Looking for a vent mount solution for the 510

pkerr · Occasional Visitor Joined: Dec 26, 2006 Posts: 11

I've seen what Brodit has for alternative mounts (nothing for the 510) and I've been to a Arat. I'm waiting to see if they have anything.

Anyone else have suggestions on what can be done to do a vent mount?

Thanks...

Darren · Posted: Tue Dec 26, 2006 11:24 pm Post subject:

No such beast as yet. The mount design precludes a simple solution. Perhaps Brodit may engineer a solution in due course but it won't be a vent mount.
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pkerr · Occasional Visitor Joined: Dec 26, 2006 Posts: 11

Dang.. I don't see why someone couldn't just make a smooth "plate" that just attaches to the vent and then you could just hook the 510 suction cup to that...

Darren · Posted: Tue Dec 26, 2006 11:35 pm Post subject:

Because it'd fall off, way too much weight hanging too far out for that to work. Vent mounts only work when the device id closze coupled to the vent.
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pkerr · Occasional Visitor Joined: Dec 26, 2006 Posts: 11

I wonder what Brodit came up with so a 500 could be mounted to the vent. Much smaller unit?

Darren · Posted: Tue Dec 26, 2006 11:42 pm Post subject:

Stanley_Tweedle · Regular Visitor Joined: Jul 10, 2005 Posts: 207

Tomtom itself had such a mount for the x00 series in the form of the Alternative Mount Kit. It was convenient but it relied on your vent being strong enough to cope.
It's probably not wise to mount anything to your vent; I've heard of people smashing vents because they bumped into a cheap air freshener and I nearly destroyed my vent using the kit mentioned above.

Great if it works; a curse if it breaks your vent!

pkerr · Occasional Visitor Joined: Dec 26, 2006 Posts: 11

Proclips that go on the vent...?

Darren · Posted: Wed Dec 27, 2006 12:03 am Post subject:

AVRHack2 · Occasional Visitor Joined: Dec 27, 2006 Posts: 24

May be a daft suggestion, but why can't you get any suitable vent mount, and butcher it to connect to the hacked down 510/710/910 mount? This site has a great article here http://www.pocketgpsworld.com/insidetomtomgo910.php on hacking the standard mount to remove the suction cup etc. You could surely then attach it to a vent mount couldn't you?

pkerr · Occasional Visitor Joined: Dec 26, 2006 Posts: 11

Thanks for the info....

I've purchased a Brodit Proclip and I think I'll be able to use that as a starting point to get a nice non-window mounting solution.

AVRHack2 · Occasional Visitor Joined: Dec 27, 2006 Posts: 24

CupraR · Occasional Visitor Joined: Dec 27, 2004 Posts: 15

I would be very interested also as to what you could come up with, as I had a TTG Classic mounted to my vent and now want to mount the 910 to it instead.

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