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 enlarge | Brand: Garmin
Category: CE
List Price: $39.99
Buy New: $21.55
You Save: $18.44 (46%)
New (86) Used (1) from $28.44
Rating:  1627 reviews
Media: Accessory
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Fragile: No
Batteries Included: No
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.6
Dimensions (in): 12.5 x 9 x 3.5
Legal Disclaimer: Warranty does not cover misuse of product.
MPN: 010-10908-00
Model: 010-10908-00
UPC: 753759067304
EAN: 0753759067304
ASIN: B000LRMS66
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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Should be included. September 11, 2007
The windshield mount is a joke. This product is excellent, portable, very easier to adjust screen angles, and stays in place even during fairly heavy breaking on the freeway. Product should be included for free in states where windshield mounts are illegal (i.e. California)... Universal fit, I've used for both my Nuvi 350 and a friends Nuvi 660.
Great September 11, 2007
Perfect. I am a spirited driver and this thing sticks like glue. Easy to hide behind the seat and easy to set up. Wish they made one for my radar detector!!
Works great September 11, 2007
Don't know how it works, but it does. Works great with my Nuvi 360. Does not slide around on the dashj.
 works great if you have the right angle on your surface. September 10, 2007
The unit works great if you have the correct angle on the surface it will be setting on. But, if you have a lot of slant or roundness to your surface, it will not stay put. It will move around or slide off.
There is a much less expensive way... September 10, 2007
16 out of 20 found this review helpful
I have a Nuvi 360. It came with a suction cup windshield mount. It also came with a steel disk with double sticky adhesive on the back. I was supposed to mount this disk somewhere on my dashboard, then use the suction cup to attach the mount. I didn't want to use the suction mount directly onto the windshield because 1) it telegraphs the presence of an expensive GPS unit, 2) it's illegal in California to attach anything to the windshield and 3) I don't think the suction cup would last very long.
Then there's the disk with the very permanent double sticky tape. The problem with almost all cars these days is there really isn't anywhere to attach the disk discreetly. Every square inch is taken with existing stuff. And who wants an ugly disk glued to the dash anyway? And what if I want to use the GPS in other vehicles? More disks?
So I settled on this "beanbag" mount with the ball mount arm.
Unfortunately, before the beanbag friction mount arrived, I was flexing the arm in the suction cup mount and noticed the suction cup's mounting bracket had already broken. I had never even attached it to anything! The mount is beautifully engineered and built...except for one area where the arm's hinge pin attaches to the suction cup's plastic hinge loops. The loops are too thin and fragile. The loops cracked and broke with hardly any hinging at all.
So now I have a quite useless suction mount but a very functional ball arm. What to do?
I drove the hinge pin out of the ball arm. Then I took two small 1" x 1" steel angle brackets and attached them to the ball arm with a 2" long, 8-32 threaded machine screw and an 8-32 wingnut. This created two "feet" for the ball arm. Then I epoxied the two bracket "feet" to the fabric (upper) side of an old 1/4" thick mousepad. Ta da. A friction pad for pennies with a ball arm attached.
Works great. Cost was virtually nothing. Doesn't slide on either of the two dashboards I've tried it on. The mousepad is flexible and conforms easily to the curving shape of the various dashboards. It doesn't weigh much but the thick mousepad has enough heft to plant the getup nicely. The grippy rubber side of the mousepad adheres nicely to the dash. Yet I can pull it down to the floor quickly and reposition it easily.
I wish I'd thought of this BEFORE I ordered this "official" friction mount to the tune of a couple of twenties.
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