We have a Magellan (AAA model) - this is one that you can rent in a Hertz car to check out. The Hertz interface is clunky; the regular Magellan has a touch screen.
We love it - it offers fastest time or shortest distance options. The maps are updateable (did it at the beginning of the year). As others have said - if Mapquest doesn't know an address, neither will the Magellan. You can enter an intersection though.
Really like how it shows your next "maneuver" (right or left) and how many miles down the road. Plus I find it very helpful warning me before I have to make a turn in a city driving situation.
It has on occasion steered us wrong - usually when the address of a destination is not the street where one actually makes the turn...
You can zoom the size of the map which show your location depending on how much detail you need.
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2008-07-25 02:13 (UTC)We love it - it offers fastest time or shortest distance options. The maps are updateable (did it at the beginning of the year). As others have said - if Mapquest doesn't know an address, neither will the Magellan. You can enter an intersection though.
Really like how it shows your next "maneuver" (right or left) and how many miles down the road. Plus I find it very helpful warning me before I have to make a turn in a city driving situation.
It has on occasion steered us wrong - usually when the address of a destination is not the street where one actually makes the turn...
You can zoom the size of the map which show your location depending on how much detail you need.