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Review on πŸ“± Nite Ize Steelie Tablet Socket Kit: Enhance Your Steelie Mount Experience (STLM-11-R7) by Kevin Taharka

Revainrating 5 out of 5

Works as intended

This review is for the Nite Ize Steelie Orbiter Magnetic Socket - Low Profile Portable Magnetic Car Air Vent Mount for Smartphone Product works exactly as advertised - used to replace clamp mount after failure. Screen accidentally detached a heavy smartphone from the holder. The adhesive on the mount sticks very well - clean the surface of the phone case before installation. and the phone sometimes adjusts the angle itself while driving if you hit bumps). Where I installed it, this causes the power cord to put undue pressure on the phone's power connector (in this case, the bottom of the phone is against the dashboard). Note: Cannot be used as an interface between the ball mount and the flat metal plate on the phone body. At first I just wanted to put a metal plate on top of my phone case - place it on top of the air vent attachment ball and let the magnet be the centerpiece that holds everything together. However, the design of the mount ensures that the magnet is far enough away from the sticky side that it does not have sufficient magnetic properties on the sticky side. In hindsight I think this is a good thing as a strong magnetic field directly in front of your phone will likely interfere with the phone's various sensors and antennas. the bracket design ensures that the magnet is far enough away from the adhesive side, so that it does not have sufficient magnetic properties on the adhesive side. In hindsight I think this is a good thing as a strong magnetic field directly in front of your phone will likely interfere with the phone's various sensors and antennas. The design of the mount ensures that the magnet is far enough away from the sticky side that it doesn't have enough magnetic properties on the sticky side. In hindsight I think this is a good thing as a strong magnetic field directly in front of your phone will likely interfere with the phone's various sensors and antennas. that the magnet is far enough away from the sticky side that it is not sufficiently magnetic on the sticky side. In hindsight I think this is a good thing as a strong magnetic field directly in front of your phone is likely to interfere with the phone's various sensors and antennas. that the magnet is far enough away from the sticky side that it is not sufficiently magnetic on the sticky side. In hindsight I think this is a good thing as a strong magnetic field directly in front of your phone will likely interfere with the phone's various sensors and antennas.

Pros
  • Stand
Cons
  • weak