| Do you spend lots of time planning routes and | | | | route I'd have chosen.You get yard by yard voice |
| checking maps on the road. You don't have any | | | | instructions (so you don't have to look at the |
| more with a Magellan RoadMate.I work in the film | | | | screen as you drive) and it corrects directions |
| industry, scouting locations for possible shooting. | | | | immediately if you take a wrong turning, and |
| These can be in built-up urban areas and remote | | | | there's a handy "Repeat" button to get an instant |
| locations all over California.I often had problems | | | | repeat if you didn't hear an instruction.If you need |
| finding my way, even with detailed instructions. I | | | | a visual representation of where you are, there is |
| spent as much time parked and reading maps | | | | a useful "3-d" view, down to lamp-posts and |
| than I did driving.Then I bought a RoadMate and | | | | garbage cans. The screen is easy to read, with |
| within hours I felt I would never get lost again. | | | | views designed for use in both light and dark |
| The RoadMate works right out the box, no | | | | conditions.The helpful voice will even give you a |
| complicated set-up and no downloading | | | | countdown of yards before you reach your |
| information - perfect for a technophobe like | | | | destination, even if that destination is a remote |
| me!Now I don't waste time scribbling instructions. I | | | | dirt-track.I can guarantee that the RoadMate has |
| switch the unit on when I get into the car and | | | | saved me countless hours and frustration from |
| within seconds it has a fix on my position (even in | | | | reading maps and getting lost.When I'm returning |
| the car port).I have my contact give me the | | | | home, I choose my address from those stored in |
| address or even a landmark close by, and type it | | | | the memory, and off I go. If I've noticed any |
| into the RoadMate. Just like that, it finds my | | | | roads I want to avoid on the way, traffic jams |
| destination. And if I'm going to be going to that | | | | for instance, I can specify avoiding them, and the |
| destination again I can save it in the memory for | | | | RoadMate has new directions for me right |
| future use.It offers 4 modes - the first time I | | | | away.All in all, it's a tool I wouldn't want to be |
| tested it out I chose "shortest route" from home | | | | reviews and rates electronic navigation devices |
| to office, and it displayed almost exactly the | | | | for automobile and truck drivers. |