GARMIN 010-10457-00 Windshield Mount with Suction Cup (for GPSMAP 60 Series)
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Customer Review: try something else...
Summary: 2 Stars
I purchased a Jeep Liberty a few months ago and because there's no space for a dashboard mount, I decided to try the windshield mount - despite having read the poor reviews. I figured "well, maybe some people just didn't clean the suction cup and windshield beforehand", etc... couldn't be *that* bad, could it? In a nutshell, it is. I cleaned both with a mild soapy solution, with windex, plain water, tried applying it in moist, wet, and dry conditions, etc... the small suction cup simply isn't capable of securely holding the mount in place over a prolonged period of time. Sometimes the GPS would fall after a half hour, usually within a few hours, other times I'll get in the car only to find the mount and GPS laying on the floor.
The mount isn't worth it in my opinion, and I'll be looking for something else. I've even already considered *gluing* the mount to the windshield. I love Garmin and their line of GPS units, they make some amazing products. But unfortunately their windshield mount isn't one of them.
Customer Review: Works great!
Summary: 4 Stars
For the price, this product is almost perfect. I found that it can be reconfigured (which they don't tell you) in a number of orientations so the adjustment axes and knobs suite your requirements. The only drawback is no yaw adjust, in other words, you can't point the screen in the direction (side-to-side) that you want it to point. Seems like this would have been easy enough to do with a simple ball-joint, but hey... Most times it's not a problem since the mounting surface (windshield) is perpendicular to the viewer, anyway. As far as adhesion, I've used it in some pretty gnarly off-road situations and it hasn't come loose yet. If you use a DC power supply, the mount is designed to allow the DC plug to clear the mount, but it's sort of a pain to get the plug in after it's mounted - or to get it mounted once plugged in for that matter. Easiest if you can just leave it mounted in place.Customer Review: Does The Job
Summary: 4 Stars
As others have said it does move a bit if you don't rest the bottom on the dash but that is not hard to organise. It sticks very well and has managed to remain on for about 5 days, without me having even cleaned the windscreen first.
One comment I have noticed that is wrong is that you cannot angle it sideways. This is actually quite easy to do simply by adjusting the angle at which you attach the suction cup to the windscreen. If you angle the suction cup section so that it is not straight up and down the windscreen then you can get the units face to point off to the side and the rotating head (directly under the GPS mounting bracket) allows you vertically allign the GPS itself.
Would be 5 stars but for the movement and the difficulty of putting GPS in/out with power cable in.
Steve
Customer Review: Good product
Summary: 4 Stars
Before buying this item, I read a review of one guy saying: "this item is a waste of money! It falls all the time. The suction cup is cheap, mediocre and very flimsy. Most of the time, I will find the bracket in the floor after returning to my car..." but anyway I decided to buy it and try it. When I recieved it, I noted that it is not a cheap product and opposite to that it has a good quality in all its parts. It's correct when this guy said it falls but not all the time; if you clean your windshield regularly from inside(before placing it and once a month at least) you won't have any problems with it. In fact, is hard to take it out from the glass!!! :)
Customer Review: Great Price, But Fragile
Summary: 3 Stars
I used this mount for my Garmin 60CSx for about six months before the mount broke. What happened was the plastic grip over the screws the mount uses to lock the hinges into place broke when I over-tightened one. The plastic split down the middle and there went my ability to tighten the hinge. That was my fault, likely, and I don't fault the product for it given the price. It's worth buying for its simple purpose, but if you do pick one up, don't torque the screws down like a lug nut, :D
I'll be buying another when spring rolls around!