That $30 magnetic phone mount almost killed my dash... literally melted.

I grabbed one of those cheap magnetic phone mounts off Amazon for my truck. Stuck it right on the dash vent, seemed fine for about a week. Then the glue gave out on I-75 in Atlanta at 70 mph and the whole thing slid down onto the defroster vent, phone and all. The heat from the vent actually warped the plastic on the mount and left a sticky mess I can't get off. Anyone else have a cheap accessory backfire like that?

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kellyg147d ago

You saying "the glue gave out" like it's the mount's fault is a stretch. You stuck a magnet to a hot vent in a moving vehicle and expected it to hold forever? I've had the same cheap Amazon mount on my dash for two years and it's never budged, even in the Florida heat. Maybe the real lesson is to clean the surface properly before sticking it on or just not put magnets on vents that blow hot air directly at them.

carr.blake7d ago

also, how do you figure "the glue gave out" is blaming the mount? i said the glue gave out, which is a fact of what happened (it literally stopped sticking). i didn't say "the mount is garbage" or "the company should be sued" or whatever. you're reading into it. but here's my real question for you - have you ever actually tried cleaning a textured dashboard surface before sticking a mount on it? because half the people i see complaining about falling mounts online didn't even wipe the area down first, they just pressed the sticker onto dust and crumbs and expected a miracle.

ryan9527d ago

Oh come on, you're really going to tell someone it's their fault for expecting glue to hold in a car? That's like saying it's your fault a cheap umbrella broke in a light rain. @carr.blake has a point - sometimes a product just doesn't hold up, no matter how careful you are. I've cleaned dashboards with alcohol wipes, let them dry completely, followed every instruction, and still had mounts fall off in mild weather. And comparing Florida heat to normal driving conditions isn't fair - most people aren't dealing with that level of sun every day. Maybe the real issue here is that some mounts just aren't built for real world use, not that every user is doing something wrong.