Customer Reviews:
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 Well, I did love it: UPDATED November 16, 2009
J. Pelchat
I purchased one of these mounts in September 2007, and last night after arriving at the airport and getting to my rental car, I discovered that the plug had disintegrated. Being integral to the speaker, purchasing a replacement plug and splicing it in is not an easy option. I will go by the electronics part store tonight and see if is something I can find to rebuild the plug with, but I am not optimistic.
I have 3 thoughts:
1. The available speaker volume is marginal.
2. The integrated plug speaker has never seemed robust.
3. If I were designing it, the power plug would be better quality or at least the system would be built to allow more easy replacement. I would put the speaker closer to the GPS bracket since the GPS is probably closer to the user than the power plug is.
However, I agree with the other posters here. This design is so much better than the suction cup mount model and when intact provided my GPS a very good mount.
John
UPDATE: Good news. About 2 days after posting this review, I was digging around in my backpack and discovered a loose electrical fuse and wondered "what the heck is this doing in my bag?" A day later, I was again looking around in my bag and discovered a metal ring that I did not recognize and began to dig more whereupon, I found all the components of my disintegrated power plug! I quickly brought up a picture of the plug on line, crossed my toes (since my fingers were busy) and found that I was able to reassemble a functional plug! It now continues to reliably provide power and provide a reasonably solid stable base for my GPS during any normal maneuver in the car. It's not any louder but it is now doing the job it is designed to do. I do wonder how it disassembled itself in the first place, but I am gratified that I found all the pieces and that it went back together successfully.
John
 EXCELLENT way to mount the GPS December 22, 2008
Movie Junkie
I got this when I realized that CA had a law on the books that made suction cup mount devices on the windshield illegal. That has since been repealed leaving, I think only MN with that law. I didn't have worries that I'd ever get a citation for the windshield mount but, should one run into a cop having a bad day who even KNEW that was a law... well, no sense taking the chance.
All the above said, this ended up being the BEST way to put the GPS in the car. No more trying to get the suction cup mount to stick and STAY stuck to the windshield and it makes it very easy when traveling to toss in my bag and just set it on the dash of a rental. The GPS NEVER moves and the base is flexible enough to sit neatly on pretty much any shape dash.
Much better than the windshield suction cup October 3, 2008
B. Kuzma (Indianapolis, IN USA)
The standard suction cup tends to detach when exposed to the hot sun, and even when attached, allows the GPS unit will vibrate to a distracting degree. Since the screen is small, detail is lost.
Good alternaive to windshield mount August 23, 2008
Richard Wolf -. Tours, Inc.
I bought this because of two reasons:
First, I found that getting the included windshield mount in the right position so that it would swivel without tilting was difficult.
And second, the suction mount would come loose, dropping the GPS onto the passenger's lap or the floor.
The fact that windshield mounts are illegal in California was NOT a factor.
This mount is a great improvement over the bean bag mount I had with earlier GPS devices. It tends to stay where you put it and the holder for the GPS tilts and swivels so it can be easily viewed by the driver and passenger. HOWEVER, on a sloping dashboard, it does tend to slide when cornering hard or under rapid acceleration.
Overall, it satisfies my needs.
Good Product May 11, 2008
RaRa (New York)
This product is definitely worth it. It works much better than the suction mount, where after a while, it stops mounting, due to lack of suction. This just sits on top of your dashboard and stays there, no matter how bumpy the ride.
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