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Mount your iPhone on your car’s dashboard for $10

ben patterson — Mon, 13 Nov 2017 14:41:11 +0000

No need for your iPhone or Android phone to rattle around in a cup holder while you drive. Instead, keep it in sight by mounting it on your dashboard—a process that’s a lot cheaper and easier than you might think.

On sale for $10.39 (48% off), the Mpow Cell Phone Holder comes with an eight-inch flexible arm, a suction cup that sticks to the inside of your car’s windshield, and a small stabilizing base that sits on the dashboard. The Mpow’s universal mount can hold iPhones and Android phones with up to six-inch screens, while the mount’s rotating ball joint lets you swivel your handset in any orientation you like. Once you get where you’re going, just press the quick-release button to take your iPhone or Android phone with you.

Check out the Mpow Car Phone Mount on Amazon!

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For just $7.50, add a pair of USB charging ports to your car

ben patterson — Thu, 02 Nov 2017 16:49:56 +0000

Sharing is caring, especially when it comes to charging your various iPhones, Android phones and iPads on a lengthy road trip. Luckily, this two-port USB car charger makes it easy to share the juice.

The Anker PowerDrive 2 car charger is already a steal at $9, but it’s on sale today only for $7.49 as an Amazon “lightning” deal, so now’s a great time to snap one (or two!) up—particularly before the deal expires.

This fast-charging USB car charger plugs into your car’s cigarette lighter, and it’s powerful enough to charge a pair of power-hungry iPads at the same time—no small feat. The PowerDrive 2 will power up your iPhone or Android phone at full speed thanks to the charger’s PowerIQ technology, and it’ll protect your precious gadgets from power surges and electrical shorts.

Check out the Anker PowerDrive 2 on Amazon!

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For $16, turn your car’s empty cup holder into a 5-port USB charger

ben patterson — Thu, 13 Apr 2017 14:14:09 +0000

Here’s an easy way to keep everyone’s iPhones, iPads and Android phones charged during a family road trip.

The $16 iXCC 50W Multiple Ports Cup Holder Car Charger (normally it’s $40) plugs into your car’s cigarette lighter via a 23-inch power cable, while the charger itself slides into an empty cup holder.

With its multiple fast-charging USB ports, the iXCC car charger can charge up to five devices at once, including power-hungry iPads and jumbo-sized Samsung Galaxy phones.

Check out the iXCC 50W Multiple Ports Cup Holder Car Charger on Amazon!

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Add a pair of USB charging ports to your car for $9

ben patterson — Tue, 07 Feb 2017 17:37:28 +0000

Tired of having to share your car’s USB charger—assuming you have one at all, that is? There’s an easy way to add a couple of USB charging ports to your car, for cheap.

On sale for $9 (down from its $30 list price), the Anker PowerDrive 2 plugs into your car’s cigarette lighter, and it packs in dual USB ports that are powerful enough to charge a pair of iPhones—or even a pair of power-hungry iPads—at the same time, and at full speed to boot. The PowerDrive 2 also happens to be Wirecutter’s favorite USB car charger, which is always a plus.

Check out the Anker PowerDrive 2 on Amazon!