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Prospector
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Initially Posted - 02/24/2009 :  13:29:10  Show Profile  Visit Prospector's Homepage
OK I posted some flashlights from "Deals Extreme" on here before, but I never ordered from them until I saw this gadget. Then I figured for $6, how wrong can you go, so I went ahead and gave them a try.

This gizmo is a handlebar mounted "Electronic Device hloder" for cyclists. Only thing is that with the setup they have you can gimbal the sucker around to almost any angle, making it possible to mount electronic equipment on your stern rail or stanctions. Since I still use an archaic handheld GPS, I figured it might work to hold the GPS in a readable position out of the way.

Anyway, I spent my $6 (shipping and taxes included) and the "device hoder" arrived yesterday.Looks like it should work for the intended purpose. Looks like it enough that I'm ordering a second one to mount on the starboard side. I'm not sure that it opens wide enough to hold a fishfinder, but I'm hoping.

Here's the link, form your own opinions.

http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.15544
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delliottg
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Response Posted - 02/24/2009 :  13:54:38  Show Profile  Visit delliottg's Homepage
Chris,
How wide does the "mouth" open up? I wonder if this would hold my Garmin C-276.
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Prospector
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Response Posted - 02/24/2009 :  14:05:11  Show Profile  Visit Prospector's Homepage
I don't have the thing in front of me, but from memory I would guess that it opens to about 4"

A caveat before you go putting your expensive toys in one though - I haven't tested this in the rain, while pounding toward a mark with 30 kts of wind on the nose. I'm confident that it will work, but if you lose your toys to neptune, don't blame me!

(I plan to tie a short strap around the stanction and through the wrist strap on the GPS as a safety incase the "Device Holder" stops holding.
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delliottg
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Response Posted - 02/24/2009 :  14:07:44  Show Profile  Visit delliottg's Homepage
It's tethered (well, plugged into) a 12' power cord I made up to connect it to my radio & auto-pilot. I'm thinking of mounting it on one of my inboard catbird seat struts, so if it did bounce, I'd have a chance at catching it before skittering off the boarding ladder side.
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piseas
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Response Posted - 02/24/2009 :  14:20:41  Show Profile  Visit piseas's Homepage
Chris, I just ordered one for my handheld GPS. Thanks for the tip. Keep the deals comming. Let you know how it turns out.
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Prospector
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Response Posted - 02/24/2009 :  15:11:26  Show Profile  Visit Prospector's Homepage
When you get it you will find that the instructions to use it are less than spectacular. There is a small button that releases the sides so it opens automatically, and you really have to push hard to get the "device holder" to engage with the "handlebar Mount" This will make more sense when it arrives. Also - I haven't actually mounted it on one of the stanction tubes, but I'm pretty sure that the size is close enough to a handlebar's diameter that I can make it work.

Also, since the shipping is free, you really can't complain loudly, but it took them about 2 weeks to get the holder to me. Another guy at the office who orders from them regularly waited close to a month for his $2 bluetooth USB key. Apparently it works well but is so small he can't get it out of his USB port now...
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Steve Blackburn
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Response Posted - 02/24/2009 :  15:54:25  Show Profile  Visit Steve Blackburn's Homepage
Darn I ordered the wrong item code and got this instead:
http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.20042

I think it's some type of buoy or signaling device. Not sure.
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Dave5041
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Response Posted - 02/24/2009 :  21:43:57  Show Profile
It definately sends a signal.
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piseas
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Response Posted - 02/25/2009 :  08:47:22  Show Profile  Visit piseas's Homepage
Steve, looks like a dual purpose unit. Bet your wife will enjoy too!
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Prospector
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Response Posted - 02/25/2009 :  10:50:40  Show Profile  Visit Prospector's Homepage
<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><i>Originally posted by Dave5041</i>
<br />It definately sends a signal.
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But you don't use it on "Buoys"...
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Steve Blackburn
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Response Posted - 02/25/2009 :  15:35:46  Show Profile  Visit Steve Blackburn's Homepage
Yeah, she used to complain every time we got out sailing, not anymore.
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