Comments on: Magellan Maestro 3250 http://www.gpsreview.net/magellan-maestro-3250/ GPS Reviews for Garmin, Magellan, TomTom, and other GPS Systems Sat, 21 Nov 2009 02:27:52 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: John http://www.gpsreview.net/magellan-maestro-3250/#comment-48275 John Sun, 29 Jun 2008 02:26:34 +0000 http://www.gpsreview.net/magellan-maestro-3250/#comment-48275 Purchased this unit before vacation and was thoroughly pleased with its performance and price [snip, see comment policy]. With the integrated RDS-TMC receiver I added NAVTEQ traffic subscription for $34/yr (w/AAA discount) and found several cases where it routed us around serious tie-ups, although it also recommended rerouting in two cases that were unnecessary. Very worthwhile! The Bluetooth works well, but car noise pickup limits intelligibility. The auto-night screen was reliable, but I would prefer a dimmer display. The small screen is very readable for its location near the left window post, and with text-to-speech there is less need to view the screen. Route recalculation, criticized by Cons. Rpts, was noticabably speeded with current software update. After using a (costly) Garmin 800 in a rental car for a week, I heartily recommend this unit. Purchased this unit before vacation and was thoroughly pleased with its performance and price [snip, see comment policy]. With the integrated RDS-TMC receiver I added NAVTEQ traffic subscription for $34/yr (w/AAA discount) and found several cases where it routed us around serious tie-ups, although it also recommended rerouting in two cases that were unnecessary. Very worthwhile!
The Bluetooth works well, but car noise pickup limits intelligibility. The auto-night screen was reliable, but I would prefer a dimmer display.
The small screen is very readable for its location near the left window post, and with text-to-speech there is less need to view the screen. Route recalculation, criticized by Cons. Rpts, was noticabably speeded with current software update.
After using a (costly) Garmin 800 in a rental car for a week, I heartily recommend this unit.

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