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 - 'Maggie' is part of the family now. . . We returned a Garmen 650 for this Magellan after doing research. We have used her a several months now and she has done quite well, although not quite perfect. Her 3d presentations and voice directions work very well --it is nice to see the Walmarts, Starbucks laid out ahead in perspective in bright, crisp details. She does a nice job of alerting you to turns and pronounces street names fairly well. The bluetooth to the cell phone is handy, the phone numbers of places of interest she will dial and all that come in very handy sometimes. The hardware, USB, software, mounts and carring cases are nice. We play with the voice recognition a lot, that is fun, and does keep both hands on the wheel. My wife became quite attached to her during an emergency a month after we bought her as during Hurricane Dolly I had to stay behind (working in Harlingen) and sent her, our kids and 'Maggie' on ahead to San Antonio, a city my wife had never been before. . . Now, I do not think you could hardly buy Maggie from my wife! She took my wife right to a complicated parking scenario in a hotel on the 'River Walk' without wasting a turn --Maggie was especially reassuring to my wife in that extreme condition (indeed, she still is reassuring to have to me, too, especially being the husband of a directionally-challenged wife :-( ) Almost always she works just great! (Maggie) ( ;-) ) However, if there were a 4 1/2 star rating I would have given her that (didn't want to hurt her feelings with a four and went with five) as on very-rare occasions Maggie will get it just a little wrong: the worst, one trip she had the 'distance to destination' abokut 50 miles off when we were about 200 miles from home. There are other times when she 'reroutes,' e.g. after I make an unexpected or bizarre-to-her turn, sometimes she will choose a reroute that is longer than optimum. But again, these slips are rare and have never been signficant. Also, I don't like having to 'exit' my trip to search for a Starbucks, the only other annoyance I can think of, but I can live with that as it is easy to 'resume'. . . Like I say she is part of the family now, wouldn't consider another --would not leave home without her. I highly-recommend her. Rating:  - Maestro 4250 - my opinionThe unit comes in a very nice case. The mount is also of a very good quality. It picks up signal very quick. The ONLY thing that I did not like, ( and what made me return it) was the cast that you can not use it out of the US. No other countries maps are available( such as Europe), and you will have to by another unit. That is NOT ecceptable. Rating:  - I love it more than my old RoadmateThis is definitely a use-it-right-out-of-the-box product. I turned it on while standing INSIDE my house. When I said "nearest coffee" Maggie immediately gave me directions, and, yes, to the "nearest *bux" ! I am also impressed the Maestro 4250 works from the backseat of my friend's car. Battery lasts about 3 hours and the ability to recharge from the car or in the house is a great feature. It is so great she can guide me home even from across the state just by my saying "go home". I have not connected her to my Bluetooth, but plan to do so for more handsfree usage. I am disappointed in the fact that streets that have been there for almost 10 years do not show up on some of the maps. For this reason I gave her 4 stars, but, hopefully, more frequent map updates will be an option soon. This problem does not seem to be unique to Magellan as I have friends with other makes who have a similar complaint. Rating: - Awesome This is an awesome item. I doubted it and change course while on the interstate and it rerouted me to my destination. This best item I brought this year. Rating: - Magellan Maestro 4250The product seems to work well so far. The only complaint I have about it is that it seems to take awhile to locate the satellites at startup. Sometimes it takes as long as 10 minutes (which is not good if you start out not knowing where you're going). I also wish I could make the screen a bit brighter and the volume a bit louder. The bluetooth works with my T-Mobile phone but I have to remember to disconnect the connection through the Magellan screen. If I happen to turn off my cell phone without disconnecting first from Magellan, then the Magellan screen will lock up and I will have to reset (push the button at the bottom of the unit) to get out of the locked up screen. My particular cell-phone is not on the compatibility listing, though, so I should be happy that it works at all even though it's not supposed to. A louder volume control for cell phone usage through this Magellan device would be best served here. Other than these few points it is a great unit. It has a nice wide screen and is very easy to use. This is my first navigation device. I'm overall very pleased with it.
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