• Reviews around suction cup (2.23 of 5)

    TaoTronics Car Phone Mount, Windshield/Dashboard Universal Mobile Phone Cradle for iOS/Android Cell Phone - Orange

    • Like others, my suction cup broke off the base completely
    • Within 2 weeks the suction cup ripped off from the plastic base
    • I wish I could buy a replacement suction cup, because I really liked the product, but I don't want to have to buy another one.
    • The suction cup works well and the swivel allows for virtually any viewing angle.
    • Very good product, suction cup is very sticky.
    • After a few months the silicone sticky suction cup became damaged and would t adhere to any surface at all
    • The suction cup started to sag from the base, and a few days later it completely broke away.
    • The Taotronics TT-Sh08 has a very strong suction cup base with a convenient little release lever to make it easy to remove if you are going to move the holder to a different vehicle or you can use the mount as a welcome spare hand if you commute by train or other transit system and you will be sitting at a seat with a table and you wish to view your phone and dont want it moving around or falling to the floor
    • Best suction cup mount that I have ever used
    • The silicon suction cup broke off from its base after 3 months mounted to the windshield.
    • but the suction cup is really strong, too strong
    • The suction cup on this device failed within the 30-day return window.
    • The suction cup of ours broke about a week into having it
    • I was impressed with how well the suction cup worked
    • The bottom suction cup broke off after removing it twice.
    • The suction cup and holding support said on the windshield the mount came in my hands
    • The suction cup is also sticky, which is great
    • The suction cup is extremely strong
    • The second one the plastic the suction cup attached to broke and this one the grading arms broke that holds the phone in a week.
    • The arm broke off the suction cup
    • Meanwhile my GPS's suction cup was just fine and stayed attached
    • It worked great until it started getting hot out, then the "extra strong suction cup with sticky gel" melted all over my windshield
    • At first I thought it might have been that the suction cup came a little loose, but after taking a closer looked I saw that it was broken
    • I cleaned the suction cup and the surface but no luck.
    • Soon, you are left with a suction cup still sticking firmly to the windshield and the rest of the base - and your device - falling to the floor.
    • Seven months later, after falling off a few times last week, I found out the rim that holds the suction cup is breaking apart and only 1/4 of it is attached!!!
    • After owning this for two months, the suction cup ripped off the bottom and I had to throw it away.
    • The suction cup is super powerful and didn't slip off the dash even once
    • Then the suction cup broke away from the rest of the base when I removed it from my dash
    • The suction cup is not the classic suction cup type that one normally thinks of (i.e. clear, stiff like those that hold up sun catchers in windows)... instead this one is squashy, sticky, and forms a suction by lifting up on the lever which pulls the center inward to create the suction.
    • The suction cup is very strong and does not fall off the windshield
    • After two years of use the suction cup became defective.
    • On the "good" side, the suction cup was great - very powerful, and the "sticky" substance lasted a while
    • Unfortunately today, the suction cup broke free of the mount and is now useless.
    • The suction cup on one was problematic but the other one is good.
    • But the suction cup stopped working in less than a week, making it similar to every other phone-holder out there that has proven useless
    • It is still mounted on my window, the sticky gel (or the melted suction cup) is drizzling on the windshield
    • The suction cup and the plastic piece broke off of normal wear and tear.
    • A good and very adjustable suction cup cell phone holder
    • I live in Massachusetts, not Texas; there is no reason the suction cup should have melted like this
    • The suction cup is strong and if you clean the window and mount it properly, it really stays where you put it!
    • Does the job, but the suction cup seems to fall off when exposed to high/low temperatures
    • Hopefully the suction cup will continue to work fine after many uses.
    • The suction cup is very strong, and stays on my dashboard, but I wanted it to put my phone on the side window.
    • Is was great, until mine broke after short term use, the suction cup broke out from the base
    • Suction cup is worthless
    • The problem is the part that connects the black plastic holder to the clear rubber suction cup broke within 2 weeks
    • The suction cup that is inside the plastic breaks off and you can no longer mount it.
    • The problem, however, is the suction cup
    • After a few months the suction cup mount and tension clip simply fall apart and loosen completely.
    • The suction cup does not work for very long
    • Like others, my suction cup broke off the base completely
    • The suction cup separated from the mount within 10 days of use, so needless to say, I am not satisfied
    • The suction cup seems great so far, but it seems weird that I can't get the back plate of the holder to lock onto the arm
    • The suction cup works better than most.
    • Then this summer we had some unusually hot weather and the suction cup completely melted and the mount fell off the windshield
    • The good news is that the suction cup does stick well, unfortunately, the plastic base quickly melts from the heat of the sun causing the base to dangle loosely from the suction cup.
    • The suction cup would slowly lose it's grip and stickiness over time in the heat and eventually fall off my dash with my phone still in it putting it in danger while becoming a huge driving distraction
    • The suction cup would not work without
    • A year or so later the suction cup melted and fell off, creating a thick gooey mess that had to be removed with Goof Off and a plastic scraper - some of it got on the carpet too.
    • The suction cup is very sticky and won't come off at all
    • Everything else is fine with this piece, I just hate gel suction cup.
    • It broke off the suction cup.
    • Suction cup is strong
    • It only lasted me for one year (the suction cup ripped off and the holder fell off my windshield about two weeks ago)
    • sticky suction cup broke of off base after 2 mounths
    • suction cup doesn't work
    • After a month the base (suction cup) broke off
    • It turns out that there is a thin piece of plastic that has either broken or melted that helps to keep the suction cup rigid to the mount's frame
    • + I think the weight gets to it after time and the suction cup comes loose and unsticks
    • The suction cup also left a nasty, goopy, sticky mess on my windshield that took solvent to remove
    • This product is really well made, and has a really great tacky suction cup attach to the dash.
    • While they performed well, on one of them the suction cup started to disintegrate into some sticky goo now dripping all over my dashboard
    • Unfortunately while changing the position on it very carefully the suction cup just broke an even I tried to glued it back
    • The suction cup works well for my textured dash.
    • The suction cup works well for my textured dash.
    • This is my second product from TaoTronics and none of them has worked for more than 5 months, The suction cup becomes irremovable if kept untouched for an extended period of time, in fact the plastic that goes into the suction cup
    • It also sticks pretty good, you just may need to wipe the suction cup with water occasionally to revive it so to speak.
    • The suction cup broke in 3 months.
    • n’t had much luck with previous holders and they seem to fall off or
    • Ended up throwing it out after it kept falling on my lap as I as driving.
    • Broke only after a few weeks in the sun, very disappointing as I liked how it mounted