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(More customer reviews)I ordered these, not exactly sure what I would get -- therefore I am writing this review so that others may have the information that I lacked at that time.
I bought a new Quest GPS system from Garmin. The automotive mounting system that came with this unit was a suction cup mount. The unit sits in a cradle at one end, and a suction cup is at the other. Between these 2 endpoints are two lockable tilt adjustments and a swivel adjustment. When mounted in the windshield, the suction cup "face" points up towards the windshield, and the mount extends away from the windshield (towards the driver). I found three main disadvantages to this setup:
1. The unit bounces when driving over anything but smooth road. It's only a slight range of motion but enough to make it hard to read.
2. The suction cup leaves marks (not permanent) on the windshield
3. Although it never lost suction, from this position if it were to detach from the windshield it would fall downwards, strike the dashboard, and then slide down to the floor, center console, or my lap.
I much preferred the mounting the mechanism of my GPS V which consisted of a bracket that the unit fits into, which locks into another piece attached to the dashboard.
The mounting disks (the subject of this review) improve on the windshield mount, but are not as good as the GPS V system. What you are buying is simply a smooth flat plastic disk with adhesive on one side of it. The package I ordered came with two of these, both the same size -- although only one is needed. You attach the disk to the top of your dashboard with the adhesive, and it provides a smooth spot to attach the suction cup mount. Now this may sound like not much of a "win", but it actually works fairly well. The key (and something very hard to describe without pictures) is that the suction cup mount in this position folds in on itself, so it is no longer an extending arm. The suction cup mount in the folded position is much like the GPS V bracket, with the main difference that it attached via suction to the flat dashboard disk rather than locking into the GPS V dashboard piece. This setup solves problems 1 and 2 above, and limits problems presented by item 3. Additionally, I understand that some states do not allow windshield mounts, and this would also be a useful workaround to that.
All in all, this was a worthwhile buy for me.
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