2020 Best Wireless iPhone Chargers for Car Buying Guide – All You Need to Know

Choosing a wireless iPhone charger for car is easy.

But to pick out the best one that holds your iPhone tightly, charges your iPhone fast, and has no problems after months or years, you need to figure out what matters most and what doesn’t.

This post is the ultimate user buying guide for you to select the best car mount wireless charger for your iPhone 11, iPhone 11 Pro, iPhone 11 Pro Max, iPhone XS, XS Max, XR, X, 8 Plus, 8, 7 Plus, 7, 6S, 6 and earlier models.

Note: iPhone 7 and earlier models do not feature Qi wireless charging, so you need to buy a Qi charging receiver or a charging case first to use a car mount wireless charger for wireless charging. For more info, see the post: Use a Qi Receiver to Add Wireless Charging to Phones.

Read it first before your click any “Buy” button, or share this guide with the ones that needs.

Table of Contents:

• Why You Need a Car Mount Wireless Charger
• How to Select a Best Wireless Chargers in Car for iPhone
• Best Wireless iPhone Chargers for Car 2020
• How to DIY a Wireless Charger for Your iPhone

There are circumstances when you need to get a car mount wireless charger for your iPhone. If you are in one of these, you’ve GOT to the right place.

Why You Need a Car Mount Wireless Charger for Your iPhone

Your car does not have wireless charging built-in;

Your car has the option for Qi wireless charging built-in but its charging location is inconvenient. For example, it’s stupidly placed in the center arm rest console and your phone will be out of site;

Or the built-in wireless charger charges your iPhone very slowly and the charge even decreases when you’re driving with Waze or Google Maps and audio streaming going.

For whatever reasons you want to add a wireless charger into your car for your iPhone, read the guide below.

How to Select a Best Wireless Chargers into Car for iPhone

Selecting a wireless iPhone charger for car is not like choosing one for home or office. Driving a lot on the road, especially on bumpy roads, or heat of summer and coldness from winter require better and even more performance of the car wireless iPhone charger.

To select a best wireless charger for your car to charge an iPhone, you need to take these factors into consideration.

Charging Speed

There are 2 modes of wireless charging in the market: Fast Wireless Charge and Standard Wireless charge.

Fast Wireless Charge offers at least 7.5W charging. For instance, VANMASS, Homder, and Andobil offer up to 10W Fast Wireless Charging.

All these will help speed up the wireless charging if your phone features Fast Wireless Charge.

For example, iPhone 11, iPhone 11 Pro, iPhone 11 Pro Max, iPhone XS, XS Max, XR, X, 8 Plus, and 8 support 7.5W Wireless Fast Charge. If you are looking for a car mount wireless charger for one of them, you’d better choose one that offers at least 7.5W fast wireless charging.

Of cause you can switch to the 5W Qi standard charging. Many wireless car chargers have Fast Charge Mode and the Standard Mode. 5W charge is slower than Fast Charge, but since the car mount wireless chargers supply more stable power no matter if it’s hot or cold, the charging speed is still kind of faster than any other car wireless chargers.

Mounting Options

The ideal mounting positions are the air vent, the dashboard, and the windshield, which enable you to see and use the iPhone in a perfect view and get it to unlock using FaceID.

However, according to our research on most of the car mount wireless chargers in the market, many only can be installed on the air vent.

Make sure the in-car wireless charger for iPhone you are looking at does have all mounting accessories (including a air vent clip, and a suction cup), so you have options to install in any position you like.

If you are driving in some states like California that have very strict windshield-obstruction laws, such as the California Law:

“A person shall not drive any motor vehicle with any object or material placed, displayed, installed, affixed, or applied upon the windshield or side or rear windows.”

make sure you do not install the car mount wireless charger onto your car windshield.

Stability or Durability

Stability or durability should be on the top list you have to check when selecting a car mount wireless charger for your iPhone.

Stability or durability means the whole charger sticks to the position firmly and sturdily, and the phone holder won’t lose its grip and never dump your iPhone to the floor of you car, especially when you go off the bumpy roads, or when you get fully into the heat of summer or the cold snowy winter.

Many car mount wireless chargers, like VANMASS, are equipped with a built-in advanced smart sensor which commands to grip your iPhone firmly when it’s attached to the holder, and add more stickiness to the sucker to get it stuck tightly on the dashboard or other surfaces.

Frankly, there is no better way for a would-be customer, like you, to test the stability or durability by yourself before you buy one. 2 workable solutions are: check all the product reviews one by one, or look at the hands-on reviews below, all in our over-six-month test.

And one tip from the professional insiders is to check the warranty. The longer warranty, the more possiblities for the durability, which is covered in the last part of this section.

The very thing you should note is that stability or durability is a long-time concept, not a forever thing. To ensure a longer time stability for the car mount wireless charger, do not install the suction cup on leather, wall or filmed glass surfaces, and please follow the manufacturer’s guide to use the charger properly.

