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Magellan RoadMate 2035 4.3-Inch Widescreen Portable GPS Navigator with Lifetime Traffic
6 Sep2010
Magellan RoadMate 2035 4.3-Inch Widescreen Portable GPS Navigator with Lifetime Traffic
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(out of 5 reviews)
List Price: $ 169.99
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- GPS navigator with 4.3-inch touchscreen features lifetime traffic alerts, OneTouch favorites, and more
- Pre-loaded maps of contiguous U.S., Hawaii, and Puerto Rico, with 6 million searchable points of interest
- OneTouch favorites menu affords instant access to your personalized bookmarks of favorite places
- Real-time, subscription-free traffic updates sent directly to your GPS unit
- Spoken street name guidance lets you keep your eyes on the road
RoadMate 2035 4.3″ Widescreen Auto GPS Navigation UnitMake your Magellan RoadMate 2035 as individual as you are.Enjoy subscription-free, lifetime traffic alerts available at any time! Preloaded maps of the 48 contiguous United States, Hawaii, and Puerto Rico make this perfect for travel across the country.Personalize your travel experience with the OneTouch menu of your favorite places and searches. Bookmark your favorite coffee shop, restaurant, gas station, or bank to find the nearest location
- In: Navigation
- Tags: 2035, 4.3Inch, Lifetime, Magellan, Navigator, Portable, RoadMate, Traffic, Widescreen
5 Responses to Magellan RoadMate 2035 4.3-Inch Widescreen Portable GPS Navigator with Lifetime Traffic
A. Boston
September 6th, 2010 at 11:06 pm
Review by A. Boston for Magellan RoadMate 2035 4.3-Inch Widescreen Portable GPS Navigator with Lifetime Traffic
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Watch Video Here: http://www.amazon.com/review/R21DNJ7VMURXNM Here’s my video review, if you have any questions or something I didn’t cover, please feel free to leave a comment and I’ll do my best to answer!
Big Pros!:
- I often use a traffic app on my iphone. So I’m sitting there with all these devices, all with different info. Now, with this GPS, it’s got it all. Live traffic updates and I won’t have to pay attention to multiple screens.
- The screen is large and bright, and the voice is nice and loud. Sometimes I have issues hearing my garmin, with this I was only 1/2 way in the sound level and it was clear as a bell.
- My garmin has a flip up antenna that I’m always convinced I’ll eventually snap off. The Magellan is internal, so that makes me a lot more comfortable.
- I LOVE the fact that it adjust so fast to wrong turns, but it doesn’t shout “recalculating” at me, which really usually just makes you feel dumb that even with a GPS you’re still going the wrong way. It just quickly decides the next best way to continue on my route. Sometimes my Garmin will send me on the most ridiculous back tracking journeys, the Magellan so far hasn’t done that to me.
I love this Magellan RoadMate 2035 GPS top to bottom. In comparing it with my Garmin Nuvi 360, there a couple features I did notice though that this doesn’t have, which can be a Con depending on what features are important to you.
- security code: I lock my garmin only because people seem to steal GPS devices from cars quite often in my town. If someone were to steal my nuvi, they won’t be able to use it(unless they’re a way to break into them, which I’m not aware of). It just sits there asking for your password/security code.
- My garmin links with my iphone by bluetooth to turn the GPS into a speaker phone. I don’t actually use this feature anymore since I just turn on the speakerphone on the phone, but some people may really want that.
- My garmin lets you choose a variety of voices with a few different accents, most notably British or Australian. The garmin woman is just annoying to listen to, so I had it set to an Australian guy who was very pleasant. This Magellan is one voice, no choices. But so far she isn’t grating on my nerves.
- It didn’t come with a little slip case. In the box there was the actual GPS, manual, window suction cup mount and charger. So now I’ll have to find something to protect it when it’s in my bag.
J. Melton
September 6th, 2010 at 11:38 pm
Review by J. Melton for Magellan RoadMate 2035 4.3-Inch Widescreen Portable GPS Navigator with Lifetime Traffic
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I have had this unit for a week now after returning a refurbished Garmin NUVI 1370 I had purchased from Amazon as well. The Magellan was heavily discounted and had decent reviews so I thought I would give another brand a try. This GPS does exatly what a GPS is designed to do, tells you where you are, and how to get where you are going. It reroutes within about 50 feet following a missed turn and provides you options for minimizing or maximizing highway use, fastest/shortest route, and avoiding toll roads. The touchscreen is much more responsive than the Garmin was and navigating the menus was very intuitive (I have yet to open the manual). The only negatives I have about this unit are there are occasional banner ads that pop up which I could definitely do without, in direct sunlight the screen gets washed out a bit but not to the point of being indecipherable. That being said, if you don’t need bluetooth, MP3 player, voice recognition and a game player in your GPS, but just want a GPS that does its job and provides you with up to date traffic information, then this is what you are looking for.
