Car Vent Mount for Garmin Nuvi 370 360 350 310 300 GPS

by MFX2

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 6 x 4 x 6 inches ; 2 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 2.5 pounds
• ASIN: B000HEJM7G
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)

Product Description

Inexpensive and highly practical, our vent mount includes both the cradle and mount at an excellent price. A lot of our customers worry about security. The vent is a great location for your Nuvi. It keeps it within arm's reach and out of site from the bad guys. The cradle is custom manufactured for the Nuvi and fits snuggly around the GPS while allowing full access to the controls. The power port can be fully accessed.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

42 of 42 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent mounting option, October 13, 2006

By 

Kriya Bahn (Yellow Springs, OH) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Car Vent Mount for Garmin Nuvi 370 360 350 310 300 GPS (Electronics)

The vent mount gave me an excellent placement of my Nuvi 360 in my 2006 Camry. Preferring not to have the Nuvi in the glare of the windshield with the tail of a long-dangling power cord, I thought of mounting it on the dashboard behind the steering wheel (with the Garmin dashboard mount) for an easy view. But the vent mount, though about a foot from my driving view, turned out to be even better in some ways, placing the Nuvi just to the right of the turn signal lever where I can program the Nuvi with my rigt hand and, on occassion, adjust the angle to escape the glare from the front or back window.

34 of 34 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Good mount, but performance relies on your vent, January 27, 2007

By 

J. Tobin (NC, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Car Vent Mount for Garmin Nuvi 370 360 350 310 300 GPS (Electronics)

This mount is quick and easy to assemble. Just remember to tighten the two screws (if they are loose, as mine were) before you snap the two pieces together. It's just a bit tricky to unsnap them afterwards, but doable.

I found the mount to be very sturdy and well constructed. It fits the Nuvi 350 even better than it seemed in the pictures. I very much like having the Nuvi down below my radio, as I finally feel like I can sometimes risk leaving it in the mount. On the windshield just seemed like an invitation to steal it.

Now the downside: the vents on my Explorer move a bit easily when you hit a bump, and the weight of the mount pulls the unit down. So you have to push the vent all the way down to minimize this. And, while the mount is sturdy, it will come out of alignment on a strong bump. This is different than the included Garmin mount, which was very strong and didn't move much except when you wanted it to.

I've also seen some concern about the heat/AC blowing directly on the GPS. In my Explorer you can close the vent without closing the horizontal slats, so that's not really a concern for me, but with other cars you might want to think about that.

It's also not quite as easy to see the GPS when driving as it was when I had it on my windshield and it was within line of sight, but the tradeoff is not having to set it up each time you get in the car.

Bottom line: Have no fear over the quality of the mount. Whether you love having the GPS in your vents is the only real question. After about 3 days of it, I think I slightly prefer the air vents mount over the windshield version.

ADDENDUM: I had a problem with my mount and contacted the customer service email address for this seller. They were very responsive, very prompt, very helpful. Really amazing, actually. I figured I'd bought this from a small company, so I was just going to be out of luck. But they went way beyond what I expected. Don't fear buying from these folks...

16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great little gadget... only IF it's right for you., January 23, 2008

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M. Nechoda "Wiser for the experience" (Plano, TX USofA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Car Vent Mount for Garmin Nuvi 370 360 350 310 300 GPS (Electronics)

Look VERY carefully at the picture for this product. Note 3 things:
1) The louvers are horizontal
2) The louvers are FIXED (do not adjust up or down)
3) The position of the louvers in relationship to the driver.

Let's look at these three areas more closely...

1) There are two support posts on the back of the mount which will go over and attach to the top horizontal louver... so the louver MUST be horizontal.
2) If the louvers are NOT fixed (up or down), the weight of the Garmin unit will cause the mount along with your Garmin to hang flacidly downward in a position where you can't see the screen (it will face the floor).
3) The mounting bracket swivels left and right... but not up or down. Therefore, if the position of your vents are too high or too low in relationship to the driver, you might be disappointed in your ability to see the screen clearly in different light conditions.

However.....

If you meet all the above criteria, this IS the unit for YOU! I loved mine... I just wish someone had told me about the "fixed", non-adjustable (up or down) louver requirement...

Of importance to note: When I realized this was not the unit for me, I e-mailed the seller, and was cheerfully and promptly issued an RMA and a refund. So, even if this is not the right unit for you, (there are others)... I recommend this seller very highly.