Comments on: Magellan Roadmate 1430 Review http://gpselite.com/magellan-roadmate-1430-review-443 Where are you going today? Mon, 01 Mar 2010 18:56:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Anonymous http://gpselite.com/magellan-roadmate-1430-review-443/comment-page-1#comment-273 Anonymous Wed, 08 Apr 2009 09:04:37 +0000 http://gpselite.com/?p=443#comment-273 <strong>Excellent Upgrade That cost less.</strong><br />I "upgraded" from an older Roadmate 3000T. This RoadMate 1430 takes all the things that are good about the old one and improves on them. Very easy to navigate touchscreen. Just play with the screen pushing different icons and you will love how easy it is. You don't have to always go to different screens to change things. I love the multidestination feature and the spoken street names. The only thing that will make these GPS units better is if they team up with google or mapquest, etc, so you can custom make a map and import it into the gps. Now that would be the ultimate. I have never had any need for the traffic re-routing. Excellent Upgrade That cost less.
I “upgraded” from an older Roadmate 3000T. This RoadMate 1430 takes all the things that are good about the old one and improves on them. Very easy to navigate touchscreen. Just play with the screen pushing different icons and you will love how easy it is. You don’t have to always go to different screens to change things. I love the multidestination feature and the spoken street names. The only thing that will make these GPS units better is if they team up with google or mapquest, etc, so you can custom make a map and import it into the gps. Now that would be the ultimate. I have never had any need for the traffic re-routing.

]]> By: seanriley81 http://gpselite.com/magellan-roadmate-1430-review-443/comment-page-1#comment-274 seanriley81 Tue, 03 Mar 2009 23:59:51 +0000 http://gpselite.com/?p=443#comment-274 <strong>Best choice for value.</strong><br />I was referred to Magellan's products through use of a friend whom already owns one and I stand by my choice to return my tom tom neither may not be as fast as some, but the Magellan roadmate 1430 with free traffic subscription is the choice to go with and the deal here you can't beat from where I've seen if you can find it anywhere else anymore. <br /> <br />Pros: <br />UI (user interface): easy to navigate menus. widescreen certainly comes in handy for scrolling and typing. <br />Automatically traffic detouring. <br />Auto reroute <br />Trip planner / Multiple destinations automatically sorts multiple destinations per trip. <br />Voiced street names announced for every turn including freeways exit/on ramps <br />and oh yeah my favorite the doorbell or chime to alert when exactly your turn is coming up and its balls on accurate every time! <br /> <br />Cons: <br />Touch screen response has its moments, but seems to be only when it hasn't warmed up. <br />There is only one (1) way point you can set at a time, but I never seem to mind that since it saves previous addresses for later if you find yourself needing to use them again. <br />no pedestrian mode. <br /> <br />Overall I love this model it only has what I need it for and that's GPS! <br /> <br />Definitely recommend this product to a friend. Best choice for value.
I was referred to Magellan’s products through use of a friend whom already owns one and I stand by my choice to return my tom tom neither may not be as fast as some, but the Magellan roadmate 1430 with free traffic subscription is the choice to go with and the deal here you can’t beat from where I’ve seen if you can find it anywhere else anymore.

Pros:

UI (user interface): easy to navigate menus. widescreen certainly comes in handy for scrolling and typing.

Automatically traffic detouring.

Auto reroute

Trip planner / Multiple destinations automatically sorts multiple destinations per trip.

Voiced street names announced for every turn including freeways exit/on ramps

and oh yeah my favorite the doorbell or chime to alert when exactly your turn is coming up and its balls on accurate every time!

Cons:

Touch screen response has its moments, but seems to be only when it hasn’t warmed up.

There is only one (1) way point you can set at a time, but I never seem to mind that since it saves previous addresses for later if you find yourself needing to use them again.

no pedestrian mode.

Overall I love this model it only has what I need it for and that’s GPS!

Definitely recommend this product to a friend.

]]> By: Anonymous http://gpselite.com/magellan-roadmate-1430-review-443/comment-page-1#comment-275 Anonymous Sun, 11 Jan 2009 23:16:42 +0000 http://gpselite.com/?p=443#comment-275 <strong>on the road again</strong><br />Just received the gps at christmas time and have not had a chance to give it a real test. However, the times I have used it,it has performed as expected. Very colorful at night and easy to read.I have a bad tendency to try and read while driving and that scares me a bit. Alot of times driving in heavy traffic so there are certain dangers I must try to avoid. Very happy with the unit so far. on the road again
Just received the gps at christmas time and have not had a chance to give it a real test. However, the times I have used it,it has performed as expected. Very colorful at night and easy to read.I have a bad tendency to try and read while driving and that scares me a bit. Alot of times driving in heavy traffic so there are certain dangers I must try to avoid. Very happy with the unit so far.

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