Played a gig last night in the middle of nowhere. Cold and foggy on way back - and as you say, no lasting suction possible. Sat nav plunged like a lemming. Repeatedly. Gaffa taped the poxy thing to the dash in the end. Found your video this morning. Bought a friction mount via your link just now. Fingers crossed. Thank you.
Good to hear. The bean bag works great for moderately powerful cars or if you drive a fast car sensibly. If you floor it in a fast car physics takes over and you get a sat nav projectile. Then only a vent mount will do the trick. I'm currently using my Garmin in a Mustang and after the first bit of spirited driving I realised the bean bag wasn't going to do so I fashioned a vent mount from some cable ties and now we're all set. In normal cars though the bean bag works fine.
You'll never stop it falling off a windscreen, but doing the following will slow the process down. Get a 'spectacle glasses cleaner' wipe, one on those single use jobs in it's own pouch. Clean the windscreen where the mount goes, then clean the rubber mount with it as well. Then press the mount on to the glass as hard as you can. Then from the outside of the vehicle, check the seal you have just created, there should be a ring of almost jet black around the rubber where it touches the glass. If there are any gaps, press from inside the vehicle whilst looking at it from the outside till you have a good, unbroken seal. This will last ages till the next time it falls off!
You did not mention the adhesive dash mounts. After unsuccessfully trying the bean bag versions and grippy pad versions I opted for a more positive fixing method. Double sided adhesive tape. I found this was the only real fix for my vehicle. It is still non destructive (I hope the adhesive does not melt into the dash). Thanks for the video.
+labrat7357 Adhesive mounts are non transferrable and also as they are a permanent fixture you can't hide them so your vehicle is more vulnerable to opportunist thieves so I don't consider them to be a good option.
Great video. I have to say I knew you must be in the U.K. when you said “when it’s really hot, like 68 Fahrenheit or 20 C lol. I still feel that way even though I’m in America right now lol. Sitting in my vehicle with the A/C on because it’s 92 Fahrenheit in the shade lol. The tele said it would be “warm” today lol. Thank you for the great video. Cheers mate
My problem is with the dashcam, I have a 3M stick pad, it's only been on about a week and fell, the condensation caused that. This is a new van, strange how it stayed put for about 3 years in my last van.
It could be because of a different coating on the glass so the adhesive cannot stick as well as on the old van. I've found all types or screen mounts to be pretty unreliable. Garmin Zumos (which are designed for motorcycles) are particularly heavy when you use them in the car. I even had to reinforce the vent mount with cable ties because that fell off a few times.
Did you notice it was positioned far away from the windshield? So the windshield didn't influence the test, the forces are similar to cornering. I used a bean bag in a Mustang hire car when I was in Orlando last year and it stayed fixed during some enthusiastic driving.
To me it looked like it was wedged against the windshield. Good to know it stayed in place with enthusiastic driving. I still need a solution for my Papago dash cam which won't stay attached to the windshield but needs to be high up near the rear view mirror not placed on a beanbag on the dash.
I've not found that to be an effective method. In hot weather the water can evaporate and if you leave the mount attached during a cold spell the water can freeze, both resulting in the mount falling off the windscreen.
Motorcyclists and Professional drivers such as Bus / Truck Drivers get more value out of a dedicated unit than a smart phone. Those who want to use Basecamp route planning and sharing software. Also people who drive a lot overseas or in areas with no data coverage who need quality on device mapping. The lane assist on a Garmin is much clearer than using a free app. The Garmin also won't show you pop up adverts for nearby services while you are navigating which I find infuriating.
If those solutions are stopping it falling off the windscreen then there are others such as don’t own a sat nav or keep it in your pocket or .... rename the video alternatives to having it on the windscreen.
Paul the title is due to what people will search for when they experience this phenomenon. People are more likely to search for, "How to stop my satnav falling," rather than search for, "Alternatives to having it on the wind screen," as you so succinctly put it. Also simply not owning a satnav or keeping it in your pocket are not practical solutions. If you would like to make a video with that additional advice by all means go ahead.
The point is that using a suction mount unless you have ideal conditions and even if you clean it with isopropyl alcohol it will fail. The whole concept of suction mounts is flawed so the video presents the alternatives. I'm sure you can do better job so I look forward to your video.
I don’t have to make a video, multiple already exist. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-oQEUl_lJs_I.html Now that is a video showing how to fix the suction cup problem. Maybe call your video, “Alternatives To The Suction Cup Mount For Your GPS.” Then this video would be much more accurate, because I actually like the review/test you did on the beanbag mount!
"Way don't you speak English." I don't understand this comment. Also for your information you should never use more than one exclamation mark at a time. It makes your writing look like that of adolescent.
