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(More customer reviews)If you own a Quest (the mount part is unique to the Quest, there are other mounts that seem to use the same base) this is the solution to not using the windshield suction cup mount. Using suction cups on car windshields is illegal in CA, as Garmin points out, and this is the extra cost solution. You'd think Garmin might replace the suction cup in CA, but not so. I think Garmin might make a stick-on mount, but I am not ready to stick this into my car and advertise that there might be a GPS unit inside for the taking.
The base is a weighted rubbery thing, with three rubbery extensions (see ad's photo) with weighted blobs in the ends. All this makes is resistent to sliding on a reasonably flat and rough dashboard. Since the extension arms are flexible, it ought to handle contoured dashes to some degree. There is the question of what damage it might do to you in a rear impact collision. I have not yet had it slide, but I have kids who do not like high speed turns.
The GPS mount is a very short vertical and pretty rigid, which improves readability over the other Garmin weighted mount I tried [the portable friction mount plus auto mounting mount for eTrek plus the bicycle mount for Quest plus some fabrication work to get the cable from the Quest mount onto the bicycle mount]. It both pivots side to side and up and down so you are likely to find a compromise between being able to see it and reflections off of something bright. I have been putting it on the dash between the driver and passenger, out of the airbag paths. The short height allows the Quest to fit between the dash and the windshield. On a Honda CRV and a '95 Civic HB it has worked fine.
The only downsides I really have are that it is expensive (possibly because it includes the speaker/power supply as part of the unit), and there is still a bit of vibration, but only enough to be annoying.
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