Bluesky 07
Senior Member
I ran across an article featuring cup holder adapters and bought some to test. These have expandable bases - you put them in the existing holder, turn the top, and little arms come out and snug them up.
These are the three I bought:
Amazon Basics Expandable Car Cup Holder
Upgraded 64oz Large Cup Holder Expander for Car
And the winner, the Seven Sparta Upgraded Cup Holder Expander.
I like the Seven Sparta for several reasons. The base expands enough for a tight fit in the OEM holder; despite the little rubber tabs looking flimsy, between them and the rubber coaster, everything I put in it stayed upright; and it has a feature the others don’t – you can reposition the base for an offset fit. They did this so two would work in most side-by-side setups (like 4th Gens have) but I’ll only be using one so I moved the top back, away from the climate controls, as shown in the pics. Having items up around the climate controls doesn't bother me b/c I use the Auto setting exclusively and just change the temp, which is easily accessible even with the biggest cup.
This is the best solution I’ve found yet and for $25, I highly recommend it.
Note - these pics are before I did the offset adjustment.
No surprise that this big bastard doesn't move around:
And this is big enough to stay put too:
But I thought there was no way this would stay upright. It proved me wrong - stayed just like this for my entire 41-mile commute over back roads, interstates, and city streets.
The offset screw holes:
Base reinstalled with offset:
Final placement:
Update - 15Sep23: I've had this for a couple of weeks now and it works. Very happy with it and highly recommend if you're tired of whatever you put in the cup holder just flailing around everywhere.
These are the three I bought:
Amazon Basics Expandable Car Cup Holder
Upgraded 64oz Large Cup Holder Expander for Car
And the winner, the Seven Sparta Upgraded Cup Holder Expander.
I like the Seven Sparta for several reasons. The base expands enough for a tight fit in the OEM holder; despite the little rubber tabs looking flimsy, between them and the rubber coaster, everything I put in it stayed upright; and it has a feature the others don’t – you can reposition the base for an offset fit. They did this so two would work in most side-by-side setups (like 4th Gens have) but I’ll only be using one so I moved the top back, away from the climate controls, as shown in the pics. Having items up around the climate controls doesn't bother me b/c I use the Auto setting exclusively and just change the temp, which is easily accessible even with the biggest cup.
This is the best solution I’ve found yet and for $25, I highly recommend it.
Note - these pics are before I did the offset adjustment.
No surprise that this big bastard doesn't move around:
And this is big enough to stay put too:
But I thought there was no way this would stay upright. It proved me wrong - stayed just like this for my entire 41-mile commute over back roads, interstates, and city streets.
The offset screw holes:
Base reinstalled with offset:
Final placement:
Update - 15Sep23: I've had this for a couple of weeks now and it works. Very happy with it and highly recommend if you're tired of whatever you put in the cup holder just flailing around everywhere.
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