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Using a Garmin Zumo Motorcycle Mount for a Phone

Even older Garmin Zumo motorcycle GPS units are still relevant for everyday use. However, phones have become even more useful as a motorcycle GPS. Apps like Waze are as functional as most GPS units and easily portable. For those interested in using their Garmin Zumo motorcycle mount for a phone, we offer some advice on how to do that. Use What You Have Many manufacturers provide a cheap mount with their GPS.  That includes Garmin on some of their automotive GPS units.  However, when it came to most of their motorcycle units, that wasn’t the case.  Garmin includes a metal … Read more



Car Cup Holder Mounts

It still amazes me how many cup holders exist in today’s cars. I have an SUV. There are two in the front middle, one in each of the four doors, two more embedded into the rear seat armrest and another two in the back where I have a third seat that we used once just to see what it felt like to sit in it. That’s ten cup holders. Who drinks that much water? Using one (or more) to mount your phone, tablet, satellite radio or GPS seems like the logical thing to do. A cup holder mount typically consists … Read more



Garmin Bean Bag Mount Product Review

The most popular mount for a Garmin vehicular GPS is the Garmin Portable Friction Mount.  The mount is manufactured by Garmin and is an extraordinarily popular mount.  They officially refer to it as the portable friction mount but I still call it the Garmin bean bag mount.  It has been available since the days of the first Garmin Nuvi which ironically is the model shown in the photo that accompanies this review. The Garmin bean bag mount weighs 1.5 pounds.  The bottom of the mount features a rubber coated base which is designed to stay put in most normal driving … Read more



Phone, GPS and Tablet Mounts for a Vintage Car

We’re going to talk about where to mount a mobile device within a vintage automobile.  I’m sure the designers of any vintage car never dreamed of what we’re using today, let alone mounting it in a car. Mount Analysis When you think about almost any vintage car, the typical places where we would like to mount a phone, GPS or tablet start to become difficult to find.  Depending upon when the vintage car was manufactured, there may not be an air vent because there wasn’t any such thing as air conditioning.  A cup holder in a vintage car?  Don’t think … Read more



Waze Versus Garmin

Fans of our site know that we are big supporters of the Waze application available on Apple iPhone and Android.  We have written several articles on this terrific application which you can read here and here.  I recently began to notice that I barely use my Garmin GPS any longer.  Why is that?  Well to answer that question, we take a look at Waze versus Garmin. So I began to think about the advantages and disadvantages (if any) and listed the advantages and disadvantages below. Head to Head Comparison Cost – Waze is absolutely free versus Garmin which will cost … Read more



Choosing the Right GPS Car Mount

GPS systems have been around for many years.  While the technology has advanced considerably, the mounts that are provided by the manufacturer have stayed the same.  To this day, when you open your brand new GPS box, you will meet your new GPS car mount which will typically be a small suction cup similar to what you see being used in the photo.  The issue with these mounts is that you can use them in one place which is the windshield.  The second issue is that, well, what if you wanted to mount your GPS somewhere other than the windshield? … Read more