Garmin eTrex Dash Mount

by Garmin

Product Details

• Item Weight: 4.2 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B00005UK9T
• Item model number: 010-10274-00
• Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (23 customer reviews)

Product Description

This vehicle-mounting bracket designed for eTrex series units is lightweight, portable and adjustable, which is a great accessory feature for most GPS units. The bracket is jointed, allowing you to position it out of the sun's glare. Plus it comes with temporary and permanent adhesive disks that adhere to the mounting base on the dash.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

26 of 26 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars More complicated to use than I thought..., October 7, 2005

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Tony J. Cesario - See all my reviews
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One thing that wasn't clear to me before I bought this was how the GPS receiver actually attaches to this bracket (though you can see it on the picture if you know what your looking for). To attach it you have to remove the nice rubberized battery cover that came with your receiver with a new hard plastic battery cover that mates to this bracket. My problem is that I also use a garmin belt clip attachment (010-10380-00) and they aren't compatible. So, I have to change the battery cover back and forth depending if I want car mount, or the belt clip. Not very handy for geocaching, where you are in and out of your car and want to clip the GPS onto your belt. It's a shame...with a little better engineering from garmin, they could have designed something universal.

24 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Mission Adequate, June 28, 2005

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Aaron D. Chacon "goes_m" (San Jose, California United States) - See all my reviews
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I found the plastic arm to be a bit flexible. And when using the GPS unit (punching buttons) I find that I need to hold the back of the GPS unit to push the "click stick". I was thinking of using the "removable" adhesive to switch back and forth between two cars, but the adhesive is pretty much one use only. I'm a bit annoyed that if I want the weighted auto base (the friction mount) I have to buy this to get the arm, and then buy the base separetely.

It is pretty adjustable and I have found good positions in the two cars I tried, a hatchback and a small SUV (but using the weighted base). Although I am finding that I have to compromise between being able to see the unit and reception (more a fault of the GPS unit IMHO, since a Gecko 201 in the same mount, same postion, has no problems.)

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Adhesive Problems, January 1, 2006

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M. Shanafelt "shanafme" (Hollidaysburg, PA United States) - See all my reviews
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The device is well built but has one major flaw. The adhesive comes in 2 types, "removable" and "permanent" types. Neither adhesive would stick to the dash of my Jeep Liberty. I'm not sure what I'm going to do with it now, it appears as though I'm going to either have to find a more permanent mounting solution or find another type of adhesive.