This is an excellent mount with a standard camera mounting post at the top and an adhesive base. Where I live in NC it gets rather hot during the summers and suction-style mounts always fail, often at very bad times (like when rounding a corner) simply because the surface they are trying to stick to gets too hot. This mount has an adhesive base which sticks permanently to my dash, much better IMO than a suction mount. The universal camera mounting screw at the top is great for attaching all sorts of devices (cameras, phone mounts, tablet mounts, DVRs, etc...). Be careful when sticking it to your dash as it is very hard to remove, though it is possible with some adhesive remover to remove it and not be able to tell that it had ever been mounted. However, once removed, you'll have to get some double-sided mounting tape to re-attach it, better to make sure it's exactly where you want it right from the get-go. I found that the best orientation is with the lower knob to the front and the upper knob on the right.