Cell phone holder, anyone use anything like this?
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- Mulliganal
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Cell phone holder, anyone use anything like this?
I like the looks since it just seems to hook under the mirror and doesn't mess up the paint job on your scooter. But what do most folks use to hold their cell phones? I just got a new Nexus and would like to have easy access to it when I'm out and about.
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Ram Mount is the only way to go for devices that you need to stay put. This has been covered before under GPS mounts, but they also make a head that fits other devices including phones and ipods, and they do not fall out.
They make a mirror step mount, where the first ball for a ball/socket connector attaches with the mirror. If you search for GPS and specifically select my user name, it should come up.
They make a mirror step mount, where the first ball for a ball/socket connector attaches with the mirror. If you search for GPS and specifically select my user name, it should come up.
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I am going to echo what Bluebuddygirl said about RamMounts. Here is mine:
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RamMounts are amazing. They are rated for motorcycles, so they won't budge at all while you ride. The one I have pictured attaches to the mirror bolt exactly like you want it to. The cradle I have is for my TomTom gps, but RamMount makes several cradles for many different GPS's as well as smartphones.
If you're interested, here's a link to the arm part. You would just need to find the proper cradle for your phone. (Note: some of the cradles they make use the diamond-shaped back and some of them use a different shape; the arm I linked you to has a diamond shape, if you need to you can change that.)
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RamMounts are amazing. They are rated for motorcycles, so they won't budge at all while you ride. The one I have pictured attaches to the mirror bolt exactly like you want it to. The cradle I have is for my TomTom gps, but RamMount makes several cradles for many different GPS's as well as smartphones.
If you're interested, here's a link to the arm part. You would just need to find the proper cradle for your phone. (Note: some of the cradles they make use the diamond-shaped back and some of them use a different shape; the arm I linked you to has a diamond shape, if you need to you can change that.)
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A tad pricey, but very worth it. I only want to pay for it once... I can't imagine how mad I'd have been having bought one contraption that didn't work properly, didn't fit, or rattled too much, and having to buy another.slusher5 wrote:I got a ram mount for gps, works like a charm, lil pricey imo
My cel phone stays in my pocket... but that's because I have a gps separate and I treat my brand new droid like it's made of gold because I do NOT have money to replace it. I guess it'd be different if my phone was my gps.
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I had a Ram-Mount, which connected the same as that, with the mirror screwing through it. I lost it when my original scooter was stolen, but I had stopped using it long before that.
The reason I stopped using it is because even that small amount of thread that it used up of the mirror screw, it was enough to make the mirror unstable, and it actually fell out when I was re-tightening it for the 50th time.
Since then I've been meaning to get some windshield hardware (without the windshield itself) so I could mount one of these again, without shortening the threads, but I haven't been able to find those brackets anywhere.
The reason I stopped using it is because even that small amount of thread that it used up of the mirror screw, it was enough to make the mirror unstable, and it actually fell out when I was re-tightening it for the 50th time.
Since then I've been meaning to get some windshield hardware (without the windshield itself) so I could mount one of these again, without shortening the threads, but I haven't been able to find those brackets anywhere.
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my mirror had a long enough screw to be stable, but when fully tightened the mirror was facing a different direction.. to fix it, and possibly what you're describing, you tighten/loose the thing on the base of the mirrored85379 wrote: The reason I stopped using it is because even that small amount of thread that it used up of the mirror screw, it was enough to make the mirror unstable, and it actually fell out when I was re-tightening it for the 50th time.
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Well, yes, but to have it facing the right direction, the lock nut had to be lower. Hense, it didn't work very well.slusher5 wrote:my mirror had a long enough screw to be stable, but when fully tightened the mirror was facing a different direction.. to fix it, and possibly what you're describing, you tighten/loose the thing on the base of the mirrored85379 wrote: The reason I stopped using it is because even that small amount of thread that it used up of the mirror screw, it was enough to make the mirror unstable, and it actually fell out when I was re-tightening it for the 50th time.
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Mine was also long enough... we just had to use some trial and error with screwing it back down with the mirror in the correct place... the easiest way it was done was to make it a two-person job. Luckily, there were two of us.slusher5 wrote:my mirror had a long enough screw to be stable, but when fully tightened the mirror was facing a different direction.. to fix it, and possibly what you're describing, you tighten/loose the thing on the base of the mirrored85379 wrote: The reason I stopped using it is because even that small amount of thread that it used up of the mirror screw, it was enough to make the mirror unstable, and it actually fell out when I was re-tightening it for the 50th time.
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