Escort Windshield Suction Cup Mount for Radar and Laser Detectors
From ESCORT
- Brand: Escort
- Model: Windshield Suction Cup Mount
- Dimensions: 2.00 pounds
This suction cup mount from Escort firmly holds a radar and laser detector in place, letting the driver confidently detect signals from X, K, and Ka bands while on the road. The mount fits the current Escort Passport 8500 X50, Solo S2, and Passport 7500S models, as well as earlier Passport 8500, 7500, 6800, 5000, 4600, 4500, and 4200 units and RD-5110, Solo 5, and Solo 4 detectors.
Cheap.
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
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!
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.
