| Average Customer Rating: 4.0/5
Total Reviews: 23 |
Rating: 4
Antenna works OK, Garmin needs a better antenna plug
| The antenna works well and obtains more satellites than the GPS units internal antenna. This easily solved the issue of poor reception when the GPS is inside of a car; however, the best accuracy I am able to obtain is 13 feet with this external antenna vs. the 9 feet using the GPS's internal antenna when in an open area. Garmin's external antenna connector plug does not attach very firmly and can disconnect easily when the units are moved around (on my GPS). I feel the antenna was worth purchasing. |
Rating: 3
Helpful, but not dramatic
| I bought the additional antenna for around $60 to improve the signal for my Garmin iQue M3 combination PDA and GPS. The antenna seems to help a little, but not significant. I needed any help I could get as I use the M3 heavily for work with lots of multi-state driving, and hearing "satellite signal lost" just when you need to make a turn, etc. is very aggravating. I found that locating on driver side, near edge of windshield helped in areas of dense trees (overhanging from passenger side of road). I use suction cup mount, I don't know if magnetic would help (though someone else commented exterior mount was much better), but wasn't sure how to route/connect "neatly" outside of vehicle or if I wanted to do this way. |
Rating: 5
Garmin 010-10052-05 Magnetic or Suction Mount Antenna
| It works great. However, with a large sloping windshield on my Lucerne, I found that it was not needed and so it sits in the box! If your passenger held the Garmin mapping unit on their lap, it would have some use. |
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