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Construction and features of the windscreen
mount
The mount is made of two parts, the sucker and flexible arm, and
the PDA holder.
The sucker and flexible arm are made in Germany. The arm is 6 1/2
inches long or about 16cm, the flex is quite stiff so should retain
it's shape under most circumstances. The sucker is 2 3/4 inches
or 7cm in diameter which is significantly larger than most suckers.
The arm terminates in a generic four pronged male connector which
allows different holders to be connected to the arm. For those of
you who have seen the Seidio Multimedia mounts this is identical.
The holder will look very familiar to anyone who has a Brodit holder.
Although there are no identification markings on the holder it is
identical to my other 5450 Brodit holders. The holder is connected
to a matching four pronged female connector. It is not clear if
the holder is glued, or fixed using double sided tape. The one thing
that is certain is that an inquiring mind and a screwdriver were
unable to part them so you can rest assured that they are not going
to come apart in use.
The final part of the mount is a special mounting plate. This is
a plastic plate which can be mounted just about anywhere in the
car where you have a flat surface. The plate provides a surface
for the sucker to attach to.
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Have you ever used a windscreen suction mount and watched all your expensive equipment hit the deck as the sucker parted company with the glass? 
I
was dubious about the claimed abilities of the mount to hold 22lbs
so I put it to an endurance test. OK I didn't put 22lbs on the mount,
but I did have 4lbs (2Kg) suspended for seven days on my office
window. 
As
you can see from the pictures the mount was quite capable of holding
the weight, these pictures were taken at the end of the week and
show clearly that the arm did not droop or succumb to the weight.
