Magellan Maestro 4250

Pros: Ease of Use and re-routing. Simple voice commands.  AAA points-of-interest and AAA TourBook built-in information.

Cons: Shortest route can make for strange routes. 

The Bottom Line: We LOVE the Magellan Maestro 4250! 

Review: I have wanted to buy a GPS for some time now, but how do you know what to purchase?  I started out shopping for a Garmon, but purchased the Magellan Maestro 4250 after comparing features and reading product reviews.  I am a ...

Pros: Voice control, Bluetooth

Cons: Poor on-screen sensitivity

The Bottom Line: While Magellan couldn't get everything quite polished, they did try to get everything into this unit.

Review: A friend of mine, eager to show off his new toy, recently gave me a few days with his new Magellan Maestro 4250. As I have said before, most of these GPS units come with the same standard features and it is really the presentation of those features and ...

Pros: Voice command
Many POI's
Easy to use
AAA guidebook feature
bluetooth
large screen

Cons: battery not great
map updates expensive
doesn't reset automatically to new location after being off

The Bottom Line: awesome unit, some glitches, but we love it.

Review: I got this GPS for my hubby for his birthday and he was so thrilled.  I got it on Amazon for a great deal after doing a lot of research.  This model has a very nice large screen and a load of awesome features.  We have so far used the ...

Pros: Lots of nice feature for the price Screen quality Voice recognition

Cons: Must plug power on the side to power it Can't rotate head of holding support

The Bottom Line: Buy it if you have a great price like 250$. You won't have all those feature in a Garmin for that price.

Review: I bought this GPS just before going on a 3500 km trip around the Gaspesia region in the Province of Quebec in Canada. Had no time to study all the features but it was very easy to learn. I was already familiar with a Garmin Nuvi before. One of the ...

Pros: Great GUI, when it works, it works great.

Cons: Has some software bugs that need addressing. I'll try a TomTom next...

Review: Well, I bought this from Costco for 300$ for a road trip from Ottawa Ontario to Baltimore MD. It worked quite well most of the time and the voice recognition was better than expected. Routing and rerouting was done reasonably fast and the signal was ...

Pros: Easy to use, lots of features

Cons: Old maps pre-loaded

Review: The unit itself if nice, but then I noticed it comes with 2007 maps and newer 2008/2009 maps are available. I called and will be getting the new maps "free" but still have to pay $10 shipping. That is much less than the $80 the maps would cost, but I ...

Pros: Lots of enhancements

Cons: Cost. Broke within 3 weeks of using it.

Review: Bought it in February 2008, didn't use it until June 2008. It broke within 3 weeks. Won't charge. Have to send it back for repairs. I'm buying a Garmin c340 for about $300 ...

Pros: nice display and easy to follow directions.

Cons: Bluetooth and VR might as well not be included,customer
service is a joke.

Review: The unit looks great but it does not work as well as it looks.The Bluetooth is terrible, garbled and not able to be understood.The maps are older but not too outdated,the voice recognition is very basic and not of much use,it has a habit of ...

Pros: it looks nice

Cons: many listed in the review

The Bottom Line: I would not recommend this product. It and it's company is not reliable.

Review: THIS COMPANY IS NOT ONE YOU WANT TO BUY FROM OR DEAL WITH! I bought a brand new gps online, and after I received it, it malfunctioned on the 2nd day of having it! It was stuck on a settings screen—unable to be used. I tried to reset it, but it was ...