Protect your portable GPS to against bumps, dings and scratches. Fits most GPS with 4.3 inch screens. The removable inner padding gives your GPS extra protection or remove it to fit larger GPS. The deep mesh pocket keeps accessories organized. The divider safely separates the GPS from the accessories.
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This Arkon GPSHDCSXL GPS case seems to be pretty well made, but is overall too shallow in depth to accommodate both the GPS and necessary accessories. I purchased this case to protect my new Garmin Nuvi 885T and for ease of carrying its power cord, cradle, and small vent mount. This case comes with a flexible insert to fit a variety of GPS units; however the insert does not seem to properly fit the Garmin Nuvi 885T. If you mash the GPS down in the flexible insert, it pops back up before you can even zip the case shut. If you put the Garmin in with no insert, it slides around loose and has no viable shock protection. The only solution to this that I found was to also purchase the slipcase for this GPS, remove the flexible insert, and put the Garmin inside the Arkon case inside its own slipcase. Regardless of whether you use the insert or slipcase instead, there is no way that anything but the power cord will also fit in the case. If you tried to force in the cradle and/or mount, the GPS would be compressed right in the middle and would probably be damaged pretty quickly. The rigid piece in the middle of the Arkon case intended to protect the unit from such damage is not stiff enough to do a very good job at this. Regardless, this insert is not large enough to cover the entire 885T screen, so there could also be pressure across the whole screen even if you just put the power cord in the case. I did try placing the Garmin face down in the case, but realized that the screen was then facing out if you dropped it. While this case does seem to be well made, it is not large enough to hold the GPS with its necessary accessories for use, but is too big for just the GPS. I can’t even carry this case comfortably in one hand (I’m a woman); and since there is no handle or any straps on the outside, I find myself carrying this thing in two hands to make sure that I don’t drop it. This case is way too big to put in your purse unless you have a pretty large purse or briefcase. Also, while the case is too small to hold the GPS with accessories, it is actually too large to fit in any normal glove box. Not exactly ideal. Since this case is actually intended to hold both the GPS and accessories, I would gladly forgo a more compact case for one that would hold everything. This would be a wonderful product if it were just slightly deeper to actually accommodate the GPS with accessories and if it had an external handle or just something to snap a carabineer through.
Already saved my gps. Droped it the other day from about 6 feet and my gps still works great. Also has plenty of storage space for your cables and sd cards.
Great semi-hard size case to protect a 4.3″ GPS. I store my mini audio cable and USB cable in the top compartment.