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Very nice! Lustrous, uniform color and shape – and knotted necklace,
I’m pretty hard to please, but I was happy to receive this set as a surprise from my beloved HB. Any one of the three pieces can stand alone, or work as part of a well-matched set. The necklace is knotted between pearls – a mark of quality – and fitted with a secure clasp that felt a bit tricky to open at first, but loosened up quickly, moving in and out with ease. Loss should not be a problem; the clasp is designed so that even if it comes open, the closure will hold until the wearer decides to remove the necklace. Strung on a stretchy cord, the bracelet is not knotted between pearls but is still pleasing to look at, comfortable, and sturdy enough for daily wear. I especially like the earrings, which are substantial enough to make a statement, yet still demure enough to say something nice about the giver and the wearer. There’s nothing flashy or cheap about this set, and the price (which I wasn’t supposed to know, but you can trace anything back to Amazon from its stock number, heh-heh) is more than fair. In short, a terrific gift.
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|you get what you pay for,
I bought this Black Friday on a lightning deal. But even with the steep discount, I’m not pleased. The necklace does not hang in a nice arc. I can’t figure out whether this is because the holes were not made exactly in the center of the pearl (on some they clearly weren’t) or whether the knots were done poorly making the strand take unflattering bends. I thought it might be due to the packaging so I let it hang for a few days, with no improvement. The earrings are nice, as is the bracelet. Little imperfections on these items are not so visible. But the necklace has to be perfect and the one I have is not.
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|An ok buy,
I bought this as a present for Christmas. I came quickly and was a nice gift but the necklace is very small. It requires an extension to be worn unless you plan on using it as a chocker. I don’t know much about pearls but they appeared nice and the person i gave it to seemed to like it. Thats about all i can think to say :/
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|Best Solution for NUVI in my Prius and my Ford: Theft Protection As Well!!,
My Prius has a rough dashboard and a windshield that slopes very sharply. Thus, the suction cup mounts are not good solutions. Fortunately, the friction mount is a great solution. It works much better than I expected. Very stable, does not slide, and lets me adjust my Nuvi to a variety of different angles. I can place the GPS anywhere on the dash or even on the center console. Also works great when transferred to my wife’s Ford.
Only downside to the device is that it has a rather large footprint, but not prohibitively large. I like the fact that I can easily use this in both of our family vehicles depending on where we need the GPS.
UPDATE: Now that I have used this mount regularly since May, I have to say this is the best mounting solution I’ve found for a GPS or any other device for my car. It hasn’t slid out of place once!! Given the rise in GPS units being stolen from cars, this mount allows you to easily stash your GPS Unit and mount out of sight and then put it back into position with ease.
2009 Update: Still using this in my Prius and my wife has one too. It’s held up quite well. It IS a bit bulky to store out of the way when not in use, but still a good solution. I usually remove my GPS from the mount (a simple process) and then place the mount as far under the seat as it will go. Not perfect, but the best solution I’ve found to date.
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|Well designed,
This mount works great. The selection of Garmin mounts is confusing as some are two parts and some are one. If you have a Nuvi with the included windshield mount, then this is the only part you need to buy. The included mount disassembles at the ball and socket joint and attaches to this one. I can’t say it will never come off the dash if I do some really high speed maneuver, but so far it’s held steady for all regular driving.
I like that it’s easy to move the mount and gps unit down to the floor when I park. Yeah a thief could still see it if they came right up to my car but at least it’s not obvious from halfway across the parking lot like a windshield mount is. A thief that sees an empty windshield mount is probably going to assume (correctly) that I’ve just put the unit in the glove compartment.
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|Finally, the right mounting solution,
I have become addicted to my Garmin Nuvi 660 and used it for six months with a successful windshield mount. But now I have bought a new car. I discovered that the windshield suction mount left an ugly black ring on the window of my old car. (I assume I can get this cleaned up when I detail the car for selling.)
So no way was I going to put one of those on my beautiful new car. I tried the Garmin dashboard mount but shied away from the “permanent” disc. I found the “temporary” disc was just not up to the job of holding this device in place — at least on my vehicle. I found this very frustrating. I read about the Portable Friction Mount, found a Best Buy store that had it in stock and ran out to buy it.
Though it is not terribly good looking, it does the job very well. I tried whipping around a few tight turns in parking lots and the whole thing stayed put. As another reviewer said, this lets you easily remove the thing and put it on the floor so it’s not obvious. That may be more valuable than you would think. I know somebody who removed his Garmin Nuvi (and took it with him) but left the window mount in place. The car was broken into and the window mount alone was stolen. (Probably that was a pretty frustrated thief.)
Also, this will be easy to transfer to a rental car. And it will make it easy for my wife to borrow my Nuvi. Hmmm!
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