Quad lock (or other) Phone mount ?

[Kirsten De Weerd]

I'm using MRA Next on an iPhone with a Carpuride display through Carplay. So essentially, I don't need my phone mounted on the motorcycle while riding.

To keep the phone's battery up, I hook it up to a battery pack and place it in the handlebar bag that I have on my R1200GS.

The combination of workload (GPS+Carplay) and charging results in the phone becoming quite hot, with the heat unable to discipate as it is placed in a enclosed bag.

Secondary, recently the OIS (Optical Image Stabilization) of my iPhone broke. I am unsire if this is now the result of vibrations with it being placed in the handlebar bag, or just age/bad luck with the phone now 6 years old.

I'm likely to buy a new iPhone later this year and naturally want to protect it from overheating and hardware issues, so I started looking at Quad Lock mounting options. The assumption being that using a mount (including vibration dampener) would allow the phone to cool better as a result of air flow during riding.

Wether having the phone loosely in a handlebar bag is worse than having it mounted on a vibration dampener is a big unknown.

Looking at the different Quad Lock mounting options, the most obvious choices are not an option in my case:

• The handlebar is covered by the bag
• The carpuride is mounted on the BMW Nav cradle, so that bar is also not an option

I am now considering the Brake/Clutch Mount but I have found very little examples of actual use online. So I was wondering: are people here using Quad Lock (or other) phone mounts other than the more common handlebar mount?

[Peter Zehentreiter]

@Kirsten-De-Weerd Before you spend money on a new iPhone and a new mount, consider whether it might be better to go with a completely different solution.

DMD-NOR7E GPS Navigation Tablet powered by Android https://share.google/KEmqLDyrSf07LzPLD

I’ve also spent money on various phones and mounts... and now they’re all just lying around...

Since I’ve had the NOR7E, I haven’t had any unmet needs.

[Kirsten De Weerd]

@peter-zehentreiter Thanks for the tip, but the phone is in need of replacement either way. And honestly, the pricetag of the NOR7E simply does not make it an option for me

[Stanisław]

That's why I went into the Oukitel RT3 tablet solution, which is chip and works very well. Another possibility could be a special phone only for the navigation purpose, not your main one. It was too complicated for me to use android auto/apple carplay on my bike.

[Kirsten De Weerd]

The CarPlay seems to be working well for me. I wouldn’t even really need to have the phone in my view. It’s mainly for cooling and vibration protection that I am considering mounting it with a vibration dampener.

I’ve thought about keeping the old phone for navigation, but then I’d need a separate subscription on that for data and I would lose the phone functionality of the CarPlay as obviously my main number would then be on the phone not connected to the CarPlay device.

[Marinus van Deudekom]

You could take a look at the Carpuride W702plus witch is a device that doesn't need a phone to get it working

[Kirsten De Weerd]

Maybe in the future, if they make a version that fits the BMW navi mount and interacts in one way or another with the wonder wheel.
For now, the CarPlay way of working fits my bill.

[Hubert Thoring]

@kirsten-de-weerd
I recommend the iPhone solution in the BMW Cradel supplemented with the Remotek One solution.

Link to Info and Video

The iPhone Xr is my Navi mobile phone in the BMW Cradel holder coupled via hotspot to the IPhone 16e in the tank bag ..

Never had any problems with it.

[LennyO]

I use Quadlock chargeable mount with the ani-vibration attachment with my Samsung S25 Ultra. I used to mount it in the center right between the bar mounts and plug it into the USB port with the coiled cable.
But if I mount my small tank bag onto the tank, there is no room to put that mount on unless the bag is slid all the way back (I don't like it). So, yes, in the summer heat if I put my phone in the tank bag it gets hot. For now my soulution is a couple of small frozen plastic cooler sticks in a ziplock bag. Helps for a while.