Customer Reviews

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5 star:		(8)
4 star:		(0)
3 star:		(2)
2 star:		(2)
1 star:		(6)

 

 

On the first speed bump I hit, the cradle left the mount, thank God there was no traffic on the road and I was able to pick up my GPS before it got run over, I used some rubber tape to secure the cradle in the ball and then while going over a railroad track, the whole ball came off the mount. The one that looks like a zip tie works much better.

This mount uses the standard Nuvi clip and ball mount that the factory car mounts use. The problem is that the ball mount isn't tight enough to hold the Nuvi securely. Even on smooth pavement, road vibrations will cause the angle of the Nuvi to change, so you'll be constantly readjusting the Nuvi's position to be able to read it. Hit a good bump, like a pothole or go over some railroad tracks, it's goodbye Nuvi -- it will go flying right off the bike. That happened to me, but luckily, the Nuvi 550 is one tough package. It came through badly scratched, but otherwise still working.

I used this under 10 times on my motorcycle and it broke on the 10th time of use! I tried to superglue once and then it broke again. The only reason I didn't lose my GPS was because I duck taped the superglue job just in case--good thing I did! I'm getting a steel frame one now. Trying to go cheap was clearly a bad idea compared to the price of your GPS!

There are two problems with this product - the nuvi doesn't have enough battery life to run continuously in map mode, like in the car, and my nuvi fell off the mount when I went down a ramped curb on a corner. It is probably better to leave the nuvi off and in your pocket, taking it out when deciding which turn to take.

The ball on this mount is too small for a Garmin Nuvi. There is no way this mount can be for ANY Garmin Nuvi. The GPS unit just "flops around" when it is used.
Beware. They wanted to get rid of a defective product.

Well, this is about the crappiest product I've bought in a very long time. Mounted to the handlebar of my motorcycle the mount lasted about 20 miles. The mount broke at the base of the stem spilling the GPS onto the pavement at about 45 MPH.

In hindsight I should have not entrusted my $200+ GPS to a crappy plastic part.

I had this mount for about a year on my motorcycle with no problems. I used it with a small nuvi streetpilot. It worked great. But the first time i used it on my new harley. The neck of the ball mount broke off at the base while going 45 mph down the road with no warning that it was a weak point. The gps went splat on the road. Good thing it didn't get run over. It was in a couple pieces but found the batteries to the gps and the battery cover, and the gps still works. Garmin makes a very durable product. More than I can say for this product. DO NOT TRUST you expensive GPS on this cheap mount. The plastic WILL BREAK at the worst possible time. It is not a matter of if it breaks, but when it breaks, cause it will.

There is not a lot of room an the handle bars of my motorcycle but this fit pretty well.
I just wonder how many times I can move this from one vehicle holder to another before I have problems with the ball holding firmly.
I don't believe this mount will fit motorcycles with the larger diameter handle bars.

This is a good mount if you need little to no movement. Good quality.

Bought this for my Motorcycle. It was deliverd promtly and works and mount with ease. I would reccomend this to all my friends.