How easy to detach mount on new TomTom 1?

Faust · Regular Visitor Joined: May 02, 2005 Posts: 210

Can anyone with a new TomTom screen mount advise please. I am looking to buy a TomTom 1 as a Christmas present for my daughter. She travels a lot for her work and is in and out of the car all day. Is the TomTom easy to detach and re-attach to the mount? The reason I ask this question is I have heard the selling point with the new TomTom 1 is that you no longer have to leave the mount stuck to the window alerting criminals to the fact you have a SatNav, one simply pulls the mount off the window and it neatly folds away.

That may be OK if you are only doing this once or twice a day but in my daughters case that could be a dozen or more times a day - I can't see the sucker lasting very long at that rate. She wants to simply unplug the device and pop it in her handbag leaving the mount on the window. So just how easy is this to do given my daughters situation - should I be looking at another product? Before anyone suggests a different mount - this is a company car and she is not allowed to drill or glue anything to the car.

DinAlt · Posted: Wed Nov 05, 2008 11:45 pm Post subject:

Hi,

Just a thought but if she's got a flat section of dash available why not try a bean bag mount ?

Nothing to unstick and doesn't leave any marks on the car

Oh and the mount that's used for the X20 series is very easy to put on / take off - no effort needed at all and it's very small so easy to stow away.

DinAlt

Faust · Regular Visitor Joined: May 02, 2005 Posts: 210

mikealder · Posted: Thu Nov 06, 2008 12:19 am Post subject:

If you are thinking about the easy port mount (it resembles a cup holder) then removal of the device from this is very easy leaving the holder on the screen, it is the replacing of the device that isn't too clever - I never really got used to it - there are better third party mounts available for the device though - Mike

Faust · Regular Visitor Joined: May 02, 2005 Posts: 210

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mikealder · Posted: Thu Nov 06, 2008 8:24 am Post subject:

The New devices with the Easy Port mount are very different to the earlier units, I never suffered fom it falling off the windscreen.
Removal of the device from the holder was very easy, putting it back on I just found it difficult to get to clip to the mount, it either took a lot of force or when you thought it was attached and let go it would fall off. - Mike

DinAlt · Posted: Thu Nov 06, 2008 9:13 am Post subject:

then my original suggestion of a bean bag mount will probably suit - attach the sucker section of the mount to the bean bag and just unclip the Tomtom from the mount - stow the whole lot in the boot or glove compartment - no wear and tear on the mount and no visible sign she has a gps.

DinAlt

Darren · Posted: Thu Nov 06, 2008 9:59 am Post subject:

The best advice is to 'suck it and see'. It's fiddly at first but becomes easier over time once you realise it requires a fair bit of force and isn't going to snap into two!

There are other options available to her if it proves too fiddly to do but I think she'd be fine.
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Fizzy · Occasional Visitor Joined: Mar 12, 2005 Posts: 7

Faust · Regular Visitor Joined: May 02, 2005 Posts: 210

I'll have a look at this bean bag mount - I have to say it's something I have never heard of. Pity TomTom didn't carry on with the original GO mounts like my 300 - very sturdy and easy to detach and re-attach.

Another option might be to get her the XL - am I right in thinking that users a different mount again?

Darren · Posted: Fri Nov 07, 2008 8:43 am Post subject:

Fizzy · Occasional Visitor Joined: Mar 12, 2005 Posts: 7

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