Magellan Maestro 4000 4.3-Inch Portable GPS Navigator
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Customer Review: Good value but many compromises
Summary: 3 Stars
Competitive price, large screen, and updated map are the strength of Magellan Maestro 4000 GPS. However, it comes with many hidden compromises buyers needs to be aware of.
The biggest problem I have is the random freeze-up problem. For no apparent reason, it would stop working. You will need to poke the reset hole to completely restart the system (power on/off would not work). It tends to happen in prolonged, continuous use (2+ hours).
Most system controls are accessed from touch screen. Unless you have fingers as thin as a pencil, you will have problems pushing the right places. Some frequently used functions such as 2D/3D map switching and north-up/head-up switching require multiple touches. This is awkward.
As another use pointed out, POI database is small and the search is slow.
The system uses an algorithm to predict where the gps will be in the next second and to calculate your speed. The algorithm appears not optimized. the predicted gps location is often behind the actual location causing missing turns.
But at 50% of the price of a Garmin 650, I will live with the compromises.
Customer Review: Magellan Maestro 4000 Portable GPS with 4.3 in screen
Summary: 4 Stars
We love our new Magellan Maestro 4000, I gave it to my Husband for Christmas, but I'm the one using it so I can teach him, lol. I'm sure it will be a lot of help and fun when we go on road trips. A couple of things I am not happy about is that my Sister lives on a main US highway (US 581) in Bailey, NC. The road has been there forever, but my GPS does not show it at all, so I couldn't go to my Sister's for Christmas, lol, just kidding of course. Also here in our area of Henderson, NC, we have 2 new roads that were built and that we use a lot, but they too are not on my GPS. Yes, I did a recent update from the Magellan web site. That's another thing, the web site said that this particular GPS had not been updated since the 3rd quarter of 2006, I guess that's when it was put on the market. So I did the update, but still the things I mentioned above were not available. All in all I am very happy with it, it gets me home and to work, lol. I'm sure when the time comes it will also get us where we are going. We will try it at the end of the month when we take a 6 hour trip to western Maryland to my Dad's house.Customer Review: Some minor flaws but can live with them
Summary: 4 Stars
I just got this Maestro 4000 yesterday. I tried it out on some places I normally go, and like the feature that I can plan a trip with multiple destinations. I got to one location and didn't have to give it much thought how to get to the next location. I do wish it had the feature to hear the Exit numbers or street name that you are preparing to turn on. I found on some city streets, the streets are too close and you have to look at the device to see the street name you are to turn on. I also took a "locals" shortcut that is faster than the route it suggested, and wish it saved the information like a "crumb trail" for returning on that route. Though, it was speedy (about 10 sec) in recalculating the route after I had made the turn. I found that in most cases, it dings appropriately when you are to make a turn but a couple times, I had already arrived at my destination before it recognized I had (maybe 1/10 mile off). Overall, I like it for the money and can't wait to use it for a long trip. It's very easy to use. The voice prompts are very clear and understandable (except the lack of street names!)Customer Review: Limited POI's
Summary: 3 Stars
First the good stuff. The GPS accuracy exceeds my expectations, it is usually accurate to within about 10 feet. The "directions" have been flawless so far. The voice prompts are clear and easy to understand. The screen is very large and easy to read. The menus are are breeze to use, and there is no "learning curve".
Now the bad stuff. There is no way for me to look up POIs on my computer, and download them; which is stupid since the unit has a USB interface. The POIs on the GPS are all "AAA" rated places, so you are limited to the places that "AAA" wants you to go to. I looked up restaraunts in my area, for which there are at least 20 "chain restaraunts" like chili's & applebees etc; however, it only listed one obscure restaurant in my area. The next closest place it listed was nearly 10 miles away!!! In my opinion the pre-loaded POIs are absolutely useless. And with no way to download them from my PC, I am forced to look up the address via internet and then MANUALLY enter them into the GPS (this seems like stone-age technology to me).
Customer Review: Good... but it did mess up
Summary: 3 Stars
First off, this is a good product but Magellan should either update the maps or provide a free upgrade, Garmin did for my dads Nuvi 650. Okay I used this to go to South Bend, IN from Lafayette, IN I ran into a closed road on the way and it took me there once it rerouted, however it did try to take me down a one way road. On the way home I tried to take I-65 as it directed but it was closed in two places then it rerouted me and got me lost in Gary the murder capital wtf. I was able to reroute for the shortest distance and it took me out into bfe to get to a major highway. Then I encountered another road closing luckly the opposite way I was going to turn took me back on to I-65 where I wanted to go. I only discovered this because I needed gas otherwise I would have been who knows where. Anyway I would like to try the updated maps, I think this would solve some of the reroute problems (obviously the road closings will not show up). Although it did take me all over the place it did get me out of Gary, without I would have been SOL.