It's scorching hot outside, you have navigation on your phone in the car, the display brightness is at maximum, and on top of that, you're wirelessly charging the device. Your phone is as hot as an oven and will soon tell you that charging has been interrupted due to high temperature. What to do about it? An active cooling car mount can prevent your smartphone from overheating during summer drives.
Why your phone is like fire in the car
As long as temperatures are pleasant and you carry your phone in your pocket, everything works as it should. But as soon as the heat waves hit and you take your phone into the car, the situation changes dramatically.
The combination of high temperatures (it's significantly hotter in the car in the sun than outside) and several running applications on the phone starts to take its toll. It often looks something like this:
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navigation is running on the phone
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the display is set to maximum brightness
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the phone is connected via Apple CarPlay or Android Auto
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the phone is also wirelessly charging on the mount
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the sun is shining on the device through the window.
When you add all these factors together, you get a very "warming cocktail". The smartphone starts to overheat and, for safety reasons, limits its functions.
In response to overheating, it most often stops charging, slows down its performance, reduces brightness, or temporarily stops responding.
INTERESTING FACT: Did you know that lithium-ion batteries in phones work best at temperatures between approximately 20 and 35 °C? Prolonged exposure to higher temperatures can accelerate their natural aging. That's why it's worth exposing your phone to overheating as little as possible during the summer months.
Wireless charging is a specialist in overheating
You get in the car, attach your phone to a wireless charging mount, and the device immediately starts to replenish its battery. There aren't many more pleasant feelings in electronics.
However, as we mentioned above, there's a catch: during energy transfer to the smartphone, losses occur that turn into heat, which heats the phone even more in the car.
After just a few minutes, the phone may interrupt charging due to overheating until it returns to a normal temperature.
That's why active cooling mounts are becoming increasingly popular, not just among customers of the Czech brand FIXED.
A regular car mount isn't enough, or what active cooling does differently
Active cooling mounts are becoming increasingly popular because they solve all the mentioned problems.
Unlike regular mounts, they have a built-in silent fan that continuously draws warm air away from the back of the phone, ensuring that the device doesn't overheat as much during long journeys.
Thanks to active cooling, you significantly reduce the risk of charging interruption due to high temperature or your navigation going haywire. Not to mention that you'll protect your phone's battery from rapid wear and tear.
TIP: We recommend using an active cooling mount even outside the summer months. The phone can also overheat during long journeys in winter, for example, when you turn on the heating in the car, and it suddenly becomes significantly warmer than outside the windows.
Which active cooling mount to choose for yourself
If you're currently using just an ordinary mount or holder in your car, choosing an active cooling mount might be a challenge. But don't worry, we'll help you.
If you're often on the road and use your phone intensively
Do you constantly have navigation on in your car, do you drive hundreds of kilometers a week, hours a day, and in all weather conditions? Then an active cooling mount with wireless charging FIXED MagCool2 XL will be useful for you.
You attach your phone to it using MagSafe magnetic attachment (it supports the modern Qi2 standard), and this technology also handles the mentioned wireless charging with a power of up to 25 W. The integrated active cooling keeps your phone at operating temperature throughout the journey.
Compact cooling mount
Those who prefer minimalist design will appreciate the FIXED MagAir mount. It's ideal for regular commutes, frequent car trips, or when you want to keep your phone constantly charged while using navigation.
The FIXED MagAir also uses a built-in fan for cooling and supports MagSafe and the Qi2 standard (it charges the phone with up to 15 W).
Moreover, you can rely on the MagSafe technology to ensure the smartphone stays firmly on the mount.
INTERESTING FACT: Drivers often think that if the air conditioning is running in the car, the phone cannot overheat. Unfortunately, it's not that simple. The phone is usually placed directly behind the windshield, where the sun hits it, so the air conditioning may play almost no role.
If you need advice, don't hesitate to write to us
If you don't know which car mount to choose yet, or if you need to ask anything, don't hesitate to write to us in the chat here on the website.
Our AI assistant FIXIE, or one of our colleagues, will help you.
Other reliable mounts and stands, not just for cars, from FIXED can be found here in our offer.
