For an upcoming roadtrip, I wanted to be able to play audiobooks from my smartphone connected to the car stereo. That's easy to do, plenty of apps for that, but the physical mounting of the smartphone so that I could safely play/pause was a concern. There are plenty of car mounts for smartphones - to the dash, to the air conditioning vents, to the cigarette lighter, to the drink holders - suction cup, adhesive, clips - but I found NONE of these satisfactory. I don't trust adhesives or suction cups. The holders I tried wobbled around too.
Well, Walmart to the rescue. For only $4.88! I bought one of their el-cheapo phone holders that is designed to go around your neck:
https://www.walmart.com/ip/Tzumi-Fle...ount/683331112
I put the loop part of the holder, the part that would normally go around your neck, under the fold-down center console in my Ford F-150 truck. It wedged under there tightly. That alone was about 80% of what I wanted. But I wanted a tad more rigidity so that the phone wouldn't move at all if I pressed on the screen. So I took a piece of rope I had laying around and threw an adjustable loop around the Walmart holder and my trucks console. Tied down like this, it is very rigid and stable. Much better than the wobbly normal car mounts. 100% of what I wanted. And it only cost $4.88. It would be easier and probably better to use a Fastex buckle strap (like you'd use to attach your sleeping bag to your backpack) than the roping rig that I tied, but I didn't want to go dig up one of those straps tonight. Plus, I like to tie knots and loops and things!