New Zumo Security LEVER

[ECM]

A (UK!) member of Zumoforums has created a new item for your Zumo:

The security lever

This is a big improvement over the standard Garmin "security" screw.
I feel it is even an improvement over the aftermarket security screws because it is no screw at all, but still offers the same kind of protection!

I have no association with the seller (= FARZAD), but I did help him a bit with a small webpage.

SECURITY LEVER INFO AND ORDERING PAGE

 

[Deleted account 220427002]

£7 for a bit of sprung steel

why not make your own with a hacksaw blade grind or file the teeth off drill a couple of holes to fit to the Zumo mounting bracket cut the blade down to size... then put a M5 capscrew and nut through the original hacksaw hole and there you have it... just spray it black

so you should get two from every hacksaw blade

 

[ECM]

If you would have said that before I posted this thread, I would say: Good idea you had!

But now it's just flaming on someone else his idea..
Should have thought of it yourself

 

[Deleted account 220427002]

If you would have said that before I posted this thread, I would say: Good idea you had!

But now it's just flaming on someone else his idea..
Should have thought of it yourself

Not the idea... the ideas all right ..... the price for what seems is a bit of bent metal with two holes in it seems way over the top and i was pointing out you could with basic skills make your own... It's good anyone comes up with ideas for anything... but not so good when they then overcharge the items worth.

Total cost including postage and an envelope would be less that £1 and the guy is looking at about £6 profit.... just doesn't seem like such a good deal IMO

 

[SPL]

Putting aside the price for a moment, I'm a bit confused about how this works.

It seems as though it attaches to the back of the cradle using the same fixing screws as the ones attching the cradle to your bracket.

If that's the case, then to get the lever in the right spot the Zumo would need to be in the crade with the locking mechanism down?
Would this not obscure the fixing screws and prevent you tightening everything up properly?

Or am I missing something

 

[AdamA]

Or am I missing something

The installation instructions?

 

[Deleted account 220427002]

The installation instructions?

Wow i take it all back that animation makes it worth the £7

 

[Deleted account 231211001]

Total cost including postage and an envelope would be less that £1 and the guy is looking at about £6 profit.... just doesn't seem like such a good deal IMO

Sorry Tuned, but this attitude is what ruins businesses. It stinks.
It's only blah blah blah, make it yourself from empty bog roll holders and sticky back plastic blah blah blah.

I have no idea about yerself and your own line of work, but this is close to my heart, so gets my back up:

1. Buy the steel.
2. Fabricate it after spending hours of trial and error mounts to get it right.
3. Buy the surface coat (paint)
4. Apply the surface coat
5. Buy the envelope and the stamps
6. Get your motor running to get to the post office.
7. Send it overseas
8. Get sh*t coz it takes 5 days coz the post lose it
9. Send it again as a gesture of goodwill

£6 profit? More like a quid in the first instance if you want one item only.

I patented a revolving stand back in the 1990's. Mild steel, a few lengths of threaded bar, a bit of hammerite, a revolving doobrie called a lazy susan? I made a loss on every one at £75 a shot and could no longer afford to manufacture the product in batches of less than 20, so I had to quit.
Plus, not everyone has a) the mechanical skills or b)the time or c) the inclination to make their own.

I apologise unresevedly for having a pop, but I am pretty peed off at this moment with this attitude from customers I have now who are stealing my ideas and copying my products, passing off shoddy crap and then coming back crawling when for a few quid they could have had the job done right in the first place.

Again, sorry about my ire, nothing too personal, just wrong thing at the wrong time for a struggling small business (or even enthusiastic amatuer )

 

[SPL]

The installation instructions?

Yes - watched that (several times, and with pauses) and that's why I ask the question.

The lever on the zumo cradle is down in the animated graphic, and the lock lever thingy is positioned to keep it that way.

So how the heck do you get the Zumo into the cradle now that you can't lift the locking lever?

And if you lock it in before you start, how do you stop the screws from turning when you tighten everything up?

Then the bleeding Zumo hangs and you need to get the battery off - but it's fixed in the cradle

These are genuine questions from someone who's lost the Garmin screwdriver thingy and is looking for a way to secure the Zumo to the bike for petrol / coffee stops.

Maybe I'm being thick (not for the first time)

 

[Deleted account 220427002]

Sorry Tuned, but this attitude is what ruins businesses. It stinks.
It's only blah blah blah, make it yourself from empty bog roll holders and sticky back plastic blah blah blah.

I have no idea about yerself and your own line of work, but this is close to my heart, so gets my back up:

1. Buy the steel.
2. Fabricate it after spending hours of trial and error mounts to get it right.
3. Buy the surface coat (paint)
4. Apply the surface coat
5. Buy the envelope and the stamps
6. Get your motor running to get to the post office.
7. Send it overseas
8. Get sh*t coz it takes 5 days coz the post lose it
9. Send it again as a gesture of goodwill

£6 profit? More like a quid in the first instance if you want one item only.

I patented a revolving stand back in the 1990's. Mild steel, a few lengths of threaded bar, a bit of hammerite, a revolving doobrie called a lazy susan? I made a loss on every one at £75 a shot and could no longer afford to manufacture the product in batches of less than 20, so I had to quit.
Plus, not everyone has a) the mechanical skills or b)the time or c) the inclination to make their own.

