FASON Magnetic Golf Cart Phone Holder and Cigar Holder Set Review

A golf cart has nowhere to put anything. There is a cup holder, a windscreen and a steering wheel, and a phone being used for yardage spends eighteen holes sliding around a bench seat. Magnetic accessories solve that by treating the cart's own bodywork as the mounting point, with no brackets, no drilling and nothing left behind when they come off.

FASON ships two pieces on that principle. A phone holder with an anti slip cradle, and an aluminium alloy cigar holder, both on magnetic bases. The pairing is clearly aimed at a specific buyer rather than assembled at random.

Compatibility is named for EZGO, Yamaha and Icon carts. There is a significant condition attached to that, and because FASON buries it mid bullet rather than stating it up front, it is the first thing to deal with.

The phone holder runs on an N52 magnet, which FASON calls industrial grade and describes as three times stronger than standard. N52 is a real designation and it is the strongest grade of sintered neodymium in common production, so naming it is more informative than the usual powerful magnet language.

The cradle adds two mechanical features on top of the magnet: anti slip rubber padding and what FASON calls a vibration proof lock. Padding is the part that matters on a cart, because a cart path transmits every seam and root straight into whatever is mounted to the frame. The lock is named but never explained, so what it physically is remains unclear.

Phone fit is given as a width range, 2.56 to 3.62 inches, and stated as case friendly. A width range is the right way to specify a cradle, and that span covers the great majority of current handsets with a case on.

The cigar holder is aluminium alloy, described as withstanding outdoor elements, and holds 30 to 60 ring gauge without tipping. Ring gauge is the correct unit and a 30 to 60 span is specific rather than vague. FASON notes the hold is gentle enough not to mark a wrapper, which is the actual design problem with gripping a cigar.

The set is black and orange, ships as two pieces, and carries a stated two year warranty.

Start with the condition, because it decides whether the set works on your cart at all. FASON writes that the magnetic bases securely attach to any metal surface on EZGO, Yamaha and Icon golf carts, and then, in the same bullet, adds that they are not compatible with aluminium surfaces.

Those two sentences contradict each other. A magnet grips ferrous metal, steel and iron, and does not grip aluminium at all, so any metal surface is not accurate as written. The correction is there, which is to FASON's credit, but it is placed at the end of a long bullet rather than where a buyer will read it.

This is not a technicality on a golf cart. Aluminium is widely used for golf cart frames and body panels precisely because it does not rust in wet grass, so a buyer cannot assume a cart has a steel surface in a useful place. FASON names three cart brands as compatible but never says where on those carts a steel surface is, which is the one piece of guidance this product most needs. The way to check takes five seconds: put any fridge magnet against the spot you intend to use, and if it holds, this will.

The second gap is the number. For a mount whose entire job is holding on, no pull force is published in any unit, no pounds, no kilograms, no newtons. N52 is a grade of magnet material, not a force, and three times stronger than standard is a comparison with no stated baseline. Pull force depends on the magnet's size and the thickness of the steel as much as its grade.

Related to that, there is no phone weight limit. FASON specifies width but not mass, and mass is what actually loads a magnetic mount on a bumpy cart path. A wide light phone and a narrow heavy one in a protective case present very different problems, and only the width is covered.

The cigar holder is the more completely specified of the two pieces. Ring gauge range, body material, outdoor durability and the wrapper point are all addressed, and the same aluminium condition applies to its base.