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Position your GPS receiver for easy viewing in your vehicle with this friction mount.
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5
Solid if you have a flat-ish surface
on January 11, 2010
Posted by: seanemac007
from Glendale, CA
This "mount" works great for the Garmin GPS unit I purchased (255WT).
You'll need a flat part of your dashboard about the size of a CD, but it can have a few little curves. The heavy base bends and curves into the shape of your dash, and the bottom is made of a soft plastic non-slip surface. So once it is setting in place, its own weight keeps it in place.
You will need to do the shaping with your hands before placing. I was expecting that it would mold into place by placing and pressing - not the case. However, the shaping process was easy and its not going anywhere.
A great alternative to a suction-cup mount, which I just do not like.
What's great about it: Heavy - which is what you want this to be
What's not so great: Light on set-up instructions, but its pretty obvious
I would recommend this to a friend!
Quality
5
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Navigate the United States and Canada with ease with this GPS that features free lifetime traffic updates, up to 1,000 waypoints and customizable points of interest for easy route planning. The "Where Am I?" emergency locator and travel assistant tools provide additional support.
Posted by: seanemac007
from Glendale, CA
Its a GPS, and for that basic function - where am I or how do I get from here to there - it does the trick. It is very sensitive to movement on the freeways and does an amazing job estimating your time of arrival (of course, they do constantly update, but never far from the initial estimate).
Another plus is how compact the unit is - its like 2 iphones stacked. Not bad at all and I could see it do great things for us on a walking vacation.
Some flaws is that you cannot (that I have found yet) see what your next turns are going to be ahead of time. You are stuck with just the next turn. That might be fine except for areas with heavy mazes of freeways, like LA. It is often that you go from one freeway to another in less than 1/2 a mile. Thus, knowing what you are supposed to do in advance would be nice so you are not constantly looking away from the mad traffic to know if you are supposed to merge to the left or take that off ramp that you just passed (no exaggeration).
Additionally, we are all used to the immediate response of touch-screen keyboards by now, so the fact that there is a .5 to 1.5 second delay per key stroke is unforgivable. That combined with a chunky GUI and you see that they need some new designers working on these units.
Traffic monitoring is another benefit that is hampered by issues. So far, it works fine - provided you have the power cord plugged in. An odd restriction, but obviously one that reflects the amount of power constant traffic updates takes from the unit. Why no settings? Maybe let me choose whether I want traffic checked every min or every 15 mins? That should save some juice.
Another issue with traffic is the word I've heard that the service is provided by Microsoft, and that they are stopping this service as of next year or something. Hopefully Garmin will fill this gap with a new company, and more importantly for me, they will be able to communicate with this unit.
It is NOT a laptop; its NOT a smartphone - It IS a cheap solid alternative for basic GPS functions. There are likely better out there, but this is great for the price.
What's great about it: Size, Easy set up, Price, ETAs are accurate
What's not so great: Thinks slowly, GUI could be improved, No power cord-no traffic
I would recommend this to a friend!
Durability
4
Ease of Use
3
Features
3
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