I have used RAM Mounts in lots of places, either at work, at home, in vessels and in vehicles. These things work and work very well. I needed something to hold my phone and Tablet in the Jeep, so I once again checked out RAM to see what options they had. I had already installed Vector Offroad's JKE Dock in my Jeep so I now needed to find some mounts that would fit a 1" bar and the pieces to mount my old Garmin 76C, phone, tablet and video camera.
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RAM-B-201U-A (RAM Mounts Double Socket Arm A-length.)
These come in multipule part numbers for what ever length, material, ball size and style you need. I have both the metal and composite types. All of them work very well. |
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RAM-B-231Z-2U (RAM Base with U-Bolt & UTV Strap Base)
Picked this one up on sale. I can put it on the small bars all the way up to a roll bar, so it's convient for when I need to move the camera mount around. |
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RAM-HOL-GA14U Gamin 76C, 76CS, 76CSx, 76Cx, 96 and 96C Holder
I usually carry a portable GPS around with me, just for an emergency. My 76CS has been around for a long time and if I remember to actually upload data to it before the trip I would work a lot better. Normally I have maps on my table or phone, but nice to have a backup that will at least tell me I'm headed in the right direction. |
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RAM-HOL-UN8BU X-Grip
Holds my tablet, but you do need to pick up the tether to keep it from flopping back and forth and ejecting the tablet on large bumps. |
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RAM-HOL-UN7BU X-Grip
Holds my Note 8 (barely), otherwise I would need to get the bigger X-grip. You will need the tether for this also otherwise the phone will eventually work it's way down and out of the holder while your off road. |
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RAM-HOL-UN10BU X-Grip
Holds my Note 8 with the larger case on it. I needed to switch over to a waterproof case from the thin one I was using and was no longer able to get it in the smaller X-grip. This grip is has been improved with a silicone pad in the center to hold the phone from sliding, and a higher spring tension on the arms. I wouldn't doubt that this also carried over to the new generation of the 7BU X-Grip. |
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RAM-B-202AU Round Base
My universal camera mount. Holds any of the camera's with the standard screw mount on the bottom. |
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RAM-B-108BU
Mounts for my roll bar. The hose clamp is more forgiving on uneven roll bars than the u-bolts. It doesn't fit if the bar is under 2" in diameter. |
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RAM-B-231ZU (Ram Mount Rail Base with U-bolt and 1" ball for Rails from 0.5" to 1" Diameter.)
RAM-B-231U (Ram Mount Rail Base with Stainless Steel U-bolt and 1" ball for Rails from 0.5" to 1" Diameter.)
This one came off my boat when I sold it, so I have an odd ball U-bolt. |
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| RAM-HOL-UN8TU Tether
Tether for my tablet. |
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RAM-HOL-UN10TU Tether
Tether for my phone. |
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RAP-UN-CAP-4U
Replacement Rubber caps for my X-grip. The ones on my phone mount finally tore and came off after many years of use. |
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| Tablet Setup: |
| I use an old Samsung Tab 2 for the Jeep. It's not as fast, pretty, clear, or as updated as the new ones, but it's rugged, reliable, and does just what I need it to do. It's got plenty of storage (thanks to the extra chip) for maps. When I'm not using it for GPS mapping, the Torque app, my son can pivot it and watch movies on it. |
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| Phone Setup: |
| I've had this around for a while fits most of the iPhones and Galaxy series phones that I have had over the years. My Note8 fits, but I have a thinner case and it's a tight squeeze. A defender case on it wouldn't fit. I did go with the larger phone tether for my Note8. |
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| I did upgrade to the larger X-grip when I put the larger case on my Note 8. As you can see the 10BU X-grip is much larger than the old 7BU, and it has a silicone pad in the center to hold the phone from slipping. This does a really good job of keeping the phone in the holder when bouncing down the road. A really good jar will still launch the phone out of the holder, so if your going bounding down bumpy roads, or rock crawling, I would suggest putting the tether on also. This one also doesn't rock back and forth as much as the other did with the phone in it. I would believe that this is due to the silicone pad holding the phone stable. |
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| Garmin Setup: |
| My portable GPS sits right by the drivers window. It hasn't accidentally come out of it's holder yet off road and I seriously doubt that it would. It's nice to grab when I park and want to walk to check something out in the distance that I can't get close to. This is my backup GPS. |
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| RAM-B-231Z-2U (RAM Base with U-Bolt & UTV Strap Base) |
| This is how you would configure it for use on a bar over 2" in diameter. Feed the rubber sleeve over the hose clamp. Insert the hose clamp through the hole in the base so that the screw is inside the base. |
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| Place the two nuts inside the base and screw the ball mount onto the base with the two screws. |
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| Now all you need is to clamp it to a bar. |
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| RAP-UN-CAP-4U |
| Replacing the caps on my X-grip. Not really hard. Pull the old ones off, push the new ones on. Done. |
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| As you can see. Make sure you line up the slot in the pad with the arm when you push them on. |
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| RAP-B-202U-GOP1 |
This is the adapter mount for the GoPro action cameras. It does come with two different screws depending upon how how you are going to adapt it.
RAM instructions: RPR-INS-GOP1 |
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| The short screw is used to attach the adapter to the GoPro camera. |
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| The long screw is used to connect the adapter to other GoPro accessories and mounts. Though none of the GoPro accessory mounts that I have actually work since they had a boss on the screw head side. I will have to find a few aftermarket accessories to see if it will work with those. |
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