Yet Another Cycling Forum
General Category => The Knowledge => GPS => Topic started by: frankly frankie on 21 February, 2014, 07:17:38 pm
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A thread about these has just been deleted. So apparently it's not thought to be useful knowledge, that cheap poor-quality 'Garmin' Oregon/E30 etc mounts are out there. It was news to me.
I received two through the post today, they cost £4.99 each via Amazon. (I should have scrolled down to the reviews :facepalm: )
They are not in Garmin packaging and don't have 'Garmin' marked on them anywhere, and they are a loose fit for the E30, loose enough to allow the dreaded rattle and the latch doesn't engage properly. Proper Garmin mounts are a much tighter fit and tend to cost quite a lot more. Overpriced certainly, but these cheap ones are to be avoided - NB these may not be the only suppliers.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Garmin-Mount-Colorado-Oregon-Series/dp/B00BEW84BA/ref=sr_1_63 (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Garmin-Mount-Colorado-Oregon-Series/dp/B00BEW84BA/ref=sr_1_63)
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Worth knowing, thanks. I've used 3rd party mounts for my Edge before and they've been OK, so that's a bit disappointing.
As a matter of interest, how long do you find the Garmin mounts last?
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I got a couple back in October (been meaning to write a review - sorry). Can't remember where from but they were £1.99 a go.
One is at least as tight as my official garmin one, the other was very loose, but works fine after fitting a couple layers of black duct tape to it.
On the whole I've found all the mounts are capable, but the non-genuine ones have much larger manufacturing tolerances
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thanks for the caution frankie..
Agree totally that the Garmin mounts are scandalously over priced for a bit of plastic (I have three for the Etrex20) but they are very good. I have total confidence in them - never bother with any extra security.