I have a Garmin Nuvicam in my car which is attached to the windscreen with a sucker. On very hot and sunny days, the sucker dries out and the GPS falls into the car setting off the alarm.

Does anyone know of an alternative fluid that one can use to attach the sucker that would not dry out on hot glass?

No.

Its not the sucker helping fluid, its the weighed and that there is no such
thing as a perfect seal. Air inside the sucker will expand as it heats and
push a sucker off.
I personally would not leave such things on show in a car nor in full
sunlight when the car is parked unless you are testing it in readiness for
space flight or something!
Brian

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I have a Garmin Nuvicam in my car which is attached to the windscreen with
a sucker. On very hot and sunny days, the sucker dries out and the GPS
falls into the car setting off the alarm.

Does anyone know of an alternative fluid that one can use to attach the
sucker that would not dry out on hot glass?

On 03/07/2019 13:15, Simon Mason wrote:
I have a Garmin Nuvicam in my car which is attached to the windscreen with a sucker. On very hot and sunny days, the sucker dries out and the GPS falls into the car setting off the alarm.

Does anyone know of an alternative fluid that one can use to attach the sucker that would not dry out on hot glass?

You need those double sided stickers that are used to fit mirrors. I
scrounged a few off a guy doing a windscreen replacement once. I think
they will still bond to the "sucker" surface.

On 03/07/2019 13:15, Simon Mason wrote:
I have a Garmin Nuvicam in my car which is attached to the windscreen with a sucker. On very hot and sunny days, the sucker dries out and the GPS falls into the car setting off the alarm.

Does anyone know of an alternative fluid that one can use to attach the sucker that would not dry out on hot glass?

Back in the '70s my father used a Retrovisor when towing the caravan. It
was attched to the car by suckers on the roof and the windscreen. It
stayed on a lot better with a smear of gelatine instead of just wetting
the suckers.

These days a silicone oil would probably do the job.

SteveW

Steve Walker wrote:

Back in the '70s my father used a Retrovisor when towing the caravan. It
was attched to the car by suckers on the roof and the windscreen. It
stayed on a lot better with a smear of gelatine instead of just wetting
the suckers.

These days a silicone oil would probably do the job.

And give you a smeary windscreen forever after ...

On 03/07/2019 19:39, Andy Burns wrote:
Steve Walker wrote:

Back in the '70s my father used a Retrovisor when towing the caravan.
It was attched to the car by suckers on the roof and the windscreen.
It stayed on a lot better with a smear of gelatine instead of just
wetting the suckers.

These days a silicone oil would probably do the job.

And give you a smeary windscreen forever after ...

But only in the corner where you stick the Satnav anyway.

SteveW

On Wednesday, July 3, 2019 at 1:58:51 PM UTC+1, newshound wrote:
On 03/07/2019 13:15, Simon Mason wrote:
I have a Garmin Nuvicam in my car which is attached to the windscreen with a sucker. On very hot and sunny days, the sucker dries out and the GPS falls into the car setting off the alarm.

Does anyone know of an alternative fluid that one can use to attach the sucker that would not dry out on hot glass?

You need those double sided stickers that are used to fit mirrors. I
scrounged a few off a guy doing a windscreen replacement once. I think
they will still bond to the "sucker" surface.

I have just ordered one off e-bay.

TNX.

On 03/07/2019 13:15, Simon Mason wrote:
Does anyone know of an alternative fluid that one can use to attach the sucker that would not dry out on hot glass?

Saliva.

Yes, really!

Andy

On Wednesday, July 3, 2019 at 9:57:03 PM UTC+1, Vir Campestris wrote:
On 03/07/2019 13:15, Simon Mason wrote:
Does anyone know of an alternative fluid that one can use to attach the sucker that would not dry out on hot glass?

Saliva.

Yes, really!

Andy

I already use that.

On 03/07/2019 19:45, Steve Walker wrote:
On 03/07/2019 19:39, Andy Burns wrote:
Steve Walker wrote:

Back in the '70s my father used a Retrovisor when towing the caravan.
It was attched to the car by suckers on the roof and the windscreen.
It stayed on a lot better with a smear of gelatine instead of just
wetting the suckers.

These days a silicone oil would probably do the job.

And give you a smeary windscreen forever after ...

But only in the corner where you stick the Satnav anyway.

SteveW


But in hot weather it would slowly slide down the screen
and not fall off.

On Friday, July 5, 2019 at 1:13:19 PM UTC+1, Andrew wrote:
On 03/07/2019 19:45, Steve Walker wrote:
On 03/07/2019 19:39, Andy Burns wrote:
Steve Walker wrote:

Back in the '70s my father used a Retrovisor when towing the caravan.
It was attched to the car by suckers on the roof and the windscreen.
It stayed on a lot better with a smear of gelatine instead of just
wetting the suckers.

These days a silicone oil would probably do the job.

And give you a smeary windscreen forever after ...

But only in the corner where you stick the Satnav anyway.

SteveW


But in hot weather it would slowly slide down the screen
and not fall off.

It also has to come off when it gets its MOT test.

On Wed, 3 Jul 2019 05:15:45 -0700 (PDT)
Simon Mason wrote:

I have a Garmin Nuvicam in my car which is attached to the windscreen
with a sucker. On very hot and sunny days, the sucker dries out and
the GPS falls into the car setting off the alarm.

Does anyone know of an alternative fluid that one can use to attach
the sucker that would not dry out on hot glass?

I got a new suction mount from a Chinese eBay seller when the plastic of
the old one hardened and failed to seal properly. Cost was silly cheap,
quality seemed as good as the Garmin one.

On Saturday, July 6, 2019 at 11:22:00 PM UTC+1, Rob Morley wrote:
On Wed, 3 Jul 2019 05:15:45 -0700 (PDT)
Simon Mason wrote:

I have a Garmin Nuvicam in my car which is attached to the windscreen
with a sucker. On very hot and sunny days, the sucker dries out and
the GPS falls into the car setting off the alarm.

Does anyone know of an alternative fluid that one can use to attach
the sucker that would not dry out on hot glass?

I got a new suction mount from a Chinese eBay seller when the plastic of
the old one hardened and failed to seal properly. Cost was silly cheap,
quality seemed as good as the Garmin one.

Cheers.