Magellan - Maestro 3100 GPS Receiver Review

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funkymom
Hancock, MI

instant map of where you are...a little annoying.

practical, Every day computer user, married, value conscious, budget conscious, cost-conscious, not rich, technically savvy

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Pros

bright, built in card reader, easily readable, good signal even inside, reasonably accurate

Cons

turns on every time you start car, have to cancel route to change, some maps outdated

DEC

2007

The dang thing turns on every time I start the car unless I unplug it, and then the plug thingy swings to and fro. It also has a touch screen which won't work with gloves but you can use a pencil eraser.

My Lowrance GPS (ancient) has a really neat thing where it shows you the path you've taken..this one doesn't. It's also pretty insistent on you taking the path it selects sometimes...not always...but that can be really annoying especially if you don't put in your destination and then you turn it on when you're half way there and you just want a map and it keeps telling you how to go home unless you stop and reset it.

If you need to go somewhere that you're not sure of it will really help...but it also doesn't zoom out w/o losing a lot of detail....so you can't see what's a mile ahead, just where you currently are.

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Key Features	Designation Automobile Form Factor Fixed Map capabilities Map cartridges / Data cards Receiver type Parallel-Channel (20)
Display	Display Type 64k Colors LCD TFT Display Resolutions 320 X 240
Technical Features	Special Features Waypoint Icons
Other Features	Antenna Built-in
Dimensions	Width 4.3 in. Depth 1.1 in. Height 3.5 in.
Miscellaneous	Product ID 42894297 UPC 763357117226
GPS System	Max. Horizontal accuracy < 16 feet
Product MPN	MPN 98093401