SideCar iPad Monitor Mount - Tablet Stand for Dual Monitor Functionality; Dock to Laptop or UltraBook, Travel Friendly Dual Display Bracket Connects Tablet/Smartphone

** Edit #2 (see below for my issues with the original materials, and the excellent response from Dockum support) **This thing is great for developers. I frequently combine it with DuetDisplay - a high-performance (corded) 'iOS device as second monitor' app - and run my chat windows and a terminal window on my iPad. When I'm tweaking apps and sites for mobile I just use it to hold whichever device I'm working on making pretty at the moment . The Dockum, an iPad and LiveReload make for a very nice development environment.If you have any need for extra screen space, I'd highly recommend trying the SideCar out. It's not like it's a huge investment - you already bought an iOS device and a MacBook for goodness sake.The SideCar does extend just a tiny bit into the viewable area of the late 2013 MacBook Pro. Not a big deal - if you're using Chrome right now and you set it up near the top-left of your screen it barely kisses the 'back' arrow. I can certainly understand why: there's just not much space there to apply force to. Narrow it down much more and you'd have to overtighten the SideCar to support an iPad in landscape. I would love to see a 'corner' version in the future. Something designed to mount on the upper right or left corner. There are obvious engineering difficulties there (you'd need a 'right' and 'left' version, or a way to adjust the angle of the attached device). The benefit is that the SideCar (CornerCar?) wouldn't need to be tightened down quite so much.This isn't an issue for me, but if you are super ultra paranoid about your screen then you could make yourself very unhappy by (mis)using the SideCar. First, it leaves a bit of residue on the screen where the pad presses. This will probably stop happening after a few more uses, and it isn't difficult to remove with a microfibre cloth and a little breath-fog. More importantly, if you keep your SideCar in a laptop bag and it gets crap on it, you are almost certain to scratch the hell out of the bevel of you screen at some point. So use the bag that comes with the SideCar, and if this worries you overly, then either seek professional help, or don't buy the SideCar :~)-- About supportI received the updated model from Dockum support: absolutely no sign of my original complaint. Well done! I give the product itself 4 stars, and the support adds _at least_ another star.Dockum support reached out to me in response to my original review, acknowledged the issue with the 'pungent' inner materials, and committed to resolving it. And they have! I received a new SideCar earlier this week, as promised. No scent at all :~)Admitting to a flaw and just fixing it seems so basic, but it's profoundly rare - and it is surely expensive for a small company like Dockum. Kudos to them for choosing the hard road. I'll be keeping an eye out for more from them.** Edit **I've bumped up the rating by a star because someone at Dockem support reached out to me in response to this review. Standing behind a product is awesome, and Dockem has offered to send me a replacement once they have updated the materials. I will revisit this review again when I receive it.** Original **The use of vulcanized rubber (think tires) means this thing smells so bad that I'm not willing to handle it. Even after leaving it outside for a week the smell is strong enough that I'm sure it will transfer onto my phone, which would then transfer to my hands and clothes. No thanks.Replace the pad with silicon or something that doesn't reek and I'm sure it would be a good product.

I rarely return products from Amazon, nor write reviews but I felt this product warranted a warning to others.To start, I was really excited about this product as I needed a companion device to hold my iPhone and display the mobile version of a website that I'm working on.To make a long story short, the issues I had with the product are:1. Cheap packaging (no biggie if the device performs)2. Made of cheap materials (again, no biggie if the device performs)3. Hard to get a good fit on the iPhone in portrait view (not enough real estate)4. In landscape mode on the iPhone, the SideCar mount's design resulted in the phone facing inwards at an angle that was useless)5. The thickness difference between the Macbook Retina's screen and the iPhone 6s Plus', the pressure is unevenly distributed and centered around the tip of the clamp. This made me realized what Greg said is possible true (the review is one of the critical reviews for this product). I do think that the device will damage my screen and it's not worth using the product long term to find out.the thing that annoyed me the most is the return shipping cost, it's almost 1/3 the cost of the product.EVEN AT THE NEW COST OF $21, THIS DEVICE IS NOT WORTH ITBuyers Beware

UPDATE: I got a new SideCar and my experience was different. You can read my updated review at the bottom. I initially ranked it 3 and now give it a 4.I tried the SideCar and the mountie. The SideCar is terrible to operate, It was difficult to screw and secure the iPad to my MacBook. That said, once setup, the iPad was secured and never moved. The mountie on the other hand is very simple to put and remove but doesn't secure the iPad as well. You can walk with the MacBook in hand and the iPad mounted with the SideCar, I wouldn't recommend it with the mountie (my iPad fell on the floor the first time I tried).If you use this setup, it is likely because you are nomadic (or you'd likely use a second screen). So if you plan to walk with the iPad mounted and want a secure solution, go for the SideCar, otherwise go with the Mountie!----UPDATED REVIEW:Dockem reached out to me saying it was probably because I got a defective unit and they sent me a new one free of charge. I was impressed with their customer support, especially since I didn't ask for anything! If this happens to you, definitely contact them!It is pretty much day and night between the two. I definitely had a defective unit, the new one is smooth to operate. It actually has replaced the Mountie for me which ended up being a pain in the ass to use because the rubber parts are poorly glued and the iPad would slowly slide out of it and fall. I never had any issue with the SideCar, once secured your iPad won't move.The only thing I regret is that the SideCar will sometimes remove my iPad screen protection when I unmount it. If you are careful it is not a big deal and not really the SideCar fault, I guess you can't have both good support and no suction at all.

Works ok to attach one device to another as advertised, but the smell is really bad and hasn't gone away yet. Giving 2 starts on account of the strong rubbery, plasticy smell.

So I ordered this back in March, I had a few issues with it but for the most part it did what it needed to do. My issues started with the rubber peeling off so I had to re-stick it back on to be able to use it. Next up which is the final issue is that when I went to screw it in the whole thing just exploded on me. As in, the back piece shot off, when I went to see what happened the screw that is supposed to be in the back piece was still attached to the wash nut on the front piece. I do wish it would have lasted at least a year and not just a few months.