Surprise!

[oosik]

I've wanted a "something" to hold my Apple XR cell phone in the Taco Wagon. I got a unit that clips on the fins of the heater vent. It kept falling off. I even super glued it to the fins. $35 wasted. So it looks like the WeatherTech Cupfone XL might do it. So I bit the bullet and ordered one off Amazon.

Surprise. It cost nothing. I had reward points from my "plastic money" that covered the cost. Didn't even know anything about reward points. Learn something new every day.

I just wonder how much I had to spend using my credit card to get the reward points. Oh, well - it WAS a pleasant surprise.

 

[snymat68]

Amazon Rewards Card | Credit Cards | Chase.com

It actually pays more if you use the points to pay your balance down. This is because, if you use the points for an Amazon purchase, you don't earn new points on that purchase.

BTW, if you want the best mounts ever, look into RAM mounts. I use them and they're awesome.

 

[deserteagle71]

BTW, if you want the best mounts ever, look into RAM mounts. I use them and they're awesome.

Agreed. Started using them long ago for my GPS units. Two ball mounts each on the dirt bike, the atv, the Jeep, the 4x4 van and one each in the F150 and the dually. Stout enough to hold a GPS unit steady but will give when I crash! Especially when involved in SAR, one GPS is not enough.

 

[snymat68]

Agreed. Started using them long ago for my GPS units. Two ball mounts each on the dirt bike, the atv, the Jeep, the 4x4 van and one each in the F150 and the dually. Stout enough to hold a GPS unit steady but will give when I crash! Especially when involved in SAR, one GPS is not enough.

What's SAR?

 

[oosik]

SAR - could mean search and recovery.

 

[Jchonline]

Yes or Search and Rescue basically same idea.

 

[bridge4]

I've wanted a "something" to hold my Apple XR cell phone in the Taco Wagon. I got a unit that clips on the fins of the heater vent. It kept falling off. I even super glued it to the fins. $35 wasted. So it looks like the WeatherTech Cupfone XL might do it. So I bit the bullet and ordered one off Amazon.

Surprise. It cost nothing. I had reward points from my "plastic money" that covered the cost. Didn't even know anything about reward points. Learn something new every day.

I just wonder how much I had to spend using my credit card to get the reward points. Oh, well - it WAS a pleasant surprise.

You got a taco you say! This thing is the best! Has adapter that tightly and securely fits into vent (screwed and removable, no glue or dumb ****). Have mounts for moto's and others too.

Perfect Squeeze Phone Mount – Hondo Garage Store

 

[deserteagle71]

Correct. Search and Rescue. A good GPS unit like a Garmin Montana is invaluable when doing searches in remote areas like northern Nevada, seems like half our training is in how to use these units to their highest capabilities.



Plus, a GPS unit can point you to all sorts of interesting places you never knew existed, as in the top center of this shot....

 

[oosik]

Thanks bridge4. I always wanted a WeatherTech Cupfone. Now they have the XL model - my Apple XR in its Otter Box will fit.

One of my Garmin's is the hand held 60 CSX. I also have the built in Garmin unit in the Power Wagon( "the" Taco Wagon), my Apple XR phone & a Garmin Nav V for my motorcycle.

Loooong ago a friend went moose hunting in Alaska. He took one of the very first hand held GPS units with him. He was over confident, didn't have adequate training or this unit didn't have "back tracks". Whatever - he spent a very cold, lonely night lost in the AK wilderness. He was lucky - a search party found him the following morning. He was MORE than lucky - a bear DIDN'T find him.

 

[bridge4]

Thanks bridge4. I always wanted a WeatherTech Cupfone. Now they have the XL model - my Apple XR in its Otter Box will fit.

One of my Garmin's is the hand held 60 CSX. I also have the built in Garmin unit in the Power Wagon( "the" Taco Wagon), my Apple XR phone & a Garmin Nav V for my motorcycle.

Loooong ago a friend went moose hunting in Alaska. He took one of the very first hand held GPS units with him. He was over confident, didn't have adequate training or this unit didn't have "back tracks". Whatever - he spent a very cold, lonely night lost in the AK wilderness. He was lucky - a search party found him the following morning. He was MORE than lucky - a bear DIDN'T find him.

Having one of these units, and understanding how to use them are two totally different things.... I can see how people could assume "Hey I'll turn this on and when I want to go home just turn around", but it takes a little more than that usually.

 

[oosik]

deserteagle71 - the road with the gas sign looks a lot like Highway 51.

 

[3Ts]

As for the gas sign, even on the interstates in the west, they can be a very long ways apart. I know of a stretch on I-80 where they are 80 miles apart.

 

[TractorGuy]

I have two of those vent clip mounts I bought off eBay that are worthless.

I have one I bought off the rack at a Loves truck stop that I used to hold my phone and gather GPS data while running a track day on the Daytona Road Course that held the phone with no problem.

All vent clip holders are not created equal.

 

[hawkeye08]

I like the Nato mount for my phone, have a couple in truck, couple in Tahoe (for both driver and passenger). They have wireless charging version also for phones that support that.