Review: Belkin’s Car Vent Mount PRO Offers Easy MagSafe Mounting

Belkin, identified for the equipment that it makes for Apple’s gadgets, just lately introduced its first MagSafe merchandise, the Boost Charge Pro MagSafe 3-in-1 Wireless Charger and the Car Vent PRO. The wi-fi charger is not out simply but, however the Belkin Car Vent Mount PRO with ‌MagSafe‌ has launched.

The Car Vent PRO is, because the identify suggests, a mount that is been created to be used within the automobile with a design that attaches to a automobile’s vents. Priced at $40, the Car Vent PRO is just not a charger and has no charging capabilities.

The accent is a straightforward magnet-based mount that attaches to ‌MagSafe‌ gadgets that embody the iPhone 12, 12 mini, 12 Pro, and 12 Pro Max, adhering to the ‌MagSafe‌ magnet constructed into these gadgets. It additionally works with ‌MagSafe‌ instances connected to ‌iPhone 12‌ fashions.

I’m not fully certain why the Car Vent PRO has “Pro” connected to its identify as a result of it is a pretty easy mount. It’s constituted of a light-weight plastic materials that is designed to seem like aluminum with a softer materials on the mount portion of the accent to make sure an connected iPhone is not scratched or in any other case broken.

The light-weight design is good as a result of it isn’t placing pointless weight on the automobile’s vents. There’s a silicone prong on the again of the Car Vent PRO that grabs proper right into a automobile’s vents, with about an inch and a half house between the vents and the entrance of the mount. The grip is tight sufficient that I’m assured it isn’t going to come back unfastened from the vent.

I’m not typically within the automobile lately so I have never been capable of do in depth terrain testing on how properly the magnetic connection works. With my ‌iPhone‌ connected, if I give the mount a very good shake I can dislodge my ‌iPhone‌, however I do need to put an honest quantity of effort into it.

I believe that there are conditions the place an enormous bump may dislodge the ‌iPhone‌ from the mount, however for each day smoother driving, it feels well-adhered. I took a number of journeys on a reasonably bumpy highway and had no issues with the magnetic reference to an ‌iPhone 12‌ or a heavier iPhone 12 Pro Max even at quick speeds and through turns.

While there isn’t any built-in charging, you’ll be able to connect the Vent PRO to an in-car Lightning cable if you have already got that setup, which makes it extra helpful. There is a spot for routing a cable across the again in the event you do need to use it with a charger. My automobile’s charging ports are positioned within the middle console below a lid, so it isn’t a handy setup for my scenario and I wasn’t capable of take a look at it with a cable connected.

The Car Vent PRO can be utilized in both portrait or panorama mode with an connected ‌iPhone‌, so relying in your in-car setup and the way you favor Maps to look, you will get it working the way in which that you just like. To facilitate use in both orientation, the Car Vent PRO itself rotates due to an adjustable ball joint that may additionally change the angle of the telephone as wanted.

Bottom Line

Belkin’s Car Vent PRO does what it is purported to do – it efficiently offers a solution to mount your ‌iPhone‌ within the correct place for utilizing apps like Maps whereas within the automobile. The magnetic connection held up properly in my testing, and the adjustable ball joint permits the mount to work in most automobile setups.

Compared to different mounting choices, it is easy as a result of it requires no additional {hardware} or magnets, and it is mainly the one ‌MagSafe‌ mounting possibility in the intervening time. If you want a mount for the automobile and have an ‌iPhone 12‌, Belkin’s possibility is price testing.

How to Buy

The Belkin Car Vent PRO might be bought from Apple for $39.99.

Note: Belkin supplied MacRumors with a Car Vent PRO for the aim of this evaluate. No different compensation was acquired.