Escort Windshield Suction Cup Mount for Radar and Laser Detectors Reviews

• Cheap.

  
  By A3EURO7DPQCLDJ on 2007-03-08
  The suction cups are the same cheap cups that come with the unit. If you need new cups go to a hobby store and buy some designed to hang small artwork off windows.
  
  

• What you see if what you get - 1 bracket and 2 cups

  
  By A1C0RFF0FMOHBR on 2007-12-05
  This is the same cheap, low suction, bouncy (due to the metal bracket flexing) mount that came new with your Escort detector. The new cups will work marginally better than your old, worn out cups but you will soon come back to your car and find your detector on the floor or dangling from the power cable. Some folks recommend putting your old cups in boiling water for a bit to freshen them up for better grip, but I have not tried it.
  
  The Valentine V1 mount is head and shoulders better than this offering from Escort (as is the V1 detector) but the 8500 X50 works pretty good and can be found a lot cheaper - but the Escort mount is just terrible.
  
  Note that if you buy a replacement suction cup mount direct from Escort or at many other online stores you get the bracket and FOUR new suction cups - so you have spares when the first two quit gripping. This item from Amazon is just the bracket and TWO cups.
  
  
  

• Safe Speed!

  
  By AL3RWPI7W7T0G on 2007-01-04
  The mount is a design that does not try to support all of the weight of the detector. It relys on the detector being pushed onto the mount far enough to set against the windshield. A little odd at first, but really better as it is very small by comparison to most and stores away very nicely.
  
  

• This should come offered with the escort detector

  
  By A3GISRNT7BJEO8 on 2007-01-19
  outside of being disappointed that this doesn't come with the radar detector all is well. just another way to get into my pockets!
  
  

• Same old junk

  
  By A24AYNT2AYEM9B on 2008-05-04
  I received one of theses with my detector; boy, you'd think that a $300 gizmo ought to have a more secure mount. It's about what you'd expect from 2 suction cups in a bouncing vehicle-- not much.
  
  
• My friend bought this
  By A1EZFLFPRD65K2 on 2008-03-23
  I have to say the suction cups simply don't hold well, got to the point that my friend just used velcro.
  
  
• An alternative product
  By AR672F7VEH9HD on 2008-09-08
  I have the Escort 8500 model which includes this suction mount. The mount constantly falls off my windshield. I was going to order a new one to see if it improved things, but the reviews her made me think twice. Then I found an aftermarket mount at southerncarparts dot com. It's a bit more expensive but looks solid and worth the extra cost. It looks like the mounts that come with GPS systems.
  
  
• Misleading Advertisement
  By AHKCRQZWDCGUG on 2008-10-04
  Advertisement lead one to believe that those purchasing the Escort Radar Dectector also purchase the windshield suction cups to connect it to windsheild. Unable to determine what shipped with the radar dector the ad made it seem as if you needed the suction cups to connect to windshield. Fact is they come as part of the original purchase and are a waste of money!!
  
  
• What a cheap piece of garbage
  By A2R7ISB1KN3PDL on 2008-11-07
  If I did not pay so much for my cordless radar detector I would have thrown it out a long time ago. What a pain to have to keep buying these cups that only last for a short time. They need to come up with a better way of mounting the detectors so you do not need to keep coming back for this accessory, or maybe that is what they want.
  
  
• Windshielf cup
  By A3ECFQ5P0E1MY on 2008-01-07
  The cups stay put when adhered to the windshield. They are also long lasting with constant UV ray attack on the plastic cups. Very good.
  
  

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