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Originally Posted by mvigod
Glad I found this thread. Been fighting with my Escort 360 Max plug for months in my M2. If I push down hard it connects but any slight wiggle like when I put a water bottle in the holder and it loses power. Driving me nuts. Same on my son's 340i.
I just started looking for solutions. I found a few options like this extension: https://amzn.to/2UtbGNb
I'm not sure I want to do it because the Escort has the mute button I like to press to silence false alerts. If it is a free-floating adapter and if I try to press the mute button an extension like this will move so I'd have to mount it so there is no "give" when pressing.
Then I found this thing ( https://amzn.to/2L5UybX )which was pretty cool. It adds three cigarette ports and would be sturdy plus adds 3 USB chargers on the plug itself. It fits into the cupholder which would work for this application. However the only downside is I would lose one cupholder (maybe have my wife or me use door for water bottle).
I found this one-to-two socket extender ( https://amzn.to/2L6niRY ) but I think it might be too wide in the socket on my M2 and block cup/bottle on either side of it. The current escort plug barely squeezes in between the holders on my M2 now. Maybe for a wider setup it would work.
The last one I found is this ( https://amzn.to/2UqSxM1 ) and pretty sure it would fit and might be the best solution. The ONLY thing I don't know is will this plug have the same exact issue as the Escort Max plug has? Actually, do all of these plugs have the same socket style issue or none of them? Has anyone tried any of these?
I need a solution though. Last night I drove for about 30 minutes before I realized my water bottle bumped the plug in the socket and lost power. Could have been bad if I was doing some spirited driving  |
Did you find something that worked? I'm having the same problem and dont have the port under the glove box to use.