I apologise unresevedly for having a pop, but I am pretty peed off at this moment with this attitude from customers I have now who are stealing my ideas and copying my products, passing off shoddy crap and then coming back crawling when for a few quid they could have had the job done right in the first place.

Again, sorry about my ire, nothing too personal, just wrong thing at the wrong time for a struggling small business (or even enthusiastic amatuer )

After the idea how much testing would a bit of metal need to fit the zumo... if it took much more than 30 mins i'd be surprised

it's a bit of bent metal!!! with two holes... if it needed some trick skills to make it i could see where you're coming from.... if the guy had asked a fiver for them i'd likely have said nothing coz no matter what i wouldn't begrudge a Fiver for a bit of metal with a fold in it... if i wanted it that is.

 

[Stumpy]

Yes - watched that (several times, and with pauses) and that's why I ask the question.

The lever on the zumo cradle is down in the animated graphic, and the lock lever thingy is positioned to keep it that way.

So how the heck do you get the Zumo into the cradle now that you can't lift the locking lever?

And if you lock it in before you start, how do you stop the screws from turning when you tighten everything up?

Then the bleeding Zumo hangs and you need to get the battery off - but it's fixed in the cradle

These are genuine questions from someone who's lost the Garmin screwdriver thingy and is looking for a way to secure the Zumo to the bike for petrol / coffee stops.

Maybe I'm being thick (not for the first time)

As I see it
its sprung steel so you just push it back to operate the Zumo mount. Reverse to mount it. Its secure in that the Zumo mount won't bounce open while on rough ground not secure in you can leave it on the bike while you go for coffee

 

[AdamA]

As I see it
its sprung steel so you just push it back to operate the Zumo mount. Reverse to mount it. Its secure in that it won't the Zumo mount won't bounce open while on rough ground not secure in you can leave it on the bike while you go for coffee

What he said.

 

[Deleted account 231211001]

After the idea how much testing would a bit of metal need to fit the zumo... if it took much more than 30 mins i'd be surprised

it's a bit of bent metal!!! with two holes... if it needed some trick skills to make it i could see where you're coming from.... if the guy had asked a fiver for them i'd likely have said nothing coz no matter what i wouldn't begrudge a Fiver for a bit of metal with a fold in it... if i wanted it that is.

Again, sorry to be pedantic, but you'd be fine with £5, yet not £7. Why one but not the other

Don't buy one.!!!!

FFS, it's someone making a couple of quid off an idea. No one's forcing you to buy one, so Job's a good 'un Enough from me, I'll get me coat and bugger off.

 

[ebbo]

Now I like that, without doubt some of the simplest ideas are the best

 

[digga]

neat idea.....

and because all you need is a bit of springy steel, a bit of paint and 20 mins of time to fabricate. Everybody will be making their own and saving £7

I would imagine a hacksaw blade difficult to drill?

As was said in the original post... it offers about the same protection (against theft) as the original screw....NIL

There are loads of ideas out there for quick and convenient ways to hold the lever down, and the zumo in the cradle... i use a velco strap ..Quick-Simple- Easy

 

[pablo666]

Yes - watched that (several times, and with pauses) and that's why I ask the question.

The lever on the zumo cradle is down in the animated graphic, and the lock lever thingy is positioned to keep it that way.

So how the heck do you get the Zumo into the cradle now that you can't lift the locking lever?

And if you lock it in before you start, how do you stop the screws from turning when you tighten everything up?

Then the bleeding Zumo hangs and you need to get the battery off - but it's fixed in the cradle

These are genuine questions from someone who's lost the Garmin screwdriver thingy and is looking for a way to secure the Zumo to the bike for petrol / coffee stops.

Maybe I'm being thick (not for the first time)

You can have my screwdriver thingy if you want it I never use it. I don't trust the scum round here so never ever leave the zumo on the bike unattended. It's a pain taking it off whilst visiting the kiosk to pay for fuel, but I don't want to pay for a new one!

 

[SPL]

Its secure in that the Zumo mount won't bounce open while on rough ground not secure in you can leave it on the bike while you go for coffee

Ah -I see - when I read secure I expect anti-theft, hence my confusion.

You can have my screwdriver thingy if you want it I never use it.

Thanks mate - I'll PM you - what a kind offer

 

[farzad]

Hi Guys
I saw this thread about my Security lever (thanks to ECM) and thought I better join the forum.

Spanner - you are amazingly close to the truth with your list...!!!

I have no idea about yerself and your own line of work, but this is close to my heart, so gets my back up:

1. Buy the steel.
2. Fabricate it after spending hours of trial and error mounts to get it right.
3. Buy the surface coat (paint)
4. Apply the surface coat
5. Buy the envelope and the stamps
6. Get your motor running to get to the post office.
7. Send it overseas
8. Get sh*t coz it takes 5 days coz the post lose it
9. Send it again as a gesture of goodwill

However, you did miss one...........
Paypal..........they get their cut as well....

Sorry to hear about your project though.

 

[D6]

I would imagine a hacksaw blade difficult to drill?

id like to see you bendin one too