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| Garmin Beanbag for Portable Friction Mount for Garmin GPS Units (Beanbag Only - Mount not Included) | 
 enlarge | Brand: Garmin
Category: CE
List Price: $34.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  143 reviews
Media: Electronics
Memorabilia: No
Fragile: No
Batteries Included: No
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 0 x 0 x 0
MPN: 0101030600
Model: 0101030600
UPC: 753759031206
EAN: 0753759031206
ASIN: B00005UK9X
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| Customer Reviews:
 Rocks for normal drivers January 23, 2005
26 out of 27 found this review helpful
I drive a company-supplied vehicle, so alterations to the dash are out-of-the question. As long as the cord is not interfering with gravity (run under the bean bag) this will hold up for all but the most extreme driving.
I don't drive like an old lady, but I don't really take into consideration G-forces when I am on the road. Unless you drive like an &^%hole this will probably stay put pretty well. For the record, I drive a 2004 Ford Freestar (a real babe magnet, let me tell you.) and live in a pretty hilly twisty suburb of Philadelphia. The only time this thing fell off the dash was when I ran the wire to the power adapter underneath the bean bag.
 Basic design flaw July 29, 2004
118 out of 144 found this review helpful
Garmin's friction dash mount is immensely convenient for quickly moving your GPS between cars without modifying the dash -- very nice for rental cars. However, I find I have to baby the car around turns to keep the mount from sliding. I spend way too much effort worrying over and watching it as I drive.
While the friction surface and weighted bean bags are a very good implementation of the portability design requirement, it has a basic flaw with respect to automotive use. One will remember from basic physics that friction is the coefficient of friction multiplied by the normal force that pushes (downward in this case) the two sliding surfaces together. It works great on smooth streets and low-G turns. Occasionally, however, cars go over bumps. The movement alternately increases and decreases the normal force between the surfaces. Friction sharply increases and decreases and very little lateral force is needed for the unit to fall off the dash. Also consider the soft suspensions found in nearly all rental cars which allows the chassis to roll way over in hard turns. In the roll, the angle of the dash allows the lateral force to reduce the normal force another way and, thus, the unit falls off the dash.
I have experimented with my iQue 3600 in a Mitsu Evo 8 with a very stiff suspension that corners very flatly, a VW Passat wagon and a couple rental cars. The dash material of all these is very receptive to the clever friction material on the bottom of the mount. In all cases I was able to cause the mount to come loose in mildly spirited driving. Trying harder, I can get the mount to move during braking, turning and even *accelerating* maneuvers *at will* on smooth streets. The mount is entirely incompatible with my Porsche 928 and 951 dashboards. In all these cases, the suction cup windshield mount of my Garmin eMap works without failure even in highly spirited driving.
The no-dash-modification portability is great, but it doesn't stay put which is very distracting and dangerous. Perhaps more significantly, this mount becomes a projectile in a collision.
Important to know: July 2, 2004
22 out of 22 found this review helpful
It works fine with my eTrex Legend but I'd like to emphasize that the AUTOMOTIVE MOUNTING BRACKET (PART #010-10274-00) is needed in order to use this item, and must be purchased separately.
Don't buy this mount for your Garmin GPS 76 May 25, 2004
11 out of 13 found this review helpful
I guess I was misled by the webpage and recommendations. I thought this item would fit my GPS 76. On the page for the appropriate mount 8% of the buyers bought this mount instead of the fixed mount...so I guess I thought they were interchangeable. They are not.
 Garmin Portable Mount February 1, 2004
11 out of 11 found this review helpful
I purchased one of these mounts and I have found it invaluable. I don't know of anyone that would be disappointed with this purchase. They make mounting very easy, quick, and convenient. With this you can move your GPS from one car to another seamlessly. No need to destroy your dash with a permanent mount. I have heard some people say that this mount slides across their dash. I have not been able to reproduce that at all (and believe me I tried). Don't hesitate to purchase one of these mounts if you have a Garmin GPS!
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