Mounting A Garmin GPS In A Gen 5?

No Problems here.
All Garmin come with lifetime map updates. Depending on the model, the high-ones; you simply input your WiFi login and password - as soon as it sees it, the updates are automatic. The cheaper models will require you to plug it into your computer for updates. Just follow the instructions on your computer screen. Warning; it's going to take a few hours if it's your first time. Subsequent updates will take less than an hour. You'll need at least an 8GB micro-SD memory card, if your going to load maps for the entire USA onto it.

Hope this helps.....

FYI; the new software prevents you from making route changes "on the go"; you need to pull over and stop to make changes.

 

I have a Garmin nuvi 2957 for about 10 years now and love it.

We have used it all over the country and Canada.

I use the bean bag mount and just set it on the dash were it's convenient.

I do a manual update about once a month or before a trip.

 

I personally don't like those because I'm in the mountains a lot. They tend to slide across my dash when I take a turns or go around hair-pin turns - then everything goes wonky until a stable GPS signal is reestablished. That gets tricky under partial tree cover as your moving.
Another option is those suction-cup articulating/extension mounts. I don't like those either because the arm tends to exaggerate the car's suspension movements. All that movement and bouncing around gives me a headache after a few hours, but your brain may not be sensitive to that. I can't read while in a car either, same thing happens to me. Planes and ships, no problems.

YMMV

 

The only time I had a problem with it sliding around was when I used amor all on the dash.