Magellan RoadMate 1430 4.3-Inch Portable GPS Navigator

First the Pro's of this GPS unit : The wide screen is great compared to a few other GPS units I have owned in the past and easy to see the roads and points of interest. It was very easy to install on the windsheild with the suction adaptor included plus its easy to remove the unit by just a lift of the lock. It came with a 90 day free trial of road hazard warning and traffic back up to give you an option of detour to avoid the area before you came to it. Nice slim unit about the thickness of a deck of cards so if you wanted you can disconnect it and put it into your pocket if you were in an area known for high theft . The lovely womans voice is pleasant to hear which you can adjust the volume to suit your needs. Screen changes as night comes to give you a night view of the area which I found interesting.Cons : Being a brand new GPS I was very dissapointed that the maps had not been updated for many years it seems . We type in Costco which has been here for over 15 years and it never showed up nor the road it is on . After calling tech support and explaining the problem we had to pay another ten dollars ( for shipping ) to recieve the new spring 2009 map disk update . Everything works okay now and roads and business's now show up . The so called free 90 day traffic hazard never has worked and we have gone past ( and been in ) several road construction projects that's been going on for a few years on state highways and county roads, PLUS we have been in traffic back ups from accidents and rush hour traffic and the GPS never gave any warning whatsoever, so that feature does not work at all and would be a waste of money for this unit. The touch screen being new of course is hard to hit with your finger but using the eraser end of a pencil works okay for the time being .If you plan on buying this unit be prepared to fork out another ten dollars to get the updated maps from magellan, plus don't bother paying for a subscription for their traffic alert program. Just use the 90 day free trial and see if it ever gives you road warning or not.

well it was fine until it broke all of a sudden

I have liked this product and it is great to have on the road. I enjoy the audio indicators to alert you of a turn before and once you are there (Great especially if you miss first notice of upcoming turn). It is easy to use & enter information. My only issue is it is hard to find nearby beaches wihtout exact address. However, everything else is great. Maps are clear and size is great to easily see all street names.

SO I have been on the hunt for the best traffic. and this isn't it. I had the DASH express which was internet connected, and it was so good that it is hard to compare. (I didnt like how big it was and had bad graphics, but the traffic was spot on!)Anyhow, this can tell you when there is traffic... when you are in it!Great. I want to go from A to B and it gives me the route assuming no traffic, and as you turn on the ramp and are in bumper to bumper it says " you are in traffic". Geez Thanks buddy. Oh, do I want to reroute, where? To more traffic? How does that route compare to this route??? unknown.SO basically real traffic is just a feature bullet point, but isnt real yet.Gonna be returning this and keeping my tom tom 140.Also I dont get widescreen. Sounds good in the ads, I guess that is why people buy it. But it takes up more room and obstructs your view and is completely unnecessary.Also the # of button presses to get anything done, is about 2x vs TomTom. And the mapping was much worse. With the TT I know about 200 yards away from a traffic circle, this one about 75.

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 rerouteTrip planner / Multiple destinations automatically sorts multiple destinations per trip.Voiced street names announced for every turn including freeways exit/on rampsand 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.

All these things screw up once in a while, but this is as good as any out there,and for 120 bucks and a year of free traffic update service (or was it 6 months ?) you cannot get a better GPS. It is popular with thieves, also; I have had to buy 4 of them due to Atlanta democrats stealing 3 from my vehicles.

From the fastest routing mode, the software installed in this GPS was taking us on local roads with congested traffic instead of keeping us freeways. Fortunately about a month after I bought it, Magellan posted firmware that corrected the problem.

One of my favorite GPS brands and I dont have to hear recalulating. This is GPS works faster than what I was using. so far I have no complaints about it as it has gotten me all over with out having to go through tolls or waisting my time.