Magellan vs garmin? Which model would equal the maestro?
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Although Garmin have been the more popular brand, Magellan is also a good GPS with its Maestro series. I bought from Costco a lower model Magellan Maestro 3225 (made for Costco) at sale price $179 which had speech to text but no bluetooth capability. This was a gift for my wife. My son borrowed it and liked the Magellan better than his Garmin Nuvi 360. He indicated that the Garmin will warn you about 0.2mi to look out for an exit and couple of times he missed block to turn or exit. With the Magellan it gives you the warning and when you are coming to the exit or block to turn it gives a ring that this is the spot to turn or exit. He returned the Nuvi and intend to purchase a Magellan. The price is also cheaper for the same features.
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I've had the Maestro 4040 for about a week, and I'm having a major problem with it. Right now while driving a route the unit will often go a bit wonky, as in it will stop announcing street names, or the map will show a completely different area than where I am, or the progress bar screen will freeze. The unit will then reboot itself, and after it comes back it will operate correctly until I power the unit off and then back on after a period of time. Still working with Magellan support on this one, this stuff seems to have started happening after a firmware upgrade.
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Thanks for the update, dsrussell. I'll take your advice and check out the review of the 765 that you mentioned at gpsmagazine.com. It's too bad that the folks at Garmin didn't include this info about the 765 in their owners manual. Must have been an oversight on their end. Again,thanks a bunch!
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I have the Magellan 4250 for a few years now and have never had a problem with their customer services. They have always been prompt, and courteous and took care of my problem or answered my questions whatever the case may be. Previously had the 3250 and no problems then either. Give them another try.
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I would go to the Magellan website. You will pay top dollar, but you know you will get what works.
1770781
Suggest you upgrade to a Garmin unit.... better maps, better customer support
985155
sorry, i do not know but i can recommend something that DOES have maps of europe, namely WAYZ, which is an app you can get for any smart phone, and is -- sorry amazon -- a thousand times better than the garmin. it leads you around traffic jams, and has much gentler manners to boot.
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I didn't t get that far. I sent it back and got a Magellan. Wayyyyyyyy better!!! Clearer screen, operating system makes sense. Superior to Garmin.
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Thank you. Sounds good. Now I want to find it in combo with the NuMaps Lifetime. Nuvi combo have the NuMaps Lifetime for $50 extra, but I can't find this with a combo yet.----------------Garmin said the one with lifetime update for maps (3790LMT) would be out in September, keep checking their website. Said the cost was $499.99. I hate to spend that money, but am getting the voice activated one for safety reasons. Said it was shipped to Best Buy, but I can find it only in Canada...
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That I don't really know. I was considering the Rand McNally but wanted to stay with Garmin
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We bought the Garmin nuvi 370 last summer (2008) for $345 at this site (I noticed the price has went up quite a bit). We drove our rental car from Switzerland to Venice, and we used the GPS in Northern Italy. It navigated us directly to our bed and breakfast in the town of Sirmione on Lake Garda. The unit did a great job getting us down to Venice as well...it also worked all over Switzerland and up into Germany as well.
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I wondered about that too .. although I'd trust Garmin's website and other 3rd party discussion sites ... the ?70 units are built to contain maps for both continents, and the ?80 are the first one's with MSN Direct. Perhaps there'll be a future ?90 (390/690) range that combines the two sets of new features? :) For now, I'm just wondering whether tot ake the plunge with the 660 and its FMt raffic/preloaded POIs, or wait for the MSN-direct 680 to be released (April?)!
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I've been using the Mio c310x for over 10 months now. My first and only GPS unit to date, so I can't comment much on teh Garmin c320. -the Mio has 3.5mil POIs. Didn't know much back then, but that is kind of a low amt, but it's still something to work with -Navteq used to overall superior, but ever since Mio finally came out with the map update for the c310x back around 9/2007, I thought i read somewhere here saying now says that Navteq no longer enjoys it's supremecy, but can't find the direct quote http://www.gpslodge.com/archives/008669.php -mp3 player isn't very good. Still better than nothing, but not very good at all. No way to fast forward/rewind within tracks. Surprising since it's touted to be an ebook reader. Hate to have to start a 30min track all over again to get to where u left off. Playlists are hard to work with. I just gave up on them, leaving them in order they were added to the device. I've used and made playlists in winamp 2.81, Windows Media Player 9, and 4th gen ipod with ease, but half the time, I'd rather use my PDA as an mp3 player if it were b/w these 2 for music -contrary to what's around, the c310x does NOT come with Canadian maps, preinstalled or otherwise -US maps are preloaded my next GPS device will have many more POIs, and text2speech, but my c310x gets me to where i wanna go, even in unkonwn territory
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For me the 66LMT, as i like the larger screen. I'm not familiar with the 2555lmt other than a quick check. If screen size is not a deal breaker than open up two windows and go line by line on features either here on Amazon or Garmin's site and decide what is most important to you.
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I have used the Magellan eXplorist 310 and was extremely satisfied. Before u actually go out and use if....try it around your house and get familiar with it.
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Don't know, mine was defective upon arrival, so I returned it and bought a Garmin---much better! Don't waste your money on this item.
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Hi Kirk, I have this 60CX, the version without the electronic compass (which can be a battery drain). The past two years, I've used it primarily in the car. I am pleased with it's performance in the car (and some on a motorcycle) and it gets me to unfamiliar places accurately here in the Houston area. The unit is surprisingly faster in satelite acquistion and route calculation than others that I have used. It won't talk to you. It beeps and flashes information on upcoming turns. That being said, I had to purchase the city navigator software from Garmin and 2 gb micro sd to do the detailed maps that the pre-loaded map that comes with the unit just won't do. The most recent city navigator retails for around $140. 2 gb cards are inexpensive. I've not had to use it for hiking or sailing. From what I've read, others have found it great for those applications. I have used it to go running and my experience is that you must hold it steady to calculate your pace accurately. This thing is extremely portable. It can fit in your pocket in a pinch. I believe this and the 76 series are the best all around gps-s. Good Luck!