The 9 best car phone holders you can buy for your car in 2021

USING one of the best car phone mounts, you can attach your phone to the vent, dash or windscreen to keep your eyes on the road ahead – not in your lap.

Penalties for using your mobile phone behind the wheel are getting stricter, but unless you’re driving a car with built-in Bluetooth audio, chances are you will rely heavily on your device for connectivity while on your journey.

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So long as you’re not actually touching your handset, you’re not doing anything illegal.

Voice assistants like Siri and Google controlling what you do on your phone while behind the wheel is far safer.

Mounting your mobile handset well is clearly key to making the best of this standalone infotainment system – and you can choose from windscreen, vent, or dash-mounted holders too.

Some holders clip, others use magnets or suction mounts to keep your mobile firmly in place while on the move.

What suits you best depends on what kind of handset size you have – whether you’re happy to stick a magnet to the back of the phone or casing and what shape air vents your car has.

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1. Exshow Car Mount

Exshow Car Mount

Exshow Car Mount, £9.99 from Amazon – buy here

This Exshow Car Mount is a 30cm flexible arm that mounts to the windscreen with a suction cup and to the dash with a sticker for the ultimate support.

Unlike similar designs, there’s no bouncing around.

The phone holder holds your handset firmly between its side arms and has a quick release button at the back.

Easier to use, it is no surprise this phone holder scored so well in tests.

It can accommodate all phones, since the arm allows for swivel, so all phones are initially cradled portrait and can be manually moved to landscape when your navigation app initiates.

2. Mpow CD Slot Mount

Mpow CD Slot Mount

Mpow CD Slot Mount, £9.99, from Amazon – buy here

This MPow mount uses the CD slot to integrate itself neatly into the dash – though rather beautifully, it doesn’t inhibit the use of the CD player for its purpose (useful, if you’re still rocking the mirrored compact discs).

Slip-resistant foam protects the handset from scratches, while a ball joint offers variable orientation. There’s a quick release button to remove the phone as you leave the car, and smartphones between four and nine centimetres wide can be held.

Compatible handsets include the iPhone 4s, iPhone 7, Samsung S5, S6 and S7 and the Note 4 and 5.

3. Arteck Car Mount

Arteck Car Mount

Arteck Car Mount, £6.79, from Amazon – buy here

This stylish dash- or windscreen-mounted car phone holder comes in a discreet black for a quid less, but we rather like the red one.

Attaching to the surface with a sticker, it has padded jaws to hold handsets as large as the iPhone X. This sturdy design features a ball joint to adjust orientation.

We’d advise attaching to the dash if possible, since some users have reported the windscreen mounting too far for mid-journey adjustment.

That said, you’re technically not meant to be touching, so that’s probably a deliberate move by Arteck.

4. Yosh Car Phone Holder

Yosh Car Phone Holder

Yosh Car Phone Holder, £5.99, from Amazon – buy here

This affordable Yosh car phone holder is a vent-mounted model, which magnetises to the handset with powerful Neodymium preventing any movement during travel.

It’s so powerful, it can hold a tablet – if you were desperate to imitate Tesla’s fancy 17” screen.

The magnets offer versatility in landscape or portrait configuration and when changing between cars – provided the vehicles can accommodate the vent mount – the process is very much snap-on, snap-off. A good price and durable.

Top tip – You can hide the magnet on your handset by sticking it to the inside of your case, rather than on the outside.

5. Belkin Car Vent Mount

Belkin Car Vent Mount

Belkin Car Vent Mount, £16, from Halfords – buy here

This durable vent-mounting car holder from Belkin has jaws – with grippy rubber cushions – to hold a broad range of handset sizes, accommodating phones up to 5.5 inches with a casing.

It can be turned portrait or landscape. The cable management helps keep the phone charged when needed and the cable out of the way when not.

The low profile works with most car vents and users of this car phone holder have reported on its pleasing design, which integrates discretely into the dash overall.

This means it doesn’t need to be removed each time you leave the car.

6. Wuteku Car Phone Holder

Wuteku Car Phone Holder

Wuteku Car Phone Holder, £14.99, from Amazon – buy here

This incredibly stylish but pricey car phone holder rates highly amongst Uber drivers – a fair benchmark given their reliance on a well-mounted mobile device.

Wuteku has designed this sweet silver ball, which mounts to the dash neatly and then attaches to the handset, with a powerful ‘ultraslim’ magnet that can be hidden on the inside of protective casings.

But this phone holder might not suit some, given the high profile.

Wuteku also reports counterfeit versions hitting the market due to popularity.

Be sure to click our link, get down with the ride-share crowd and buy with confidence.

7. Halfords One Touch Mount

Halfords One Touch Mount

One Touch Mount, £5, from Halfords – buy here

A windscreen-mounting option from Halfords for a bargain price, this One Touch Universal car phone holder uses a suction cup to attach to the windscreen then secures in place by locking the clips to create a vacuum.

This should last a while but if this extra-large suction is beginning to lose its effectiveness, all it needs is a rinse in warm water.

The holder can rotate 360 degrees and can accommodate devices up to three inches wide, so bad luck if you’ve got a giant handset.

Sometimes the best things really do come in small packages.

8. Scosche Wireless Charging Magnetic Mount

Scosche Wireless Charging Magnetic Mount

Scosche Wireless Charging Magnetic Mount, £50, from Halfords – buy here

Scosche is a top brand when it comes to mounting your phone in the car.

The brand tends to lean towards using magnetics to attach the phone to the holder, but the rare-earth magnets tend to be stylish enough so your handset or casing doesn’t look dorky with the attachment.

This car phone holder mounts to the windscreen with a sticker, which might not suit drivers who switch cars frequently.

This particular mount is pricey, but it also wirelessly charges your handset, if your device has Qi capability.

9. Belkin Car Cup Mount

Some car phone mounts fit inside your cup holders

Belkin car cup mount, £25.05 from Amazon – buy here

While most car phone mounts fit somewhere on your windscreen or dashboard, you can ditch the sticky stuff and use your cup holder instead.

This mount from Belkin fits into the space your coffee cup normally lives and secures your phone using a clip for maximum stability.

If you can sacrifice your space, this is the car phone mount for you.

Where do you put a phone holder in your car?

Different car phone holders feature different attachment systems: some of the items can be securely stuck to the windscreen while others are fixed to the air ventilation.

It’s also worth bearing in mind the position of your USB charging port or adaptor, so you can charge your phone whilst you drive.

How to set-up a car phone holder?

How you set-up your car phone holder will depend on which type you purchased.

It will likely come with instructions, that should be easy to follow, with many able to be clipped to an air vent or the dash, or suctioned on to a the windscreen.

Are car phone holders legal?

Since 2003, it’s been illegal to handle a phone while driving – but a car phone holder can help you use your phone legally in some instances.

It is illegal to use your mobile phone while driving unless you have ‘hands-free’ access to the phone – the holder can provide this as long as you’re using the device in a hands-free capacity, such as by voice command.

Are magnetic car mounts safe for phones?

You’d struggle to find anyone who would claim that the magnets in a phone mount could damage your phone.

According to sources around the web, the magnets in a mount aren’t strong enough to do any damage to the internal components of your

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