beware of suction cups

[stonebuster]

Being one to not like drilling holes and making perminent modifications without giving it much thought I opted to use a suction cup mounted hook/rig holder. After one season I noticed the suction cups were starting to turn orange and got tacky. When I removed them this is what I found. They must have degraded in the sun and reacted to the gelcoat leaving a bleached looking mark that is impossible to remove. The ones I used inside did not do this.

 

[ryanc2]

I've always used 3M double sided HD tape.

That or 3M dual lock works great for things you want to remove, but VERY secure when mounted.

 

[Porkchunker]

Suction cups...well...suck. I got tired of my sodas, coffee, and beer getting dumped on the deck when the cups let go. So, I replaced the cups with 3" wide velcro. They never let go.

I have a thread in the Projects forum about the conversion.

Dave

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