Arkon Windshield Dashboard Car Mount for Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 7.0,Kindle Fire HD/HDX 7, Google Nexus 7 and Midsize Tablets

The unit seems pretty good. I bought this we the intention of being able to use my Nexus 7 to view TorqueApp but most of the time it will be used to hold my Nexus 5 for navigation duty. It looks like it will be decent mount for the Nexus 7, however, there are a few things I noticed that make it not as great for the Nexus 5.The good:1. Suction cup feels like it will rip your window out of the car if you were to pull hard enough.2. The mount is sturdy3. The spring loaded "fingers" seem to be easy enough to get devices in and out ofThe bad:1. The longer "fingers" that you need to fit larger phones and tables seem kind of weak. You can see them flex a good amount when you compress the springs to slide the phone in. Makes me a little nervous that some person trying to cram their phablet into it may break them or if I were to accidentally tug my power cord it might snap them off. Unfortunately it is not possible to use the shorter fingers for a phone the size of the nexus 5.2. The backing covers up the camera on my Nexus 5 and probably every other phone on the market. The backing plate that holds the fingers is too tall to fit a phone in sideways, like shown in the product image. Therefore, when you place the phone in the vertical orientation, the backing plate and/or fingers cover up the rear camera. I have used my Samsung S3 window mount to film driving many times without this issue. I don't think there is any phone in existence that would not have a problem in this mount except for maybe the largest of phablets with a camera positioned on the very edge. You can offset the phone to the side a bit to let the camera peek out around the side of the backing plate, but then i fear it is not supported well enough and may slip out.Summary:This is a well made product that seems fairly robust, but being that it is designed for tablets, it tends to be a compromise for phones. The product is marketed to tablets so this is not a fault, but it is something to be aware of if you will be using it for both.

I'm really impressed with this thing. I've used a few mounts of similar design by different manufacturers over the years. Most of those others were not used with a tablet, and many of them failed easily or after a bit of abuse. So I actually didn't expect much from this thing, but the price was low so I decided it was a low risk. At first, I played with the mount at my house, just trying to fix my Acer A100 7" tablet to an entertainment cabinet near my television while it was playing videos connected to my large television. This didn't really work because the suction mechanism really needs to have glass. Not even the highly glossy wood furniture was sufficient. This really isn't the fault of the mount, and if I was serious about using this mount in my living room this way regularly, I would install the included mounting disc that gives the mount a slick surface to make suction with. Next I used this on the windshield of my truck, but with my Samsung Epic 4G, and it was more than sufficient to hold the phone while I drove the 6 hours to Modesto from Long Beach, playing music and performing navigation along the way. Today, I am in Suriname, South America, where I used the mount in the back seat of a 4x4 pickup while we drove 8 hours from a small villiage on a very rough grated dirt road. The mount stayed quite securely attached to the window at all times, but the tablet did fall out of the mount a few times during really bumpy travel. It was easy to knock the tablet out of the mount if you bumped it with your arm, but if the road was smooth and you didn't bump it, it stayed very well. I was using the mount to hold the tablet in landscape mode, but I think the parts included allow you to hold it vertically as well. I can't say how long the mount will last, since I've only used it a total of 4 days, but so far I'm really happy with it.

I bought this with the intentions of mounting my Asus Nexus 7 (2012 WiFi) Tablet in my car as a navigation device. The mount itself and the suction cup part of the mount are fantastic. This mount is solid and the suction cup holds on better than any suction cup that I have ever used. The spring loaded clips have enough tension to easily hold the table in place and I have never had my tablet slip out, or move at all at any point while driving with it. I will point out a few issued I did have with the mount one of which was the clips that come with it. My clips had a tendency to slide out the back, it just seems like a not perfect fit and definitely could be better but I very easily fixed the situation with a touch of crazy glue and have not had an issue since. My other problem was the sticky pad that comes with it is not probably ideal for hot vehicles with heavy devices. Specifically I used the sticky pad to stick on the dash of my vehicle and with the tablet mounted in it, in the hot sun was enough heat to get the tackiness of the pad to come loose and would find my tablet laying over after the end of the day. The sticky pad itself is well designed, is very solid, and the sticky foam on the bottom is from 3M so there is nothing cheap about this part. I would suggest that anyone looking to mount it in a vehicle to either mount it somewhere where the is not any sun or just skip the pad and use the suction cup on the glass. Overall for under 12 dollars it is a great mount that I would buy again if I needed a 2nd one.

