Looking for ideas for GPS nav

So what does everyone use for a GPS navigation?

I was thinking of an I-pad but I don't know where I would mount it.

I am partial to the Garmin Aera series. I have the 500 and really like it. It will make the transition from my model 4 to the new 7 Super Sport project.

I also have the newest Ipad Air 2 with Stratus for synthetic vision and ADS-B in traffic and weather that will go in the 7 SS on the right side of the panel. MGL's new Explorer-Lite will reside on the pilot side.
Several of my local Kitfox friends use and enjoy the Garmin 500 Aera. Easy to jump in each others aircraft and feel at home with the GPS's all the same.

I have a Nexus 7 tablet with the free Avare GPS soft ware on it. I like it. Another thing that may end up being good is with about $20 in stuff it will function as an ADS-B receiver. Reason I say may, is others have done it and my stuff is in the mail, so I can't say how well it will work from first hand experience. Jim Chuk

Where do you mount your Garmin 500?

I like the tablet idea but I don't know where I would mount something that big. I do have the Avare GPS app on my smartphone as a backup.

I've got to put a transponder in my plane so I was thinking I'd bite the bullet and get one that is ADS-B compliant.

Do you have any panel space. I bought an Airgizmos mount for an I-Pad mini for my plane.

I use an iPad Mini running ForeFlight with a Stratus for GPS and adsb-in weather, traffic and AHRS. I also link my headset to the ipad via Bluetooth for music and audible traffic and runway incursion alerts that come from Foreflight. It's a great combination. The iPad is mounted in a Ram x-mount attached to an instrument hole cover on my panel.

I love that idea for the airgizmos. Unfortunately that would mean reworking my panel.

This is what my panel looks like. I was going to install a transponder under the com. It almost looks like I could get one of those ram mounts and mount it above the radio.

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I mounted an Aera 550 with a gismo adapter.

I use Avare and or FLTPlan on a 10 inch Samsung Tab S and a Ram mount stuck from the roof. Works well when solo. I put the copilot to work if he doesn't want the tablet in his face!
Don

My flying plane has an Aera 500 mounted with the oem suction cup mount right to the panel.

Greg - I found the best place for my iFly 720 was overhead center on a suction cup mount.

I use the IFLY built into panel with all the side plug in 's remotely mounted on face of panel

I use an android tablet with I Fly. I found that with so much more info than the old days provided with only a flight path and an airplane icon, a panel mount just wouldn't work for me. I made up a mount with several gimbal joints that clamps to the transverse tube just below the panel - on the pass side. With this mount, it can be positioned so I can read the fine print. In the old days, I used to use Flight Guide for fine print stuff like frequencies and pattern altitudes. It is no longer in print.

I use the Samsung Galaxy 3, 7" tablet as a compromise between size and panel space available. I originally bought an Ipad, but couldnt mount it without covering gages.
I bought the Samsung on ebay, used, for about $140, and use the Garmin pilot app. The 16 gig Samsung holds the entire US chart set easily.
I installed a 12v outlet on the top of the glare shield with a pair of USB charge ports so I run a wire to the Samsung to keep it charged.
The Samsung has integral GPS, and can also have a cell phone tie-in for inflight weather.
I flew across the US in June with this in my Avid Flyer, and it was a charm.

I use a Motorola Xoom with Naviator. Currently it mounts to a Ram ball on the yoke of my Bonanza.
It will be mounted on the right side of my KF V panel. I also mounted a Gizmo for my 496. Primary instrument will be a GRT Mini-AP.
Jeff