Product Description
The nGroove Snap is a magnetic mobile device mount with a sleek nGroove blade that easily wedges into CD slots and dashboard seams, the optimal location for driver accessibility. nGroove Snap's pre-assembled blade has made car mount installation simple and effortless. Forget suction cups, clips, screws, and adhesives. No more sticky stains or residue on your dashboard. Just wedge, tighten, and drive. It's that simple! The nGroove Snap is Mountek's most versatile mount yet. It functions as a CD Slot Mount, Dashboard Seam Mount, Desktop Stand, Tripod Mount, and Monitor Clip. Please visit company website for important product details, installation instructions and demonstration videos. Mountek introduced the very first CD slot mount to the world in 2006, and is constantly improving its designs for safer driving. The USPTO has recently awarded Mountek with a utility patent for its CD slot mounting technology. U.S. Patent ID: 8,505,795. The company also has several domestic and international pending patents. Remember: Hands free. It's the Law. Proudly designed and assembled in the USA. WARNING: May interfere with NFC and/or wireless charging capabilities of smartphones. Magnets can demagnetize credit cards kept inside phone cases and devices with spinning hard drives (e.g. early generation iPods).
Product Details
- Color: Yellow safety sticker
- Brand: Mountek
- Model: nG6000i
- Dimensions: 4.00" h x 4.00" w x 6.00" l, .38 pounds
Features
- Universal - Firmly and Safely Mounts Most Smartphone & Tablet Devices, Including Apple, iPhone, iPad, Samsung, Motorola, HTC, Droid, Blackberry, & Nokia Devices
- Flexible - Swivel Lets You Easily Position Your Device at Any Angle
- Easy Installation - Easily Wedges Into CD Player Slots, Dashboard Seams & Other Tight Grooves Without Suction Cups, Screws, Adhesives, Glue, or Other Tools
- Versatile - Securely Fits Into the Tightest Seams & Grooves in Autos, Planes, Boats, & More
- Installs into CD Slots and Dashboard Seams, Works as a Desktop Stand, Connects to Tripods, Clips to Laptop Monitors
Most helpful customer reviews
27 of 33 people found the following review helpful.
Nice Mount- UGLY Yellow Public Safety Warning Tag
By R. Neal
I had backed the project through IndieGoGo. This was delayed over a month in shipping so in the mean time I bought a competing product offered on Amazon,InfiniApps Slyde CD Slot Mount for Smartphones, Cradle-less Universal cell phone holder with Quick-snap technology, magnetic cell phone mount. Now that Mountek has shipped their product and I've received it I can compare the two.
Jumping to the end of the story, I prefer the InfiniApps mount for one BIG reason, the Mountek has a BIG UGLY YELLOW DIAMOND SHAPED mount, with black letter on bright yellow background reminding you that "Hand Free Is the Law". I noticed that Mountek hasn't included this in the picture of the product, so I have posted pictures on the product page for reference. Compare that to InfiniApps model which has a tasteful looking, slightly smaller, round mount with the InifiApps logo (the InfiniApps logo also glows in the dark). When your phone is mounted you won't notice any difference but the minute you remove your phone you have a very UGLY looking mount with this Mountek mount.
The install for both is easy. First, you need to attach a metal plate (aka "badge") to your phone. Both Moutek and InifiApps work the same. If you have a case, you can place your badge in between your case and phone. If your phone back removes, you can open your phone, put the badge on the battery and replace the back. Or you can use the adhesive that's on the badge and stick it to your phone. For me, with a Razr Maxx HD the back can't be removed, so I bought a slim case and placed the badge between the phone and case. Both badges are basically the same size and thickness. Strangely, instead of affixing their logo in lieu of the public safety message on the magnetic mount, Mountek put their logo on the metal plate badge, most of which will never be seen as it will be between a case and phone or inside the back of the phone.
