Garmin Universal Friction Mount for 700/600/300/200 series

This is the best thing since sliced bread! I bought it for my Garmin 205W on the strength of previous reviews as I find the suction mount supplied with the satnav a real pain. I have a Toyota Yaris which has a very sloping dashboard and my fancy digital speedo etc dominates the middle of the dash anyway. This mount fits beautifully anywhere you plonk it and stays in place throughout the journey. I find I can also place it just above my steering wheel so have minimum distraction whilst driving. Yes it is a little large but is very easy to dismantle and slip into the glove compartment or drawer under seat without leaving telltale marks anywhere for car thieves. It also looks sturdy enough to last.

An absolutely fantastic mount for the Garmin that keeps your view clear at all times and doesn't budge in the slightest. I have tried window mounts before but my car has a windscreen that is quite far away from me and a sat nav stuck on any part of it is too much of a distraction for me.This mount is incredibly simply to use, and you can just plop it anywhere on your dash, no suction cups, pads or glue required! The ball and socket mount is simple but means you have an endless number of options to mount just the way you like it.As the voice guidance is very good on my sat nav, I keep it just slightly out of view near the middle of my dash. If at any point I misheard something or the lane guidance pops up, a minor movement of my eyes is all it takes. It also eliminates those tell tale ring marks from the windscreen that may as well act as a screaming invitation for thieves to break a window on the off chance you left it in the car (who really takes it with them when they've parked away from home?!)I put it to the ultimate test in an abandoned old car park, flicking the steering wheel violently and braking hard and it just didn't budge. I have the utmost confidence that it will stay where I leave it.

Nuvi 2595. If you can cope with a fairly monstrous blob on your dash, then this will solve the problem of how to mount your Garmin. For me, the vent-holder won't work on my car's vents, the windscreen sucker occasionally drops off (never at a good time) but this holds my sat nav perfectly. I've seen a YouTube video of a dude accelerating with one of these placed on a sloping dash so I put mine on the sloping bit. It fell off the first time I properly accelerated onto a busy roundabout - not that I drive like that often. Lesson learned. It now sits a little further away from me than is ideal but on the flatter bit of the dash and it is steadfast. My problem now is how to keep the heavy sat nav power lead from flaying around.

Amazing

I bought this for the Garmin Nuvi 2959 LMT but I think this will fit many more devices.The suction cup that come with the GPS device is too inconvenient as it's attached to the car's windscreen and is too hard to reach and operate.From looking at the picture I though the mount would be much bigger and heavier and I was surprised upon opening the box to find it not that heavy nor large.In fact we have taken it with us on a trip over sea and it fit well into the front pocket of our suitcase (as you can detach the hard plastic part that attaches to the GPS device from the base).As for performance, it definitely exceed my expectation. It stays put no matter how fast you drive, how hard you break, how sharp a turn you take. It won't move!Even better, it's agile, you can move it around easily, operating the GPS is a dream now that it's within arm reach. When you are done with it, the entire thing (the mount, the GPS decive, the cable can fit into my glove box in 1 piece so the next time i need to use it, there's no fiddling around.If you look for an easy, convenient solution to mount and operate your GPS device, look no further. This is the ONE!

I had been very frustrated with the inadequacies of the Garmins window suction pad. So I then used blue-tack on the back of the sat nav, which was also unsatisfactory because the places to stick the blu-tack were not ideal for visibility of the screen, plus it only stayed in place a short while before falling off. So I find using this bean bag mount is fantastic.I can put it wherever I want on the dashboard and it never budges, not even a millimeter. The sat nav is secure in the mounting arm and you lock the mounting arm into the base. It couldn't be easier and so I am very, very pleased with it. I was even more pleased that I bought it off Amazon for £7 less than it was selling for in Halfords!I've bought my mum one and she is equally delighted with hers, for at 84 years old she was finding the window suction pad system very difficult to manoeuvre. Her dashboard isn't as big as mine, so where she wants to put it (not where I would place it but 'Hey' it's open to choice!) one corner of the pad isn't flat and has to bend up slightly but there's still no problem, for it remains securely in place.Of course I don't work for Garmin but to be flippant I wish I did for, although normally I don't think I'd have any skills for selling, with my enthusiasm for this product, I reckon I'd sell loads!

I was skeptical when I bought this as I thought it would slide around on the dashboard, but I’m pleased to say it absolutely doesn’t! The first time we used it we even tried a few sudden movements on an empty street and it stayed put.It took a while for my husband to get used to having to put it together and then undoing it afterwards, but now he thinks if the best mount ever because it leaves no marks, no sticky residue, it doesn’t need to be installed permanently which lowers the risk of theft, and you can always just shove it under your seat if you can’t be bothered to pull it apart.Great little solid gadget for the price and would totally recommend it and/or bug again when the time comes for it to be replaced (which judging by it’s sturdiness will probably be well a few years in the future)