GARMIN 010-10503-00/ 02 Quest Friction Mount With Speaker

by Garmin

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 11 x 8 x 3 inches ; 1.3 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B0006HIILK
• Item model number: 010-10503-00
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)

Product Description

Garmin Automotive Friction Mount 010-10503-02 842

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Does the job pretty well, April 9, 2006

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Aaron D. Chacon "goes_m" (San Jose, California United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: GARMIN 010-10503-00/ 02 Quest Friction Mount With Speaker (Electronics)

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.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Well, I did love it: UPDATED, November 16, 2009

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J. Pelchat - See all my reviews
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This review is from: GARMIN 010-10503-00/ 02 Quest Friction Mount With Speaker (Electronics)

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

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Works well - Should be standard in Calif, July 4, 2006

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Michael Talvola (Southern California) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: GARMIN 010-10503-00/ 02 Quest Friction Mount With Speaker (Electronics)

I have a Honda del Sol, and the friction mount works very well on the dash, never slipping around or anything. The unit doesn't jiggle around any more than with the suction cup. I read the Garmin blurb saying the suction cup mount was not legal in California -- it sure would be nice if they didn't sell the non-legal one. So the price of the Quest is actually $50+ higher than as it is sold here. The suction cup thing was a pain to get setup correctly anyhow. The friction mount is much easier to put in place, easy to grab the unit off the dash to push buttons, and the sightline in my car is not interfered with whatever with it.