Sorry, it took a while to find the time to take the pictures. and now I've had a problem posting them. I'm guessing that you have to have a specific number of posts to be able to insert images, or I just can't figure it out. I'll try adding links to the photos in Photobucket. I might be able to do the same thing by clicking on the image icon and inserting the Photobucket URL if that doesn't work.
Well, neither one of those options worked. I just get an error message when I click on a link and since I don't see a way to delete this post, I'll just go with a description.
I've spent a lot of money on dash mounts, but I've found that anyplace I put my phone where the sun hits it makes it very hot. My problem with vent mounts is simply that the phone is blocking the air from one of the vents. I can see one good point for mounting the phone on an air vent and that is that it keeps the phone cool in the summer, but while it's keeping the phone cool, it isn't helping me much. I'm also not so sure about how the heat will affect it in the winter. I've never tried it however, so my concerns may not be valid. It probably depends on your climate, but here in Oklahoma, the air coming out of my vents in the winter gets pretty hot.
My solution is very simple, and it may not work for everyone. I have a 2010 Honda Accord and there is an overhang over the area where the instruments are. For some reason, there is a tachometer next to the speedometer that I never even look at since I don't see any purpose for a tach with an automatic transmission. I just prop the phone up in front of the tach, positioned so I can see everything but the tach. I have a narrow strip of velcro on one side of my phone's case and another small piece on the dash in front of the tach. All the velcro does is keep the phone from sliding around and the phone is easily visible and out of the sun. I only mount it like this when using it for navigation, so it isn't mounted there very often.
