Scotty has been making marine accessories out of Victoria, British Columbia since the 1950s. That longevity is not an accident. The brand built its reputation on a modular post-mount system that lets anglers swap rod holders, camera arms, fish finder brackets, and other accessories between boats without tools, without drilling
Scotty makes more rod holders than most anglers realize. The brand is well known, the orange-and-black packaging is familiar, and most people have seen a Scotty mount on someone else’s kayak or boat. But the lineup spans at least half a dozen distinct rod holder designs, each built around a
Garmin has a trick most drivers do not know about: their automotive and RV GPS units can double as a backup camera display. No extra screen, no aftermarket monitor, no cluttered dashboard. When you shift into reverse, the camera feed appears automatically on the same GPS you use for navigation.
The Garmin Zumo series has been the gold standard for motorcycle GPS units for over a decade—and the Zumo 595LM remains one of the most versatile models ever released. Even though newer Zumo models have entered the market, the 595LM still sees strong usage thanks to its rugged design, glove-friendly
The Mercedes-Benz A220 has a genuinely attractive interior: curved surfaces, leather trim, and a clean center stack that looks factory-finished. That same design sensibility is exactly what makes mounting a phone or GPS here more difficult than it should be. The round vents, the extended infotainment display, and the compact
Mounting the Uniden SDS100 or SDS150 in a vehicle is more involved than mounting a phone or GPS. Both scanners use a button-and-belt-clip mounting system on the back of the radio rather than a standard cradle attachment point, and the extended battery on the SDS100 adds significant depth that rules
If you’ve ever stuck a generic phone mount in your 4Runner, you know exactly how it ends. The suction cup gives up on a hot day. The vent clip rattles loose the first time you hit a dirt road. And then your phone is somewhere on the floor mat while
Not every motorcycle gives you a clean place to clamp a phone mount on the bars. Sport bikes with clip-ons, naked bikes with crowded switchgear, touring bikes with seven accessories already fighting for position, cruisers with wide pullback bars where a standard clamp sits too far out of view —
A standard vent clip will survive your daily commute. It will not survive a rocky trail in Moab. The moment your Jeep Wrangler drops into a rut or your 4Runner crests a ridgeline at speed, a friction-based mount becomes a projectile. The phone ends up in the footwell, the screen
When Apple CarPlay and Android Auto became standard features on new vehicles, a lot of drivers assumed the phone mount was done. Why clip your phone to the dash when the car already has a screen? It is a fair question, and the honest answer is: it depends on how