As for the mount itself, it's very simple... insert the "blades" of the mount into your CD player and turn the screw to tighten (be sure you don't over tighten). Here again I find the screw on the InifiApps to be easier to turn. I also found that the Mountek will mount closer to your dash, for me the screw of the Mountek rubbed against the power button on my radio (2013 Ford Explorer), compared to the InifiApps that sat slightly further away and gave me just enough room to easily turn the screw to tighten. I also mounted into my 2011 G37 Convertible and ran into similar issue. In both cases I flipped the mount over and have the screw at the top, it's a bit more intrusive looking as the screw now sticks out on top. So again give InifiApps mount the advantage.
Functionally, this and the InifiApps is a great mount, at least for me. Having the phone magnetically attach to the mount is VERY convenient. I've had a cradle mount (also from Mountek) previously and I found myself not using it often as it just wasn't convenient. The magnet is very strong and phone stays firmly attached when mounted. You can easily turn from from portrait and landscape and it stays in position. Hitting bumps the phone still stays put. I don't have any scientific evidence to support my findings, but I also think the InifiApps magnet is slightly stronger, but either hold your phone safely.
Being a IndieGoGo backer for Mountek's new design I so wanted to really get excited about the mount. If I didn't have the InifiApps mount to compare against I probably wouldn't know any better. But after having both products side by side my choice, if I was to buy just one, would be the InifiApps. And to top things off, the InifiApps is less expensive.
UPDATE 9/10: While the public safety message was annoying from an appearance level, it's even more annoying from a functional level. I've found that with my car sitting in the hot sun the rubberized sticker has started to peel away from the plastic backing. I'm in Illinois, those is Arizona and similar states beware :) Posted picture of this on the product page.
UPDATE 10/8: I contacted the Mountek customer service regarding the peeling yellow safety sticker, also asked about alternative to the yellow color. Received a response within a few hours. Appears they have heard loud and clear that yellow is not in fashion, they have a newer grey colored sticker available. They had originally only offered to replace with same yellow sticker but then a couple days later let me know they could replace with grey. The part is on back order, looking forward to replacing the yellow with something more eye appealing.
UPDATE 10/21: I received the replacement rubberize sticker, it is black/grey in color which is a big improvement over the yellow. While the replacement sticker on their website shows only the Mountek logo on the sticker, it still comes with the public safety warning as the yellow sticker (not sure why Mountek just doesn't show the actual sticker). Replacement would run you $3 plus shipping. In my opinion the black/grey should be the default sticker on the device. I continue to use the InfiniApps in my Explorer and the Mountek in my G37. Due to the design, one may be a better fit for you. In my G37 the InfiniApps sits lower that the Mountek and sits too close to the gear shift - so when putting in park I occasionally knock the phone from the mount. The Mountek sits a bit higher and clears the gear shift. With the replacement sticker I would recommend either, it's more a preference thing. I do find though that the InfiniApps mount is more stable and has almost no wiggle/shake as compared to the Mountek that does has a little wiggle/shake of the phone.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful.
Make sure you know both your phone and car
By Flamus
So far this works really well. However a couple of things you need to remember before buying this:
1) This mount is more forgiving then the other Mountek mount (non-magnetic), however make sure it will work for your car. Check out videos of it to ensure it will work don't just blindly purchase this.
2) Certain phone cases will not work properly with this mount. Which cases? Any cases that does not have a nearly smooth back or really think cases. A friend has a Note 2 with a off-brand case with ridges on it that doesn't sit well on the mount.
3) Wireless charging may not work with the metal plate in the phone. I just added wireless charging to my phone and found out the metal plate blocks the charger. There is nothing you can really do about this it's all part of physics but you can however, attached the metal plate to your case and just remove the case to charge the phone.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful.
Doesn't work with my Infiniti G35 Coupe
By Chris Thompson
This mount will not stay in the CD slot of my 2005 Infiniti G35 Coupe. Pops out at every little bump...the CD slot is really the only place I can use this product. Nice design...just it obviously cannot be designed to work in every CD slot for every make and model and for my car it does not work at all.
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