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GARMIN 010-10503-00/ 02 Quest Friction Mount With Speaker
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Customers Reviews
2009-11-16
Well, I did love it: UPDATED
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
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2008-12-22
EXCELLENT way to mount the GPS
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 That has since been repealed leaving, I think only MN with that law.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.
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2008-10-03
Much better than the windshield suction cup
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.
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2008-08-23
Good alternaive to windshield mount
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.
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2008-05-11
Good Product
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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Garmin nuvi 260 3.5-Inch Portable GPS Navigator Garmin's nüvi 260 3.5-inch Portable GPS Navigator unites eye-catching cost and thin profile with directions in real street names. The device contains a pocket-sized navigator with a magnificent display, detailed maps that make search by names (by the way it contains more than 6 million destinations such as restaurants, hospitals and so on).
 The Navigator also includes text-to-speech feature that makes it automatically call out street names. It is the first dream of the driver – to keep your eyes on the road while your navigator tells you the route. The device design is brilliant. High-sensitivity receiver, USB interface and other useful things are put into the modern stylish device.. It also includes rechargeable lithium-ion battery that works for 5 hours.
The main Garmin nuve 260 advantages for its owner are its interface and easiness in use. To know your route you need to touch the color screen and other work is made by nuvi. The interface is neither complicated. In fact Garmin is proud of their interface due to its simplicity and style at the same time. It has a so caleed smart interface. With sub-screens and simple controls one has no problems to enter or search for destinations and get data about his trip.
So many can’t stop boasting of their perfect device others tell about its flaws:
- It has no physical volume control.
- It has no USB cable
- It has no carrying case
- It has no multiple-routing capability and only one "via" limiting point
- It can’t input miles around detour
Features:
• High-Sensitivity GPS Receiver For Improved Performance & Reception
• 3.5-Inch Color Display, 320 X 240 Pixels
• Turn-By-Turn Directions With Spoken Street Names
• Sleek, Ultra-Slim Design
• Easy Touch-Screen Interface
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