It is probably the sturdiest mount available and doesn't attach to the air vent itself. I'm not sure why you would want to remove it but to each his own. As you can see in acrispy1's photo it clips inbetween the panels. Constant removal would most likely end up marring the panels. While not a permanent mount, I consider it as such. It does come down in front of one of the center vents but it does not block it.