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Package Type: Amazon Frustration-Free
Warranty1 year
Technical Details
Package Type: Amazon Frustration-Free
- Ships in Amazon Frustration-Free Packaging
- Four-arm shape conforms to your dashboard
- Garmin ball mount easily attaches to your existing cradle
- Compatible with nüvi series GPS navigators and StreetPilot C5XX series
- One-year limited warranty
This item is delivered in an easy-to-open recyclable box and is free of plastic "clamshells" and wire ties. Learn more
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Product Description
Package Type: Amazon Frustration-Free
Amazon.com Product Description
Garmin and Amazon.com have teamed up to offer this item in Amazon Frustration-Free Packaging, a recyclable, easy-to-open alternative to traditional packaging. Products in Frustration-Free Packaging are exactly the same--we've just streamlined the packaging. A Frustration-Free Package comes without wire ties, hard plastic "clamshell" casings, and plastic bindings. It's designed to be opened without the use of a box cutter or knife and will protect your product just as well as traditional packaging. This item ships in its own box, without the need for an additional shipping box. Learn more about Frustration-Free Packaging. Keep your nüvi in place with this portable friction mount. It'll keep everything in plain sight when you need it and out of the way when you don't. The arm attachment connects directly to your GPS device, and once you've adjusted it to your liking, locks into place. Avoid the "wing around the windshield" syndrome that accompanies windshield mounts.
Perfect for locales where window-mounting is prohibited or those who simply prefer a quick way to mount/unmount their nüvi/StreetPilot device.
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Compatible Garmin Models
- aera 500, 510, 550, 560
- nüvi 1200, 1250, 1260T, 1300, 1350, 1350T, 1370T, 1390T, 1450, 1490T, 1690, 200, 200W, 205, 205W, 250, 250W, 255, 255W, 260, 260W, 265T, 265WT, 270, 275T, 285WT, 350, 360, 370, 465T, 500, 5000, 550, 600, 610, 650, 660, 670, 680, 750, 755T, 760, 765T, 770, 775T, 780, 785T, 850, 855, 880, 885T
- StreetPilot c510, c530, c550, c580, i2, i3, i5
- zūmo 660
What's in the Box
Dashboard mount, arm attachment, and owner's manual
Product Description
Ships in Amazon Frustration-Free Packaging Four-arm shape conforms to your dashboard Attachment arm connects directly to your GPS Compatible with nvi series GPS navigators and StreetPilot C5XX series One-year limited warranty
Customer Reviews
Most Helpful Customer Reviews
1,487 of 1,499 people found the following review helpful
Product Packaging:Retail|Amazon Verified Purchase
My Prius has a rough dashboard and a windshield that slopes very sharply. Thus, the suction cup mounts are not good solutions. Fortunately, the friction mount is a great solution. It works much better than I expected. Very stable, does not slide, and lets me adjust my Nuvi to a variety of different angles. I can place the GPS anywhere on the dash or even on the center console. Also works great when transferred to my wife's Ford.
Only downside to the device is that it has a rather large footprint, but not prohibitively large. I like the fact that I can easily use this in both of our family vehicles depending on where we need the GPS.
UPDATE: Now that I have used this mount regularly since May, I have to say this is the best mounting solution I've found for a GPS or any other device for my car. It hasn't slid out of place once!! Given the rise in GPS units being stolen from cars, this mount allows you to easily stash your GPS Unit and mount out of sight and then put it back into position with ease.
2009 Update: Still using this in my Prius and my wife has one too. It's held up quite well. It IS a bit bulky to store out of the way when not in use, but still a good solution. I usually remove my GPS from the mount (a simple process) and then place the mount as far under the seat as it will go. Not perfect, but the best solution I've found to date.
Only downside to the device is that it has a rather large footprint, but not prohibitively large. I like the fact that I can easily use this in both of our family vehicles depending on where we need the GPS.
UPDATE: Now that I have used this mount regularly since May, I have to say this is the best mounting solution I've found for a GPS or any other device for my car. It hasn't slid out of place once!! Given the rise in GPS units being stolen from cars, this mount allows you to easily stash your GPS Unit and mount out of sight and then put it back into position with ease.
2009 Update: Still using this in my Prius and my wife has one too. It's held up quite well. It IS a bit bulky to store out of the way when not in use, but still a good solution. I usually remove my GPS from the mount (a simple process) and then place the mount as far under the seat as it will go. Not perfect, but the best solution I've found to date.
771 of 783 people found the following review helpful
Product Packaging:Retail|Amazon Verified Purchase
This mount works great. The selection of Garmin mounts is confusing as some are two parts and some are one. If you have a Nuvi with the included windshield mount, then this is the only part you need to buy. The included mount disassembles at the ball and socket joint and attaches to this one. I can't say it will never come off the dash if I do some really high speed maneuver, but so far it's held steady for all regular driving.
