Customer Ratings & Reviews

Pour build quality, snapped at the neck 3 days after I bought from car vibrations. Don’t recommend

I have to remove my phone case in order to use it the phone holder

magnet doesn't work, does not hold phone at all, ugh.

Broke one of my fan vents trying to keep this thing up, not really worth

Cheap material that breaks easily. I’ve had to exchange it a few times.

This phone holder only for iPhone who's have a mega connector

It is not compatible with Andriod phone, so I have to make a return.

It worked wonderfully but the attachment piece broke the next day.

While driving the support from the clip and magsafe just snapped in half

Doesnt work. no magnetism to hold phone never buy again

The worst! It fell off..does not adhere at all. Do NOT waste your money!

Would not hold my phone, poor magnet. Retuned the unit .

it worked great for a few days, but it has extreme weak points.

Bad quality huuhjiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii

It broke the second day I used it. What do you suggest to do about it.

Dont hold my phone always drop and loosing and the grab its awful

Very weak magnet, and doesnt even come with a steel plate

I've only used this a few times and so far it's held up my iPhone 13 just fine. The magnetic is really strong and sturdy and secures my phone to it. I've never been a huge fan of vent mounts because they never seem to stay put especially as I'm driving. I live in Pennsylvania where the roads are bumpy and potholes are plenty. But overall the mount fits pretty securely into my vent. I did notice as I was driving it did slide a little bit. It seems like the weight of my phone might drag it down and knock it loose. I'm going to play around with trying to make it fit more snug so I won't have that problem hopefully in the future. I'd say this is just an okay mount. For the price you can't beat it. I feel like the design could have been better to be more equipped to support the weight of phones and for in the vent. It seems like it could easily break but I'm crossing my fingers that it holds up at least for a year. I've got some bigger road trips planned in the next couple months so I guess that'll be the true test!

This Best Buy Essentials magnetic car vent mount is a very nice addition to my Jeep Cherokee. It has a very nice range of adjustability, and allows me to position my phone to the angle that works best for me and my vehicle. It supports both landscape and portrait orientations, so you can quickly adjust it based on your activity. This is especially useful for navigation applications. Installation was easy, which was surprising since I’ve had challenges with using other vent-mounted phone holders. I’ve had a few other vent-mounted holders that either wouldn’t reach back far enough to clip on to the rear of the vent, or they went back too far and were then way too loose in my opinion. This one just clipped right in with no troubles whatsoever. So far, it’s held my phone quite securely, and I’ve not had any instances of it falling off. Yet, at the same time, my phone easily detaches when I’m done driving. So far, I haven’t really found anything that I don’t like about it & it’s at a great price!

I will caveat this with your experience may vary, as every car vent is different. The Best Buy essentials Car Vent mount attaches to the vent with a friction fit grip. It requires a bit of effort to slide onto your car vent. The angle is then adjusted with a lock nut and ball joint, so you can position the phone at the best angle. It was easy to get the angle perfect and despite my anxiety, there was no loss of grip or angle, despite the bumps in the road (pun intended!). When it comes to the magsafe connection, the vent mount locks on tight - both with and without a case on my phone. It attaches with a vice like magnetic grip to my iPhone 14 - probably the strongest I have seen. This is where I ran into an issue, as if I wasn't careful and thoughtful about how I removed my phone, the mount would come with it. This didn't damage my car vent, but it means I would then need to reinstall it after each use. I'm not sure if this is user error (me) or that Ford's have a vent design issue - either way, it was my experience. Do I still use it? Yes, because I constantly forget my iPhone in the car and having it on a vent mount means I always now leave the car with my phone (no more getting on the train to work and realizing too late my phone is in the car in the parking lot). I do hope that on future versions Best Buy use a screw/vice like attachment for the vent mount, which is something I have seen from competing brands... but in that case I left it in the rental car, so maybe the fact The Best Buy Essentials Car Mount comes off easier is better!