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Phone windshield mounts that don't suck?

Postby snwtoy » Mon Dec 14, 2009 9:19 pm

I've tried a couple of cheapies off trademe, and the suction cup mechanisms are hopeless, and the grippy arm bits big and bulky, and they just break when the wife tries to use/force them to do something.

Can anyone recommend a good one - would love one that's robust and suctions to the window like a tomtom or navman.

Specifically it's for an iPhone, but don't mind a generic mount so long as I can get a charging cable in the bottom. I will probably be buying the tomtom one when it's released in NZ, but I understand that won't be till the end of summer at the earliest.
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Postby cat007 » Mon Dec 14, 2009 10:00 pm

Tomtom one's been out for an awful long time....
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Postby MR2BOY23 » Mon Dec 14, 2009 10:07 pm

cat007 wrote:Tomtom one's been out for an awful long time....


Couple of months

We sell the tomtom mount kits at work if your interested
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Postby cat007 » Mon Dec 14, 2009 10:14 pm

MR2BOY23 wrote:
cat007 wrote:Tomtom one's been out for an awful long time....


Couple of months

We sell the tomtom mount kits at work if your interested


A couple to about 4.

I imagine you mentioned the Tomtom because you want one that works with the phone and the Tomtom? so an adjustable one?

MR2BOY23 is the one you've got adjustable?
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Postby MR2BOY23 » Mon Dec 14, 2009 10:18 pm

Not too sure tbh I haven't even looked at them. Next time im at work will take a look
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Postby snwtoy » Mon Dec 14, 2009 10:23 pm

Ahh, ok don't know where I got the NZ release date from then. I'm sure it wasn't originally going to be available straight up in NZ.

I see it's $199 on the apple store - is there a way to ease the pain a little?
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Postby loose_unit » Mon Dec 14, 2009 10:26 pm

http://www.tomtom.com/products/accessor ... php?ID=377

Thats the Tomtom one we sell at Super Cheap. Is that the one you were referring to?
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Postby MR2BOY23 » Mon Dec 14, 2009 10:27 pm

Will check the prices for you
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Postby MR2BOY23 » Mon Dec 14, 2009 10:28 pm

loose_unit wrote:http://www.tomtom.com/products/accessories/accessory.php?ID=377

Thats the Tomtom one we sell at Super Cheap. Is that the one you were referring to?


Thats for a GPS

I think hes reffering to this one
http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/04/tomt ... n-october/
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Postby snwtoy » Mon Dec 14, 2009 10:30 pm

MR2BOY23: yes that's the one. I've sometimes seen discounts on apple store gift cards - one could presumably get one of those at a discount to use..
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Postby Bling » Mon Dec 14, 2009 11:48 pm

Have a look on www.dealextreme.com they will have something to suit :)
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Postby cogent » Tue Dec 15, 2009 9:42 am

i suspect the trademe ones will be the deal extreme ones, lol.

snwtoy - how good are you at engineering stuff? I have one of my camera mounts here that arrived without the top nut to secure the camera. If you could make a suitable bracket to attach to the phone, then it would be perfect. these bad boys clamp on hard and are pretty simple in construction.

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since its one I wont be able to sell as a camera mount, you are more than welcome to have it for the price of shipping (typically $6.70 next day courier)
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