does the suction work if you park your car outside in the winter? or does it just fall off like it does off of a cold window? tia!
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The surface is very smooth. Upon receiving it, I noticed there was a plasitic cover on the smooth area. A suction cup style phone holder would hold well, but I decided to remove the plastic over. Upon doing so, I realized that the 'real' surface area was quit sticky. I bought the product for my mom, and installed it. A few weeks ago I try to take the phone mount off, and it's realy stuck to it. I'm not saying that I could never remove it agian, but it's on there pretty good. So I would say yes, I should stick, even in the winter. Take into account I am from the south, so we only have mild winters down here. I hope this helps. -Trey The surface is very smooth. Upon receiving it, I noticed there was a plasitic cover on the smooth area. A suction cup style phone holder would hold well, but I decided to remove the plastic over. Upon doing so, I realized that the 'real' surface area was quit sticky. I bought the product for my mom, and installed it. A few weeks ago I try to take the phone mount off, and it's realy stuck to it. I'm not saying that I could never remove it agian, but it's on there pretty good. So I would say yes, I should stick, even in the winter. Take into account I am from the south, so we only have mild... » Read More The surface is very smooth. Upon receiving it, I noticed there was a plasitic cover on the smooth area. A suction cup style phone holder would hold well, but I decided to remove the plastic over. Upon doing so, I realized that the 'real' surface area was quit sticky. I bought the product for my mom, and installed it. A few weeks ago I try to take the phone mount off, and it's realy stuck to it. I'm not saying that I could never remove it agian, but it's on there pretty good. So I would say yes, I should stick, even in the winter. Take into account I am from the south, so we only have mild winters down here. I hope this helps. -Trey « Show Less
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This is a cup holder mount adapter. The top is a flat piece of plastic with no sticky adhesive. Thus the suction depends on the mount you are connecting to it. I'm using it with various cell phones attached with a Car Mount, iOttie Easy View Universal Car Mount Holder for iPhone 6s 5s 5c, Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge Plus S6 S5 S4 - Retail Packaging - Black It's stuck so well I can't remove it.
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My galaxy Nexus phone dock has recently been falling off this holder now that it has started to get cold here in Texas. I don't know if it's the fault of this holder, the phone dock's suction cup or suction cups in general.
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I live in southern California and haven't been in much cold weather. I have it mounted all the time and have had no problems with the suction coming loose. I took it apart after a month, just to clean the area, and the product works and stays put just fine.
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as in all suction cups they won't work on very frigid weather, if they are hanging, but in this case where the Universal Cup Holder Suction mount is placed on the cup holder which is not hanging, it will surely work and at the same time your heater is on.
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I gave it to my cousin as a Christmas gift, so really have no idea. I would think just pull it off the window, clean it and suction cup it back up.
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It sticks on the window well even at very cold temperatures. I can't address very warm temperatures, though. The thing is inaccurate as heck, though. It's gotten more inaccurate over time - 10 to 15 degrees off. I'd never buy one again. It's pretty useless. Just sayin'.
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It has to be mounted on the window - I tried the dash - but the suction didn't take due to the rough pattern of the dash.
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Um, it's kind of a static cling type thing. The first couple times I used it, it just stuck on there, now I get it damp before I stick it on the window and it works great.
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This happened to me too- it actually melted to the windshield and when I finally got it off there was a black rubber circle on the windshield. Now the suction doesn't work anymore. Be careful leaving it in the sun for long periods of time.
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Be careful when attaching it to a snowboard (per Erez's suggestion below). I lost mine on the first run because I placed it slightly too far forward on the board (where it was still slightly curving up). I think the flex of the snowboard when riding caused it to lose suction. Luckily I had not attached the camera so only lost the suction base. To be honest I would be hesitant to try it on a snowboard again because they are so flexible.
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I have used the RAM mount is below freezing weather and I have not had any problems. The suctioncups have not had any problems in freezing weather, go for it!
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Most car mounts have a lever which pulls up the center of the plastic cup base, making the suction required to adhere to a flat, non-porous surface. The HTC mount uses a similar method however replaces the commonly used lever with a twisting ring which pulls up the center of the suction cup. It is a cleaner design and works pretty well. I have two, one in my car window and one on my bedside table. The only issues I have had is trying to attached to the car window in very cold temperatures, then it just takes a while to warm up both the mount and the window before it works reliably.
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It is on all the time except when I go through a car wash. I found the lock was stuck after lots of snow and likely salt spray. I bought. Silicone outdoor lock spray from the hardware store. It works like a dream. I do treat it periodically.
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When I got off from work last night, I work second shift, there was frost on my car. I thought this would be the perfect opportunity to really see if this heater works. I sat it on my dash board and it really didn't do the job. The blower for the heater isn't strong enough to do what it advertised that it does. I did like, the size of a lemon at a time. I then decided to put on my car defrost and it worked much faster. I worked well as a hand warmer. I became interested in this type of unit to safe on my gas when trying to heat my car in the winter (I didn't expect it to heat my car but at least help). This product didn't meet my needs. I hope I answered your question. When I got off from work last night, I work second shift, there was frost on my car. I thought this would be the perfect opportunity to really see if this heater works. I sat it on my dash board and it really didn't do the job. The blower for the heater isn't strong enough to do what it advertised that it does. I did like, the size of a lemon at a time. I then decided to put on my car defrost and it worked much faster. I worked well as a hand warmer. I became interested in this type of unit to safe on my gas when trying to heat my car in the winter (I didn't expect it to heat my car but at... » Read More When I got off from work last night, I work second shift, there was frost on my car. I thought this would be the perfect opportunity to really see if this heater works. I sat it on my dash board and it really didn't do the job. The blower for the heater isn't strong enough to do what it advertised that it does. I did like, the size of a lemon at a time. I then decided to put on my car defrost and it worked much faster. I worked well as a hand warmer. I became interested in this type of unit to safe on my gas when trying to heat my car in the winter (I didn't expect it to heat my car but at least help). This product didn't meet my needs. I hope I answered your question. « Show Less
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Outside and it sticks very well, where we live it is very cold and we haven't had a problem. My husband loves it ;-)
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I purchased this item on July 27, 2012 when i bought it, it did come with the suction window mount. The 1 they are selling now looks like it DOES NOT come with window suction mount according to the picture. All i see is charging cable, disc with double-sided tape/foam and gps charging bracket.See if you can contact the seller?
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It works great, however, if the outside air temp is below 10-15 degrees fahrenheit or so, the unit will not work. So, when it's really, really cold out, for some reason the system has a safety mechanism that prevents it from working. Sounds crazy, but true. Once the day warms up enough, it kicks back on.
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I have not installed mine yet because we had so much snow I couldn't get to the window. I purchased the sheet to put on the window first so you can see everything but that can't see you moving around. I don't know about the suction cups and how long they last. I will just have to put the box up and then see how it goes. Don't know how to replace them either. Time will tell I guess. Most suction cups should last longer than a year I would think. Hope this helps.
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It sticks very well. I have been leaving the mount stick in the window since I bought it. The bad thing about this mount stick was that it fall apart. I had to glue it carefully with nail glue. Now it is working.
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I mounted it to the hood of my work car that had a battery drain. Works fine but in the winter sometimes it would freeze so I drilled a hole ina spray paint can lid and glued it to the red key and that works great. Been like that for a verylong time and I don't park it in a garage.