At first, the size of this mount put me off as I was expecting something smaller and lighter. However, once you're driving around with your precious tablet clamped in place, you're likely to feel that it's well-protected inside this unit. It's the right size for both the 2012 and the 2013 versions of the Nexus 7, and should fit any other 7" tablet, mounted horizontally for navigation and video or vertically for book/magazine reading.I've used it for additional navigation - the Osmand map app showing a more zoomed-out top-down north-up view than the satnav's 3D 'cockpit' view - and for watching videos. With the mount fixed with the suction cap at the bottom-middle of the windscreen it's at a good position for both. People who have had problems with the suction cap could try cleaning that part of the windscreen with rubbing alcohol or a dedicated screen cleaner, and rubbing the suction cap with a wet finger before pressing it firmly onto the screen and pressing down the lever hard.I haven't used the mount much so there is still some concern about how much wear it can take before it dumps my tablet glass-downwards onto the gearstick, but so far it's looking good.

This cradle is solidly made and definitely of quite sturdy build. A previous reviewer commented on the clamps becoming slack in use. There was some evidence of this with one or two of mine, so I decided to bind a slither of cellotape around the base of all four of them before sliding them into position. Trust me, there's no chance these parts will work free any time soon. My only other concern was the limited amount of spring tension from the clamps. Although possibly secure for the normal usage, I was not prepared to trust it to hold my new device in a forward leaning position (as was my need) because the only form of grip, was provided by the natural spring tension of the plastic clamps and their rubber padding. I solved this problem to my own satisfaction by fitting a standard elastic band around the four clamps prior to fitting the tablet. This allowed me to set my tablet at any angle that took my fancy and failed to shake it free. Therefore I would highly recommend this item if you consider using these mods for total security at extreme angles and vibration.

I wanted this to mount either a Kindle Paperwhite (original version) on the door of a kitchen cupboard above my worktop, so I can load it with my own recipes and save cluttering the place up with paper.It works perfectly and, as protection against the sucker letting go (unlikely as I'm using the dashboard disk), I've tethered it to the door handle with a short length of braided, 30lb test fly line, so my Kindle won't wind up in pieces on the tiled floor.The possibility of the Kindle slipping out of the mount, as it's tilted forwards, occurred to me. The tether helps ease my mind, but I have also cut shallow notches in the rubber pads which eliminate the problem entirely. However, rotated to the portrait position there is every possibility that anything heavier than my Kindle might slowly slip out of the mount as the rubber pads are not as grippy as they might be. I certainly wouldn't trust it in a car in the portrait position.

I wished I had paid a bit more and chosen an alternative, but I've had Arkon cradles for mobile phones in the past so I thought this would be a good buy.Unfortunately this appears to be a nothing more than a large universal phone mount on a heavier duty suction base. My Galaxy Tab2 7in can only be mounted in landscape mode and its an extremely tight fit. It's impossible to fit into the cradle with the mount attached to either the windscreen or the supplied base without forcing the mount away due to the tight fit. The support legs are only about 2.5cm apart which means that the tablet isn't supported particularly well.My advice is to shop around and pay a bit more. This mount is probably a great option for the larger smart phones around these days but I doubt it will stand up to supporting my tablet for very long.

This is a very good screen mount for a Nexus 7 with a case as it opens far enough and the arms are deep enough to accept a nexus 7 with a  Google Nexus 7 Tablet Case - Black Retail Packed Executive Multi Function Standby Case with Built-in Magnet for Sleep / Wake feature for the Google Nexus 7 Tablet - Updated Version (8GB,16GB,32GB Wi-Fi or 32GB 3G HSPA+) + Screen Protector + Stylus Pen (...  without me worrying that the tablet will fall out under sharp connering.The suction cup is quite large and gets a good grip on the windscreen. Very easy to adjust the tablet position once it is in the holder. Once you are happy with the position then the moving parts can be tightened firmly locking the device in place. Google Nexus 7 Tablet Case - Black Retail Packed Executive Multi Function Standby Case with Built-in Magnet for Sleep / Wake feature for the Google Nexus 7 Tablet - Updated Version (8GB,16GB,32GB Wi-Fi or 32GB 3G HSPA+) + Screen Protector + Stylus Pen (...