Stronger windscreen mount for One new edition

crazyhazy

I'm sick of it falling off the windscreen, looking for one with a sronger suction cup, similar to the 'old' Tomtom one with the lever, seen one on Amazon, it's a German brand, any other recommendations?
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Graham

Tomtom One
App 8.010 (9369/080529) OS:190943
GPS v1.21, Boot 5.5011
United Kingdom and Replublic of Ireland v885.4058

john877 · Lifetime Member Joined: Mar 16, 2007 Posts: 468

I had the same trouble with the Tomtom 520 holder and in the end i went for a brodit holder !!

They are not cheap but are an excellent solution .

There are many alternatives on the market

crazyhazy · Posted: Tue Apr 08, 2008 11:39 am Post subject:

I have looked into the Brodit vent clips before, has anyone got a link for a Brodit windscreen mount and clip?
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Graham

Tomtom One
App 8.010 (9369/080529) OS:190943
GPS v1.21, Boot 5.5011
United Kingdom and Replublic of Ireland v885.4058

john877 · Lifetime Member Joined: Mar 16, 2007 Posts: 468

I do not know if its okay to post links perhaps if its not a moderator will remove it

http://www.dsldevelopments.com/

crazyhazy · Posted: Wed Apr 09, 2008 2:31 am Post subject:

Thanks, but cant find a windscreen mount within that lot!
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Graham

Tomtom One
App 8.010 (9369/080529) OS:190943
GPS v1.21, Boot 5.5011
United Kingdom and Replublic of Ireland v885.4058

john877 · Lifetime Member Joined: Mar 16, 2007 Posts: 468

I idea behind the brodit system is you buy a proclip which is specific to your car .
When used with a mini move clip you just slide the sat nav on and off the proclip just leaving the proclip on show

I do not know this is maybe what you are looking for but the proclip system is better than any suction mount

http://www.dsldevelopments.com/brodit/suctionDSL.asp

There are many suction mounts on the market from other manufactures try a search on Google

crazyhazy · Posted: Wed Apr 09, 2008 11:33 am Post subject:

I knew the Brodit clips were good quality, thats why I wondered if they did a windscreen mount, had already searched and Google returned a few hits, particularly on Amazon for the windscreen mount, and some seemed ok, so I will prob try one of those.

In my opinion although the Brodit clips look nice and hold the device secure they have some disadvantages.
1 Unless I am wrong I was under the impression that the vent clips were difficicult to remove!
2 The clip is then lesft on show so surely even the most stupid thief will cotton on soon that its a satnav clip.
3 If you drive different vehicles like myself then really its not practical to have anything other than a screen mount, and they are car specific, so your buying a different one if you change your brand of car.
4 They are not cheap.
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Graham

Tomtom One
App 8.010 (9369/080529) OS:190943
GPS v1.21, Boot 5.5011
United Kingdom and Replublic of Ireland v885.4058

philpugh · Posted: Wed Apr 09, 2008 1:29 pm Post subject:

john877 · Lifetime Member Joined: Mar 16, 2007 Posts: 468

Yes I wish they would make a beanbag mount for the Tomtom ???

You can get them in the USA ( its a case of if you wish to buy from there ) as in some states it is against the law to have a mount on your windscreen.
The beanbag mount could be the solution for you !!! but must admit on the old Tomtom 500 the mount was a lot better and I never had it fall off

Darren · Posted: Wed Apr 09, 2008 3:15 pm Post subject:

Brodit every time for me. Get a ProClip, don't bother with vent clips. Use a Move Mount to attach your cradle to the ProClip and then you can remove the cradle in seconds and all that is left is a very anonymous plastic bracket.
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Andy_P · Posted: Wed Apr 09, 2008 5:24 pm Post subject:

Just a thought....

In all my time with the 720 (a similar mount to the ONE), I've had to whack it onto the dash quite hard, but it hasn't fallen off (unless my wife has put the sucker on for me, rether too gently).

Recently though, I've noticed the "arm" seemed to have a bit more "play" in it then before, meaning a bit more vibration.

By chance, I tried this... Whack the sucker mount on as usual, but then just hold the arm and give it a little push (straight towards the windscreen). HUGE difference to the suction and stability!
I do it every time now, and find I don't need to whack it on so hard in the first place either.
Try it!

vizille · Occasional Visitor Joined: Apr 24, 2007 Posts: 1

I had the same problem with my Tom Tom One V2 windscreen mount. When i first had it, it keep falling off the screen as well until I realised that I wasn't pushing it in the right place when putting it on.

If you push the stalk in the middle rather than round the outside of the sucker you should have no problems.

Mine sticks like hell now, Its a job to get it off sometimes.

Hope this helps.

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