I like the way that the fat base of the stud-mount spreads the flex-load over a much broader area, thus bracing and reinforcing the foundation of the antenna assembly.
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The gum drop works great, but that antenna is pretty heavy, and the aluminum bracket had a bit more flex from the heavy load than what I was comfortable with on a Jeep that's always used off-road.
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