But I would have preferred a harder plastic for the entire attachment mechanism because over time, the soft silicone rubber is going to stretch.

this is just a piece of soft plastic, it's not sturdy and not worth the cost.

Soft plastic shifts

In one of their display images they have a picture of "others", showing a different phone holster, calling it "cheap plastic" and "half bundled" with an image of it breaking

But I would have preferred a harder plastic for the entire attachment mechanism because over time, the soft silicone rubber is going to stretch.

It's easy to install, no flimsy plastic parts and fits my bulky phone case

Other attachments are typically made of hard plastic or aluminum

Then I cinched it down (snug but not super tight) for an outdoor ride and only rode about two minutes before the plastic connector pin cracked, causing everything to fall apart and the phone to smash on the pavement.

I really love this phone mount and that it's not hard plastic that will scratch up my phone case

What more can you ask for?The only thing that would make it easier to install is if it could jump out of the box onto your bike!Holds phone securely and works as you would expect a phone holder to do

Almost lost my phone as it went flying in the road

but i'm concerned that the phone will not be as secure as if the bands were wrapped around the phone as designed.