Hi,

Given how poor the RRS sat nav is - sending the wrong way even around places such as Coventry (you'd think that area would have been truly well tested!), I'm deciding it's time to use the trusty Tomtom 5100 more, which has over the last couple of years proved itself far more reliable than any JLR (or other manufacturer) satnav!

So, currently I'm using the suction cup to attach it to the windscreen, however it's quite far away from your hand, and also blocks the view a bit.

Does anyone else use a Tomtom or Garmin or their phone? If so where do they mount these?
I was thinking of buying one of those discs which have sticky pad one side and then the suction pad on the nav goes on the other side. However I can't spot an obvious firm, flat plastic place to stick it to.
The alternative is the TomTom air vent mount on the central vent - has anyone tried on of these (or even better, have a photo)?

I do have a Kenu airframe+ which I occasionally use for my phone (and Waze), but was thinking the tomtom would be better in general.

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Any chance of some pictures of your install? - sounds interesting!

I have an older sport but they do many different mountings for vehicles, ipad minis and the like. I use an ipad because we travel to Europe regularly so easier for mapping and online research purposes

Apologies for quick pic and quality but just off out and late for an appointment

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Looks very usable! - I'm assuming you don't leave it in all the time, and that inserting/removing the ipad is pretty quick and simple?

Takes 2 seconds to clip in ipad or unclip to remove. Brodit Mounts are designed so that no drilling is required to fit mounting also have a browse on their site and hopefully they will have something that suits a device you have  2003 BMW M5 - 5 Litres of V8 Optimax Slurping Goodness in Carbon Black

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I bought one of these on Amazon for £15 and it works really well. You attach the small magnetic mount to any flat surface (mine is stuck to the plastic trim surround around the stereo head unit) using the 3M adhesive pad and then attach one of the metal disks to your phone/ipad or whatever.
The mount swivels in many different directions and the metal disks come in different sizes for different things ie large rectangular one for iPad, 2 small round ones for phones.
So far works really well and is small and neat so doesn't detract from the serene interior!

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I use one of these...

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If you're using that you might want to visit spec savers  2003 BMW M5 - 5 Litres of V8 Optimax Slurping Goodness in Carbon Black

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At its simplest, my iPhone 7 sits nicely in the SatNav recess. And if it needs power, I just connect it to the front cigarette lighter.

I use the Kinivo BTC459 with its Bluetooth link which means that my music plays through the Car system but quietens when google maps is giving directions

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I site my TomTom low down over on the rhs of the screen, right over by the A pillar, lets me reach it very easily.

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