Excellent solution for using my NUVI 350 in my Prius and other car My Prius has a rough dashboard and a windshield that slopes very sharply. Thus, the suction cup mounts are not a good solution. 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 350 to a variety of 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,...
[Garmin 010-10908-00 Portable Friction Mount review by A. Stagg can be read at Amazon.com] | | Amazon.com Rating: 8.0  |
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| Reviewed by: | A. Stagg | | Review Date: | 06/01/2007 | | User Location: | Virgnia, USA | | Review From: | User Review |  |  |
100% (36 of 36) Users Found This Review Helpful |
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Finally, the right mounting solution 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 ...
[Garmin 010-10908-00 Portable Friction Mount review by Richard Buck can be read at Amazon.com] | | Amazon.com Rating: 10.0 |
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| Reviewed by: | Richard Buck | | Review Date: | 06/16/2007 | | User Location: | Seattle, Washington | | Review From: | User Review | | | |
100% (30 of 30) Users Found This Review Helpful |
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Works great Although I was skeptical, this holds onto the dash in both my Highlander and RX300. The ball attached directly to the mount that came with my Nuvi 360. No other kits were required.
[Garmin 010-10908-00 Portable Friction Mount review by Machdahuca "The Mojo" can be read at Amazon.com] | | Amazon.com Rating: 10.0 |
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| Reviewed by: | Machdahuca "The Mojo" | | Review Date: | 03/10/2007 | | User Location: | New Jersey | | Review From: | User Review | | | |
100% (17 of 17) Users Found This Review Helpful |
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Just the right mount for a Garmin Nuvi (works with all Nuvis) The first time I tried this mount was in a rental car for a Garmin C530, and I never thought it would stay on the slightly sloping dash of the Pontiac Grand Prix but it held firm going up and down San Francisco's hilly roads. That prompted me to buy one for my car. Essentially this mount is a bean bag with a mouse pad like rubber base but its engineered to stay where you put it and not slide around unless you move it. The good thing is that it stays put even if you brake suddenly.
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[Garmin 010-10908-00 Portable Friction Mount review by Anjana can be read at Amazon.com] | | Amazon.com Rating: 10.0 |
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| Reviewed by: | Anjana | | Review Date: | 12/02/2007 | | User Location: | Atlanta, GA | | Review From: | User Review | | | |
100% (16 of 16) Users Found This Review Helpful |
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This is the one you need for a Nuvi--complete & works well I bought this friction mount for my Nuvi 350, and used both on a recent driving vacation. Both worked even better than expected!
Amazon's listings are a little confusing--If you have a Nuvi, don't buy the one that says "for Garmin GPS". Get this one instead. With this one, you don't need to purchase anything else, just use the little bracket that comes with the Nuvi unit. (Put the bracket onto the mount without the GPS in it--it takes some pressure or a little twisting to get th...
[Garmin 010-10908-00 Portable Friction Mount review by a viewer can be read at Amazon.com] | | Amazon.com Rating: 10.0 |
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| Reviewed by: | a viewer | | Review Date: | 07/17/2007 | | User Location: | SE USA | | Review From: | User Review | | | |
100% (13 of 13) Users Found This Review Helpful |
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Works with the Garmin Nuvi 660 -- no additional mount to purchase As one of the other reviewers stated, it is unclear whether certain Garmin GPS units require one or more additional parts for the portable mounts. This portable friction mount works perfectly with the Garmin Nuvi 660 -- you do need the bracket that holds the GPS unit from the suction cup mount that ships with the Nuvi 660. Just remove it and snap it on to the ball of the friction mount.
The mount itself works perfectly -- my GPS stays put in typical California driving (which has i...
[Garmin 010-10908-00 Portable Friction Mount review by elenagracia can be read at Amazon.com] | | Amazon.com Rating: 10.0 |
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| Reviewed by: | elenagracia | | Review Date: | 06/14/2007 | | User Location: | coronado, ca usa | | Review From: | User Review | | | |
100% (13 of 13) Users Found This Review Helpful |
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GREAT PRODUCT I bought this because I did not want to mount my Garmin 350 Nuvi to the windshield. This device makes is much easier to switch the unit to different cars. I drove normally and the unit did not slide around on my dashboard. I can also mount the unit on a center console and it works there too. Please note that this is a complete unit for portable mounting and it is much cheaper than buying the sandbag & mounting arm separately.
[Garmin 010-10908-00 Portable Friction Mount review can be read at Amazon.com] | | Amazon.com Rating: 8.0 |
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| Reviewed by: | | | Review Date: | 03/18/2007 | | User Location: | | | Review From: | User Review | | | |
100% (13 of 13) Users Found This Review Helpful |
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Works great, looks a bit strange at first but well worth buying Length:: 2:51 Mins
I knew I didn't want to install anything permanent in my car (like adhesive mounts) because it would look strange and be a pain to deal with when I sell it. And I live in California where it is illegal to attach a GPS unit to the windsheild, plus my windsheild is very slanted so it would be a bit too far away there anyway, unless I mount it way up high on the windshield.
This friction mount works well. It allows me to put the GPS on my dash or on my ...
[Garmin 010-10908-00 Portable Friction Mount review by T. Tom can be read at Amazon.com] | | Amazon.com Rating: 10.0 |
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| Reviewed by: | T. Tom | | Review Date: | 04/16/2008 | | User Location: | SF Bay Area, CA United States | | Review From: | User Review | | | |
98% (164 of 167) Users Found This Review Helpful |
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Ugly, ugly, ugly I do not often disagree with the people who own, have evaluated items and submit reviews here. However, I must be the only one who finds this hurky, ugly and marginally useful bean bag thing for mounting a Garmin Nuvi to be awful.
Yes, it works as described and may solve a mounting problem for some people in some automobiles, but I just hated it as a practical matter when I tried to use it in my Toyota 4-Runner.
This huge glob of buck shot or whatever is packed in th...
[Garmin 010-10908-00 Portable Friction Mount review can be read at Amazon.com] | | Amazon.com Rating: 2.0 |
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| Reviewed by: | | | Review Date: | 10/31/2007 | | User Location: | | | Review From: | User Review | | | |
62% (18 of 29) Users Found This Review Helpful |
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Bean Bag Mounting BracketuUseless as a replacement mount. I bought this as a replacement for the suction cup mounting that I lost on a trip when I left it in a rental car. This Friction Mount is completely useless unless you have the mounting bracket that came with the original unit that fits on the ball. This unit does not come with a mounting bracket needed to mount the Nuvi 200W. The cradle should be a standard accessory for this unit. To make things worse, you cannot buy just the cradle (from Garmin or any 3rd party). I have to buy the entire suct...
[Garmin 010-10908-00 Portable Friction Mount review by J. G. Scavuzzo "jg_flyer" can be read at Amazon.com] | | Amazon.com Rating: 2.0 |
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| Reviewed by: | J. G. Scavuzzo "jg_flyer" | | Review Date: | 11/20/2007 | | User Location: | Boston, Ma. | | Review From: | User Review | | | |
54% (6 of 11) Users Found This Review Helpful |