accompanying metal plates off eBay. I have them plastered all over my various cars. Delightfully simple but effective way of mounting a phone. Think I will get one of these as well to cover occasions when I am in another car.
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linkylacey · Posted: Fri Jan 18, 2013 1:27 pm Post subject:

I bought one of these things and try as I might I could not get it to stay in place on the vent and the little vice-like jaws with which it attaches tended to damage the vent to boot.

It would hold my smartphone for a few minutes but always ended up on the floor - it could not hold a TomTom at all. It is not that the magnet is not strong enough it is the attaching jaws.

It is one of those things that appears to be a good idea, but in real life simply does not function as it is supposed to.

I gave up and considered myself fortunate to get my money back.

IanS100 · Posted: Fri Jan 18, 2013 4:16 pm Post subject:

I've never liked the idea of vent mounts but one of these crossed with a CD slot mount would be interesting, I just need somebody to make one now Confused

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Kremmen · Posted: Fri Jan 18, 2013 4:50 pm Post subject:

I still think for a bog standard universal mount you can't beat some of that heavy duty sticky Velcro from B&Q Smile

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