If you are in need of a Starlink Generation 3 Pole mount adapter please read this quick Blog.
Lots of 3 D printed mounts out there for the Generation 3 Starlink but not really suitable for being used for long term outside use.
Starlinks own Gen 3 Pole adapter is manufactured from Aluminium although has a few design flaws with it's large neck and not very secure, so alternative mounts are flying off the shelves from, eBay, Etsy and Amazon etc all claiming to be good enough but all made from 3d printed plastic.
The main issues for manufacturing a 3 D Printed Starlink Generation 3 mount is there are usually made on poor quality printers which don't do a great job of bonding the laminates together, the problem is not so much from UV it will be from damp cold weather especially frost which will cause the mount to become brittle and de lamination to take place.
The only thing that keeps the Mount attached to the dish is 2 small lugs on the release part of the mount and as shown in this picture this is the first part to fail.
The test was for an 3 D printed version bought off the internet and was put in a small frost department in a fridge at -2 for a week and the release just snapped with a small amount of pressure.
So if you need a Starlink Gen 3 mount look around for a metal mount that can survive more than a year exposed to the elements.
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