Case Friendly

You never want to manually take off your iPhone case every time you sit into your car. A case-friendly wireless charger in car would be a great convenience. Just put the iPhone onto the charger and charging begins.

Some car mount wireless chargers do support charging your iPhone with a case on, while other don’t.

Some say wireless charging with a case would slow down the speed. But it wouldn’t happen to a case-friendly car mount wireless charger.

Be sure your iPhone case is under 4mm. And the gold rule is the thinner, the better.

Price

If you’ve made a budged plan for a best wireless iPhone charger in-car, it’s time to adjust it.

The price of a car mount wireless charger for iPhone consists of 2 parts:

The cost of the whole product package + maintainance fees = the actual total sum

The basic cost of a high quality wireless iPhone charger from different brands may vary a bit.

And the maintainance fees could be a lot if there are issues and you need to buy extra accessories to fix them. In some cases, you have to throw the wireless car mount charger away and buy a new one. That would double your budget.

You can minimize the maintainance fees to zero, if you buy a high quality in-car wireless charger for iPhone, such as VANMASS, Homder, and Andobil.

Warranty

The most overlooked factor is warranty. In fact, it should be on the top list when you purchase a Qi wireless iPhone charger for your car.

The warranty to a car mount wireless charger for iPhone is like the accident insurance to you and the vehicle insurance to your car.

If anything bad happens to your car mount wireless charger in the warranty time, you can get it fixed or receive a replacement for free.

The length of warranty can and should be taken into consideration in your purchase decision.

We have all the reasons to believe that car mount wireless chargers for iPhone from top brands with 12-month or 18-month long warranty are more solid and endurable than those with only 6 months of warranty.

Others

Features of a best car mount wireless chargers for iPhone like auto-clamping, Qi certificated, 360-degree rotation for versatile views, with LED indicator lights, etc. should also be taken into consideration.

Best Wireless iPhone Chargers for Car in 2020

VANMASS

VANMASS wireless car mount charger has everything you need included, so you just take all out when you receive the package and install the charger in any position you like.

The wireless charger has a quickly responsive smart chip built-in which recognizes your phone instantly. It offers 7.5W power for iPhone and 10W to Samsung smartphones.

It’s very easy to install, with several options: the air vent, the dashboard, the windshield, and other surfaces. We’ve had it on the dashboard for 6 months and it’s very stable. We go off the bumpy roads every day on our way to the office, and no fall-off till now from the “grip” and no noticeable road vibration.

The wireless charging speed for an iPhone X is faster in our car than any other one we’ve tried, though it’s no that fast as wired charging. We never take off the case of the phone and find no charging issues.

The design of the car mount wireless charger is pretty and it fits perfectly with more than 98% car models, according to the manufacturer.

Another thing we love is that it has a built-in battery chip so it does not rely on your car power to do automatic clamping.

Another plus of this wireless car mount charger is that it has a button on the top back which allows you to release your phone manually. This is very helpful to prevent accident automatic fall-off when you turn off your car.

Homder

If you are a fan of auto-clamping, Homder automatic clamping wireless car charger mount is another superior option to charge your iPhone wirelessly in car.

Its sensor is very smart to detect your iPhone and the arms clamp around your phone to hold it tightly and gently.

It is not bulky, unlike others. It’s kind of slim and light-weight but sticks very tightly. If you place a bigger iPhone, such as iPhone XS Max, you can manually adjust the bottom clamp to get a better placement. It’s flexible.

It also adds extended length to its arm so you can reach your phone very easily.

This car mount wireless charger also has Qi fast charging for your iPhone, and supports 5W standard charging.

The only downside is that it’s motor-powered so it relies on whether your car is on or off. But this is not a problem during driving.

Andobil

Andobil is loved by most of my fellows. The design is modern, sturdy and durable and it fits perfectly in cars. The biggest pro is that it grips and holds your phone very tightly even when you are driving on bumpy roads for a whole day and night.

This wireless charger car mount has a built-in battery chip for automatic clamping, so you don’t need to turn on your car to get it work and to turn off the car to get it release your phone.

You don’t need to remove the case (if there is any) to charge your iPhone on the charger. It’s case friendly and very sensitive to your phone.

This Andobil in-car wireless charger is 10% faster than other 5W chargers, so if you prefer a faster wireless charger for your iPhone in car, it’s a super better option. Do remember to use a QC 3.0 charger.

Other Top Picks

Below is the list of other top picks with the same features as described above, including fast charging, durability, case-friendly, auto-clamping, Qi certificated, 360-degree rotation for versatile views, with LED indicator lights, etc.

How to DIY a Wireless Charger in Car for Your iPhone

If you are a do-it-yourself enthusiast and want to DIY your own wireless charger in your car, here is the guide for you.

Source from: Braxen McConnell YouTube Chanel