Grandma
September 6th, 2010 at 11:57 pm
Review by Grandma for Magellan RoadMate 2035 4.3-Inch Widescreen Portable GPS Navigator with Lifetime Traffic
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The Magellan RoadMate 2035 4.3-Inch Widescreen Portable GPS Navigator with Lifetime Traffic arrived today, so my daughter and I took it for a test drive as we did the weekly shopping – and we were mostly impressed. (BTW, we were comparing this to my daughter’s TomTom.) The Roadmate is very lightweight and the windshield mount is easily adjusted – a very nice feature. While there is no option other than the one voice, the voice the gadget provides directions in is very pleasant, not the least abrasive, and the data loads up quite rapidly. We also liked the larger screen.
There were several things that we did not like. First, the Roadmate does not come with either a USB cable or a power cord that allows you to charge the device in your home. If you want to download the software updates, you’ll have to provide a USB cable yourself. We decided to subtract a full star for that oversight.
We programmed the navigator to take us to Walmart. The Roadmate insisted that there is a road connecting to the back of my driveway and was adamant that we drive through the backyard. When it finally got the idea that we were on what it considered the “wrong” street it insisted that we U-turn in the middle of the highway. Eventually, however, the thing did get the idea that we were not going to do that and provided directions to Walmart via a road that we had not been on. This IS New England (don’t even try to get accurate directions to the Boston Aquarium!) and that road is not paved – but the view was stunning and we shaved about 10 miles and twice as many minutes off the usual route.
All in all, you’ll not go wrong for the price.
Harkius
September 7th, 2010 at 12:34 am
Review by Harkius for Magellan RoadMate 2035 4.3-Inch Widescreen Portable GPS Navigator with Lifetime Traffic
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In the interests of full disclosure, I have used a total of three (3) GPS devices. One was a Dell Netbook (which was worthless, and can barely get a signal, outside, when you are holding still). One was a Garmin nüvi 295W 3.5-Inch Widescreen Wi-Fi Portable GPS Navigator (which was super fantastic, best GPS I’ve ever used). And the third one was this (obviously).
So, for a straight-up GPS, you really only care about three things.
First, how is the reception? For this category, this GPS receiver didn’t do so hot. Standing next to a bank of floor to ceiling windows in my building, I was unable to get a signal. Only once I was outside was I able to get one. In the car (a Toyota Carolla), I was able to get signal without placing this on my windshield. So a passenger/navigator is a possibility. So, the reception was a bit spotty, and tends to be a bit weak in Southeast Wyoming for any GPS (although the Garmin worked beautifully).
Second, how fast and how easily does it reroute? On a pedestrian function, it did miserably, telling me to turn around and take a different route, even after I was within 100 feet of my destination. However, on a highway setting in an automobile, it rerouted faster than I could safely look at it, so in less than thirty seconds. The rerouting was simple, but I have to believe that a complicated reroute wouldn’t have taken much longer. And, as A. Boston pointed out, there is no obnoxious “Rerouting…” statement, which apparently offends some. (Drivers of nearby vehicles probably would have been more flustered by me, yelling at the GPS that I was not interested in taking a particular, scary, highway. So…)
Third, how visible is the screen. This is where this one actually has a SLIGHT edge on the Garmin. As you can see from the stats, the screen is nearly a full inch larger. This means that it is a bit easier to see your upcoming turn. (Although the Garmin notifies you more directly, which I favor infinitely more. It will say, “Turn left at the next street, Elm Street”, rather than the simple tone of the Magellan.) Moreover, the larger screen makes typing much, much easier. I spent a lot of time trying to type on the Garmin, but I have fat finger syndrome, so a stylus would have easily solved it, and practice made the problem nearly disappear.
So, which would I recommend? If you are a budget shopper, looking ONLY for GPS functionality, and price is your number one concern, the Magellan will probably serve your needs. BUT, if you can afford to upgrade to the Garmin, I would do it, and you probably will never look back. That unit has WiFi (in addition to GPS) and email and internet capabilities, which, if you are searching for a store, can be infinitely more useful…). But, this is definitely a good GPS for the value.
Harkius
MotherLodeBeth
September 7th, 2010 at 12:43 am
Review by MotherLodeBeth for Magellan RoadMate 2035 4.3-Inch Widescreen Portable GPS Navigator with Lifetime Traffic
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Nice design,pretty simple to use. And they remind you that the GPS unit can NOT be left in the car in summer or winter if the temperatures are hot or cold as this will affect the unit.
Also make sure the window surface where its mounted is clean and does not obstruct the drivers view. Common sense I know, but there are some people who don’t read the manual and then wonder why they had an accident.
Not sure how long the internal battery they have with the unit will last, but the manual says the unit is charging whenever its on. And that in the beginning it needs up to 4 hours to fully charge. This unit is a nice size and easy to use.
Should note that this is the first portable GPS I have owned, so don’t have anything to compare it with.
Also need to not that a windshield repair guy told me that if you have even a slight nick in the windshield that you need to be warned that the suction holder may make the nick bigger depending on wind, hot/freezing weather conditions.
Unlike the installed GPS in the vehicle I have been in, the screen on this product and most other portable GPS units, is small. Which could be a concern for someone older or younger with vision issues. Go over the speed limit and the unit may hick up, when it comes to turn left, turn right etc directions.