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