Quad lock (or other) Phone mount ?
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I'm using MRA Next on an iPhone with a Carpuride display through Carplay. So essentially, I don't need my phone mounted on the motorcycle while riding.
To keep the phone's battery up, I hook it up to a battery pack and place it in the handlebar bag that I have on my R1200GS.
The combination of workload (GPS+Carplay) and charging results in the phone becoming quite hot, with the heat unable to discipate as it is placed in a enclosed bag.
Secondary, recently the OIS (Optical Image Stabilization) of my iPhone broke. I am unsire if this is now the result of vibrations with it being placed in the handlebar bag, or just age/bad luck with the phone now 6 years old.
I'm likely to buy a new iPhone later this year and naturally want to protect it from overheating and hardware issues, so I started looking at Quad Lock mounting options. The assumption being that using a mount (including vibration dampener) would allow the phone to cool better as a result of air flow during riding.
Wether having the phone loosely in a handlebar bag is worse than having it mounted on a vibration dampener is a big unknown.
Looking at the different Quad Lock mounting options, the most obvious choices are not an option in my case:
- The handlebar is covered by the bag
- The carpuride is mounted on the BMW Nav cradle, so that bar is also not an option
I am now considering the Brake/Clutch Mount but I have found very little examples of actual use online. So I was wondering: are people here using Quad Lock (or other) phone mounts other than the more common handlebar mount?
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I'm using MRA Next on an iPhone with a Carpuride display through Carplay. So essentially, I don't need my phone mounted on the motorcycle while riding.
To keep the phone's battery up, I hook it up to a battery pack and place it in the handlebar bag that I have on my R1200GS.
The combination of workload (GPS+Carplay) and charging results in the phone becoming quite hot, with the heat unable to discipate as it is placed in a enclosed bag.
Secondary, recently the OIS (Optical Image Stabilization) of my iPhone broke. I am unsire if this is now the result of vibrations with it being placed in the handlebar bag, or just age/bad luck with the phone now 6 years old.
I'm likely to buy a new iPhone later this year and naturally want to protect it from overheating and hardware issues, so I started looking at Quad Lock mounting options. The assumption being that using a mount (including vibration dampener) would allow the phone to cool better as a result of air flow during riding.
Wether having the phone loosely in a handlebar bag is worse than having it mounted on a vibration dampener is a big unknown.
Looking at the different Quad Lock mounting options, the most obvious choices are not an option in my case:
- The handlebar is covered by the bag
- The carpuride is mounted on the BMW Nav cradle, so that bar is also not an option
I am now considering the Brake/Clutch Mount but I have found very little examples of actual use online. So I was wondering: are people here using Quad Lock (or other) phone mounts other than the more common handlebar mount?
@Kirsten-De-Weerd Before you spend money on a new iPhone and a new mount, consider whether it might be better to go with a completely different solution.
DMD-NOR7E GPS Navigation Tablet powered by Android https://share.google/KEmqLDyrSf07LzPLD
I’ve also spent money on various phones and mounts... and now they’re all just lying around...
Since I’ve had the NOR7E, I haven’t had any unmet needs.
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@peter-zehentreiter Thanks for the tip, but the phone is in need of replacement either way. And honestly, the pricetag of the NOR7E simply does not make it an option for me
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