Could someone measure the 1490 suction cup please

[tonygamble]

As above.

As I fit my Garmin on to the dashboard rather then the windscreen I am restricted to suction cups that have too large a diameter.

So could some kind soul with a 1490 measure the diameter of the suction pad, please.

Thanks in advance.

Tony

[sussamb]

Most (all?) Garmin suction pads are the same size as the bracket is the same, it's the holder that varies depending on the model. So if you already have one that fits so will the 1490.

[tonygamble]

Thanks,

I am replacing a Nuvi 760.

It has quite a different looking mount, but I presume that the ball, post and suction pad are the same from what you say.

Tony

[sussamb]

That's right, I've owned 4 Garmins and the arm with the suction mount is always the same, it's the holder that varies depending on the model.

[tonygamble]

Thank you again.

I have ordered my 1490 this morning.

My 760 goes to eBay unless anyone around here jumps in quickly.

Kindest regards,

Tony

[sussamb]

I'm sure you'll enjoy it, just a couple of things to be aware of:

Street names are much reduced compared to your 760, think Garmin did this to 'unclutter' the screen.

Check the 'avoidance settings' when you get it. They're slightly weird which can affect the routes the nuvi chooses, at least they were for me.

Any problems post here and I'll try to help, I've had my 1490 for about a year now and reckon it's a great little satnav.

[inspiredron]

[sussamb]

Yes it does and yes it has

As an example, on a recent 4 hour drive to Cornwall the ETA given by my 1490 was accurate to about 10 minutes when we arrived, which I reckon is pretty good. Clearly you need to factor in stops for breaks and any traffic delays but the actual calculation of 'driving time' I find amazingly accurate.

[tonygamble]

My experience with the 760 that you'd need to be a fire engine to match its cross London estimates.

On the open road, with a car that can match the speed limits, the timings were fine. But anyone who thinks you can get from Apex Corner to SW6 in half an hour is in another world !!

Tony

[sussamb]

With the 1490 if you regularly run that route the 1490 will 'learn' that the speed is slower. If it's a route it hasn't learnt then just like looking at a route on a map, it's up to you to figure it

[tonygamble]

Well, that's good to know.

Maybe the problem I had with the 760 is that 'my' route out of London (north) from where we live is a series of rabbit runs never suggested by the satnav. So it never got a chance to re-time its more obvious, but less effective, route.

Likewise from our home southwards we never take the satnav suggestion for the first three miles as it takes up a local high street that is bus bound.

Coming into London from the north I simply add thirty minutes to what the gurus of Garmin have suggested - likewise going out.

Tony

[inspiredron]

[tonygamble]

This is a bit OT to suction cups but I think that query is solved so I'll add to the timing conundrum.

Google Maps is just as bad.

I live near Putney Bridge. They time the journey to Hammersmith Broadway as 8 minutes - distance two miles all on Fulham Palace Road.

I'd defy a police car with the sirens blowing to do it in eight minutes during daytime traffic

Interestingly they show a bus as taking seventeen minutes. Due the bus lanes on Fulham Palace Road a bus is not much slower than a car. TFL timetables show about seventeen minutes for the journey so it must be a fairly accurate timing unless those timetables are always wrong.

I think 8 minutes for 2 miles is 16 mph. Probably possible but, as the previous poster said, no allowance for traffic lights.

[M8TJT]

I wonder what the actual diameter of the suction pad is on a 1490 .

[sussamb]

3.5 cms

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