in-Wall ipad Mount for Mini 1st, 2nd, and 3rd. Generation

Yes it's a cheap chunk of plastic but with a few modifications I was able to get close to the fit and function of the iWallDock with easy removal and it looks great. For the price it would seem expensive for what you get but I think the fit is pretty close out of the box and with a little modification it's near perfect and looks great.The bezel is the smallest of any other mounts I've seen and very low profile. I think the aesthetic is better with the black ipad mini - I thought the white would look better but the black-face mini looks a lot better to me.When I first did a test fit of a couple ipad mini 2 and it was not that good. The mini 2's never seemed to "click" into the mount even when manipulating the mount to simulate tension as per the instructions. After test-fitting a dozen or so times I found it having a better clamp but I still didn't trust it. I noticed a lot of deforming of the mount with the ipad test-fit and worried mounted flush to the wall would cause too much clamping on the ipad as per some of the other comments.So I modified it a little and I'm very pleased with the results. First I shaved off the ribs on the long sides of the mount which are part of the original design to clamp the ipad in place. This was as simple as running an Xacto knife down the sides a few times and cleaning it up with a metal file - a coarse file did the job well. I attached a picture of one edge with the rib removed. I kept test fitting the ipad until I could just drop it into the mount with no clamping effect - so it was loose enough to just fall out.Now how to keep the ipad mini 2 inside the mount since I removed the clamping ribs. I used another person's idea on this same mount for the full-size ipad mount from the same seller/manufacturer: https://www.amazon.com/gp/customer-reviews/RY99US4D0F00W/ref=cm_cr_dp_d_rvw_ttl?ie=UTF8&ASIN=B00GUDAFS8 which was to use the MagicMount Pro XL to keep the ipad attached to the mount. I disassembled the magic mount to get right to the magnet plate and magnets themselves and then screwed it to the ipad mount plate. I removed all but 2 of the magnets since the clamping force was too much with all the 8 original magnets.I then modified the mount to have the same tilt feature as the iWallDock Simpidock. This means I can press on 1 side of the ipad (the side with the home button and lighting charger input when mounted landscape) and the other side will left up for easy removal. I removed material with a few tools and cleaned it up a little with the file. I didn't try to make it look perfect since I'll only be removing the iPad for short periods of time. This also gave me a better fit with my right-angle lightning charger cable that came with my PoE kit and works a *lot* better than the stock cable and this mount.So I simple need to apply a little extra pressure on the home-button side of the ipad to kick up the other side from the mount and very easily remove it. It's very easy to re-install and the magnet just sucks the ipad back in. The only other modifications I would attempt to make if I were to remove it often would be an articulating/hinged lighning charger mount and clean up the holes in the mount so I don't have to look through to the wall with the ipad not in the mount.In the end it looks great, it's very functional and it was a great price.

I used this to mount a iPad mini 2 in-wall. It works well, but you do have to follow the directions it comes with (a one page guide with pictures). This mount is much less expensive than other iPad mini mounts. There are two things to pay attention to.1. Ideally you put the mount in front of a wall stud. The mount is thinner than standard drywall so you don't have to (you don't want to) put it in-between the studs. You want a stud behind it so you can put some screws through the back of the mount. The screws not only pull the mount firmly against the wall, but more importantly they act as a tensioner (the more tight the screws, the more tension is put on the iPad by the top/bottom plastic lips). The iPad mini 2 easily popped out of the mount when I test fitted it before mounting, but the instructions commented about using the screw tension to adjust the clamping tightness.2. The instructions tell you to cut a notch out in the side of drywall opening that you made (assuming landscape mounting) to accommodate the power cord. I put the notch as deep as I could without having the notch sticking out of the bezel. To give me more room (as others commented about), I also scraped away some of the inside layer of the drywall just past the notch... leaving the paint, paper, and a thin layer of the drywall chalk which gives you even more room for a comfortable fit of the power cable.Having a stud to screw in behind the mount is important, but the location I needed the iPad only had a stud to the very left side so I followed the suggestion of Calvin Thomas in these reviews and put a 2xX ( I used a 2x3) behind the mount so I could have multiple screws pulling the mount evenly into the drywall which lets you adjust the clamping force just right.I snapped the iPad in and it is very solid. The mini 2 screen sticks out just a little bit past the mount bezel.This mount comes close to 5 stars. The value gets it very close. My mount had some long plastic shavings along the bezel edges, but they came off by running my fingernail down the sides. Minor stuff. Can't beat the price. Looks good.

Bought these to mount an iPad Mini as part of a home automation system. This is a cheap solution (compared to, say, iPort) and it looks just as it appears in the photos - discrete, unremarkable, clean - which is exactly what I wanted. It also holds the iPad very securely.However, the biggest problem I have (which I haven't seen mentioned in the other reviews) is that the speakers on the iPad are covered and so are barely audible. If you need to be able to hear your iPad from a distance of more than 18 inches (for example, in my case - notifications from a Skybell), you're out of luck here. The microphone is also covered which means Siri has selective hearing.Haven't tried taking the iPad out of the wall mount but it looks like it would be a challenge to do so without scratching/damaging the iPad and/or wall mount so would only recommend this to someone who is committed to their iPad being in the wall permanently.

After multiple failed ideas at building this myself this seemed the perfect solution. It's great with one issue. The outside bevel (around the part flush with the screen) on the end that the cable comes out of is too short meaning that the stock cables with an ipad will come out all the way to the edge. When you cut your hole to the pattern provided (nice touch) you need an additional notch that will just show on the end where the home key is. I bought the shortest 90 degree power cable i could find and there is still a small crack showing on the home key end. A minor but annoying blemish on an otherwise great product. If the bevel were 1/4" longer it would be perfect to cover this.