cell phone holder for car

Best Phone Holders for Hands

We’ve driven for hundreds of hours with more than 50 phone mounts in multiple cars—including 20 hours as a Lyft driver, picking up and dropping off passengers on unfamiliar roads—and we’re sure the iOttie iTap Magnetic 2 has the best combination of safety, convenience, and stability for holding your phone on the road.We think magnetic phone mounts are generally the most convenient and easiest-to-use options for holding your phone in a car, and in our testing,

 the iOttie iTap Magnetic 2 line delivered the best overall experience. It’s equally sturdy in dash/windshield-, vent-, or CD slot–mounted versions, and it’s easy to set up and take with you from car to car, making it an easy fit for lots of situations. In our tests, the magnets in all three versions were strong, supporting most of our phones either vertically or horizontally over even the roughest terrain. Only the large 6.5-inch iPhone XS Max gave them some trouble when held horizontally, although the mounts were rock solid with a 6-inch Pixel 2 XL.

If you want to position your phone on a vertical dash surface or in a small area where the iOttie iTap Magnetic 2 models won’t work, the Scosche MagicMount Dash may be a better option. It attaches with a small adhesive pad that fits into small nooks and crannies of the dash more easily than a suction cup. And it can tilt a full 90 degrees back or to the sides, which makes it ideal for sloping or vertical surfaces. The MagicMount

 Dash’s magnetic attachment performed the best in our testing, holding even a large iPhone XS Max securely everywhere we drove. But, while this Scosche stuck firmly to smoother surfaces, it didn’t work as well on textured ones. The adhesive pad is also difficult to remove, and you need a new one to attach the mount in a new position or vehicle.