Phone, GPS and Tablet Mounts for a Chevy Equinox

Chevy Equinox InteriorToday we get a look at the interior of a Chevy Equinox and we’ll recommend some mount options for a phone, GPS and tablet.  The Chevy Equinox has surprisingly few choices for car mount locations.

Mount Discussion

A photo of the interior of a Chevy Equinox accompanies this article.  There’s not much to the interior dash.  Sometimes that’s good, sometimes not.  On a Chevy Equinox, it’s not so good.  You can see that the owner of this vehicle decided to glue his E-ZPass to the dash.  He should have read our article about E-ZPass Car Mounts.

Using a windshield mount is the easiest place to put a phone or GPS.  I wouldn’t attach a tablet to a windshield as it blocks too much of the view.

Mount Recommendations for a Chevy Equinox

Our recommendation for the Chevy Equinox windshield mount is the Arkon MegaGrip Suction Cup Windshield and Dash Mount.  The suction mount features a vacuum locked suction assembly attached to a pivoting arm.  The phone can swivel into any orientation.  The mount also comes with an adhesive disk that you can stick to the dash to turn the mount into a console mount.  The suction assembly can adhere to the adhesive disk just like it would on a windshield.  This is a very reliable mount and I can vouch for it based upon my years of personal use.

The same mount but for a Garmin GPS is the Arkon Windshield Dash Garmin Nuvi Suction Mount.  I have recommended this one over the many years it has been available and have used it myself as well.  It’s an excellent mount that comes with a 2-year warranty.  It’s more rugged and longer than the Garmin mount you received in the box.  Like the prior mount, this is a longer reach to the windshield so set it before the drive.

If opting for a vent mount, consider the Andobil Air Vent Mount.  We recently discovered this vent mount and we were very impressed.  The cradle will hold a device up to 3.75 inches wide.  It has a ball and socket so the cradle swivels into any orientation.  Apple iPhone owners can scope out the Andobil MagSafe Air Vent Mount which is the same mount but with a magnetic adapter that pairs perfectly.

We wrote a full review of the Andobil mount awhile back and it’s worth reading for more information.

Forget using a seat bolt mount.  No seat bolt to attach to.  While you can certainly use the option to bolt it directly to the floor board, most are not going to want to drill holes into their floor, so let’s move on.

The Chevy Equinox dashboard is large and that’s a good place to mount a phone or GPS.  You can use the two suction mounts I mentioned already as they both come with an adhesive disk so that you can use it on a flat dash surface.  This option is best for states where mounting to a windshield is illegal.

There’s no CD Player on newer Chevy Equinox models.  I don’t know what year they stopped this but no CD Player mount for you unless you have an older model with a CD Player.

Plenty of cup holders though so consider a Cup Holder Mount for Tablets and Phones.  This mount includes two different cradles and features an extended neck to make the mount a little higher than others.  One for a phone and a second for a tablet.  The mount is adjustable and solidly made to easily handle the weight of your tablet.  You will see a lot of mounts on the market for tablets or cell phones.  This is the only car mounts that offers two different cradles.  The tablet cradle will hold devices up to 12.9 inches but we suggest limiting it to nothing larger than an iPad Mini.

Mount Summary

The Chevy Equinox is moderately difficult to find good mounting locations, but we named a few.  Avoid the CD player and seat bolt.  Locations like the vent, windshield and cup holder are preferred.