Keeping suction cups from falling off ??

Hi wombat 100 I use to sell large farming GPS units I found Loctite made a product called
silicone grease I found a small wipe of this over a clean suction cup really worked well hope
this was help full.

try washing up liquid, works for me.

Maybe Vaseline but I haven't tried it.

Mine has recently started doing the same thing, except it only last an hour or so. I'm about to get some silastic and mount the thing permanetly.

I use a bit of saliva:-)

Hi wombat check to make sure there is no split in in the suction cup mine was doing the same turned it had a small split

This probably won't help unless you have an old car like my GQ but when mine keeped falling down I screwed the mounting bracket to the front drivers side door pillar so it's sits in the perfect spot for me. It might be a bit rough for most but on the plus side guaranteed not to fall of on the roughest roads.

A few small dobs of supaglue gel will do it on some cups but won't adhere to others.
Put the glue on the cup, in from the edge so that it only makes contact with the glass once the cup is pushed down, this way it won't be smeared over the glass as you compress the cup.
Hold it in position for 30 seconds and it won't fall off again.
It's quite easy to remove if need be with a razor/box cutter blade slid between the two surfaces.

A friend of mine solved this problem by smearing the inside of the cap with egg white. Might also provide a source of food in an emergency, perhaps ... : )

I haven't tried it myself, so it is a 'hand-me-down' idea.

Jack

I've used KY or similar before and works well. Water based, so washes off easily enough when done. Egg white may be good food in an emergency, KY good for other emergencies.

Cheers,

Matt.

My Garmin mount kept falling off every day. $5 for a new one on Ebay,hasn't fallen off since.

Peter