I like that it's easy to move the mount and gps unit down to the floor when I park. Yeah a thief could still see it if they came right up to my car but at least it's not obvious from halfway across the parking lot like a windshield mount is. A thief that sees an empty windshield mount is probably going to assume (correctly) that I've just put the unit in the glove compartment.
I like that it's easy to move the mount and gps unit down to the floor when I park. Yeah a thief could still see it if they came right up to my car but at least it's not obvious from halfway across the parking lot like a windshield mount is. A thief that sees an empty windshield mount is probably going to assume (correctly) that I've just put the unit in the glove compartment.
464 of 474 people found the following review helpful
Product Packaging:Retail|Amazon Verified Purchase
I have become addicted to my Garmin Nuvi 660 and used it for six months with a successful windshield mount. But now I have bought a new car. I discovered that the windshield suction mount left an ugly black ring on the window of my old car. (I assume I can get this cleaned up when I detail the car for selling.)
So no way was I going to put one of those on my beautiful new car. I tried the Garmin dashboard mount but shied away from the "permanent" disc. I found the "temporary" disc was just not up to the job of holding this device in place -- at least on my vehicle. I found this very frustrating. I read about the Portable Friction Mount, found a Best Buy store that had it in stock and ran out to buy it.
Though it is not terribly good looking, it does the job very well. I tried whipping around a few tight turns in parking lots and the whole thing stayed put. As another reviewer said, this lets you easily remove the thing and put it on the floor so it's not obvious. That may be more valuable than you would think. I know somebody who removed his Garmin Nuvi (and took it with him) but left the window mount in place. The car was broken into and the window mount alone was stolen. (Probably that was a pretty frustrated thief.)
Also, this will be easy to transfer to a rental car. And it will make it easy for my wife to borrow my Nuvi. Hmmm!
So no way was I going to put one of those on my beautiful new car. I tried the Garmin dashboard mount but shied away from the "permanent" disc. I found the "temporary" disc was just not up to the job of holding this device in place -- at least on my vehicle. I found this very frustrating. I read about the Portable Friction Mount, found a Best Buy store that had it in stock and ran out to buy it.
Though it is not terribly good looking, it does the job very well. I tried whipping around a few tight turns in parking lots and the whole thing stayed put. As another reviewer said, this lets you easily remove the thing and put it on the floor so it's not obvious. That may be more valuable than you would think. I know somebody who removed his Garmin Nuvi (and took it with him) but left the window mount in place. The car was broken into and the window mount alone was stolen. (Probably that was a pretty frustrated thief.)
Also, this will be easy to transfer to a rental car. And it will make it easy for my wife to borrow my Nuvi. Hmmm!
Most Recent Customer Reviews
WORKED FOR A LITTLE WHILE
It worked for a few months. Now it literally goes flying off my dash. Almost broke my GPS and my window.
Published 1 hour ago by Regina Hartman
Stable and convenient
I didn't think I needed this product but my husband insisted that we shop for something as the suction cup on the windshield was not doing the trick. Read more
Published 1 hour ago by mojangles
Garmin Mount
Love the Garmin Mount I just bought. No more Garmin falling off the window or someone having to hold it the entire trip. Garmin mounts and locks in. So easy to use.
Published 4 hours ago by Linda
Garmin Portable Friction Mount
Great product, well designed and functional. So glad I bought it. My GPS kept falling off the window mount on hot days. This portable mount is the perfect solution. Read more
Published 6 hours ago by Marsha
Wonderful
Works as well as advertised. I love the fact that I can easily store in glove compartment when I'm not in my car and equally love the fact that I can move it from car to car. Read more
Published 1 day ago by AOK Gringo
Works quite well
It *can* be made to slide but I'll say it's hard to do and requires dramatic sideways accelerations. Read more
Published 1 day ago by UnitOne
Mr.Cliff
This Garmin Portable Friction Mount is very good. I ordered one for my self, and it was so popular I had to order three (3) more for friends and sister inlaw. Read more
Published 2 days ago by Clifford J. DePriest
definitely better than the suction cup
The suction cup mount that came with the Garmin absolutely does not work, so this is what we use now. Read more
Published 3 days ago by Cleanin' Mommy
Good but could be improved
I have a slanted dashboard in one of my cars. Due to the ball where the GPS connects to the portable mount being forward, the GPS and the mount would tip forward when I take off. Read more
Published 3 days ago by Advanced1
very impressed
I am so impressed with how well this device works. It was hard to believe that it would stay in place during hard turns, but it doesn't budge, and it is so easy to place on the... Read more
Published 6 days ago by MandyAZ
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