Scosche MagicMount Car Phone Holder

The product I got was the rearview mount for the phone. The setup is quite simple as the only parts this involves are the brackets that hook over the rearview mirror (this includes a short goose-neck connected to the magnet with a ball joint) and a couple of metal plates (one small and one a little larger) to attach to the phone. You hook the holder over the rearview mirror, then attach the metal plate to the phone and stick the phone onto the holder. In theory, this should be pretty much all there is to it, and the concept is great and admirable. The execution, however, is far from satisfactory. The phone mount has two adjustments: one for the top to bottom height of the hook that goes over the mirror (to accommodate mirrors that that are taller or shorter), and one for front to back (to accommodate mirrors of different thicknesses). The top to bottom adjustment is governed by a lever that you use to loosen the two claws that grasp the mirror, then you clamp them securely over the mirror and then push the lever to the locked position. This then prevents the mirror height adjustment from being disturbed. Unfortunately, there is no such hard lock for the mirror thickness adjustment. It is just a a ratcheted slide that seems secure initially. However, every time I try to take my phone off the mount, the magnetic hold is so strong that there is no way to prevent the phone mount from being disturbed. And this ratcheted slide is the first thing that gives. Almost invariably, this results in the mirror thickness adjustment coming loose, and I have to spend the next 30 seconds securing the phone mount to the mirror once again by adjusting the ratchets. Otherwise, the phone mount will fall off the mirror the next time you put your phone in it. Even worse, sometimes, the mirror itself changes positions as you try to juggle with the phone, the mount and everything else as you are trying to take the phone out of the mount. The idea is good, but the execution is fatally flawed. If the mirror thickness adjustment had been designed with another lever that does not allow the clamps to move freely without releasing it, things would have been great. As such, because of the hassles involved in keeping this mount secure (it is like I have to reinstall the mount every time after I take the phone from it), I will be returning this item. The search for a usable rearview mount continues.