Oh, technology – saving us time and frustration for decades. While some inventions are more technologically advanced than others, we all need a little help sometimes, even from the low-tech gadgets. Here are our favorite gadgets to upgrade your car to the most efficient, fun, and comfortable vehicle for you.
Tablet Headrest Mount
Ever look over at the car next to you on the freeway and envy how docile the children in the back seat are as they watch Spongebob on the in-car television? You can have that same peace and your children can enjoy their favorite entertainment with a tablet headrest mount. Whether you have an iPad, Kindle Fire, Google Nexus, or Samsung tablet, you can mount it easily and securely on one of the front seat headrests and entertain everyone behind you for hours.
Car Seat Gap Filler
Every car comes with its own Bermuda triangle; it’s that gap between the seat and your center console. That small space where the most useful items – cell phones, pens, credit cards, French fries – like to go and hide. But you can stop the maddening mishaps by filling that black hole with a car seat gap filler. Never again will you have to wedge your barely-too-short fingers into that gap while trying to keep your car in your own lane.
A Multi-USB Charging Port
Whether you’re on a road trip with the whole family or heading to dinner with friends, everyone has a device they need charged. No more fighting over USB outlets and cables with a multi-USB charging port. You can pick one up with any number of ports to suit all of your passengers and gadgets.
Car Desk
If you’re a busy working professional, you’re on the phone all day, shuffling papers, trying to find that important contract, and trying to remember if you left your agenda in your desk, your car, or under the couch. But it is possible to keep it all straight with a car desk. With space for hanging files, a non-skid surface, and a convenient writing area, your car desk will help you maximize time and stay organized on the go.
Bluetooth Car Locator
We’ve all done it. You come out of a long movie or a shopping spree at the mall and you can’t remember where you parked your car. You try to remember the section number that you forced yourself to memorize three hours ago, but to no avail. Now you’ll never have to worry about losing your car in a sea of automobiles again with the Bluetooth car locator.
Plug it into the cigarette lighter/charger in your car and it will send a signal to your phone telling you where you parked. And don’t worry about forgetting your phone in your car. This little device will remind you to grab it before you lock the doors.
Your car should suit your lifestyle. Just because it didn’t come from the factory with twelve USB charging ports, an in-headrest DVD player, and a desk for your work on-the-go doesn’t mean you can’t upgrade your vehicle to your needs.
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