I put my garage door clicker in there, and I have the metal clip wrapped around the bottom edge of the cubby. It works well, but I still need to get in the habit of reaching there instead of up to the passenger visor where I've had it for years in my other vehicle.
Mine was for my wallet …. Now my Uniden R3 radar detector sits there. I haven’t found a better place to mount it yet… considering behind/beside the big 12.3 center info touch screen.
Yes.- I lose laser “line of sight”, down in the cubby. However, AFAIK we don’t have many cops that use laser up here in Alaska, and you are pretty much just “caught” at that point of laser detection anyway.