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| Magellan Maestro 3250 3.5-Inch Portable GPS Navigator | 
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| Brand: Magellan
Category: CE
List Price: $449.99
Buy New: $162.00
You Save: $287.99 (64%)
New (38) Used (3) Refurbished (3)
Avg. Customer Rating:  107 reviews
Sales Rank: 908
Color: Black/Silver
Media: Electronics
Memorabilia: No
Tracks: Unknown
Batteries Included: No
Native Resolution: Unknown
Display Size: 3.5
Includes MP3 Player: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 4
Dimensions (in): 5.1 x 9.8 x 2.1
Legal Disclaimer: Warranty does not cover misuse of product.
MPN: Magellan Maestro 3250
Model: Magellan Maestro 3250
UPC: 063357117951
EAN: 0763357117950
ASIN: B000V4PZBY
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Customer Reviews:
 Wound up Returning June 27, 2008
0 out of 3 found this review helpful
I purchased this product and was not impressed. As far as the picture quality and graphics, it was great. The directions were easy to understand. The only problem is it didn't recognize all the Towns in my neighborhood. When I contacted Magellan about this, they said they would let tech support know and they couldn't guarantee when an upgrade would be ready. I returned this product and got a Garmin instead. Definitely get a Garmin, it is amazing!!!!
 Total satisfaction June 26, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
The Magellan Maestro 3250 might be the best GPS system in the market for its price. People said customer service was really bad, but I found out the contrary, it is fast and reliable. The directions are clear and accurate. When you are in the highway, it will let you know 2 miles in advance about the next maneuver. When I first got it, it seemed small, but once installed and tested the size is pretty good. It has four routing options: Shortest distance, fastest time, most use of highways and least use of highways; but I don't know which one is better to use. It has firmware updates available. They expect to release map updates sometime this year.
A Must-Have for Your Car June 18, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
This little device has saved us time and gas, taking us to highways and shorter routes that we would never have thought to use. It's very user-friendly. I haven't had a problem with the on/off switch, as some people have mentioned, except when I first took it out of the box and it wasn't fully charged. I highly recommend the Magellan Maestro.
 Just a little late June 11, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
I used the unit for a few weeks in LA and noted that at the four level I would have been in the wrong location if I did not already know the freeway as the directions did not match the signs, although it was the correct freeway name, sort of. However it did give me some unique alternatives to the tried and true routes that I have always used.
However I depended on it to take me out of the hills one night. On narrow dark unfamiliar streets I was at it's mercy. The problem is that the streets were poorly marked and more than one would come in at about the same point. I kept missing the one it wanted me to take. Each time I only knew there was a problem when it told me it was rerouting. I eventually did make it out but it would have been much faster to take the longer way I already knew.
Then I took it to Las Vegas. Once again, the most annoying thing is if you are depending on it to tell you where to turn. The street names often did not match -- it would say to turn onto a highway number but the street sign only had the street name. Then the bell that tells you it is time to turn consistently goes off AFTER the entrance to the left turn lane or the start of the gore point and after you have driven well past the address. Not a problem if there is only one obvious choice but in an unfamiliar location with streets or freeway interchanges close together or unmarked address and numerous driveways it was quite annoying to keep making U-turns or taking the next street, but thankfully the re-route was fairly good.
Coming back on I-15 it did show me there was a traffic alert. The 5mph I was driving was another good indication. When I hit the icon it took me to a screen that asked what length detour I wanted. But that was my question. Where was the hold-up. 5 miles, 10 miles, 25 miles? It gave me no indication how long the delay would be or where the accident was located.
If I selected a length it would give me options even in that remote situation but I opted to stick it out as no one else seemed to be taking any alternatives and it said the option was longer (but than what -- the normal time on I-15 or the time as it was on this day?) Perhaps if I had used the traffic option more before this trip I would have known but it seemed rather useless and I don't plan on paying to extend the service. One word of caution, the three months free seems to start on the day you purchase the unit. I did not sign up until over two months after purchase and only had a few days left.
The other annoying feature that others have touched upon is the voice recognition. It would pop on at odd times telling me to say a command. Then when I would say Magellan I had a hard time getting it to wake up. The one thing I really wanted it for was to find gas or restaurants without getting off the freeway or touching the unit. This it does not do. Or at least I could not find any option that would get me there.
The blue tooth worked but the speaker quality was so poor the other person has to repeat about half of everything they say.
Re-boots, yes a few so far. Trouble turning it on with the button, yes
All in all, it sure beats paper maps but . . .
It does the job June 9, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I have been using the Maestro 3250 for almost 5 months and think it is an excellent unit. It is not without it shortcomings but mostly works as it should.
The routing algorithm isn't perfect but most of the time does the job. My main issue is that when calculating the fastest route (as opposed to shortest route). I have noticed sometimes it thinks certain city streets are fastest than normal city street even if the distance change is pretty major. The re-route ability if I miss a turn works fine and the location tracking isn't always exact but close enough.
The Speech Recognition works great, when it works. I love the fact that while I am driving I can say "Magellan" then search for nearby restaurants or gas stations handfree. The only problem I have is occasionally the voice recongnition doesn't work, no matter how loud, soft, or clearly enunciated my speech.
Bluetooth works. I have a Motorola RAZR and it works, however I always get the error when pairing due to a failure to sync up SMS functionality. People I call via my cell phone/GPS pair say they can hear my clearly without any problems.
My unit has free trial period of the Traffic service. After using it for few weeks I can say it KINDA works. I don't think this is all the GPS fault though. Part of it is dependent on how accurate the reported traffic issue to the unit. I can say the if the GPS thinks your route is going through some traffic, it will re-route your trip to avoid it. One of my experiences is that it added over almost 1 hour to my trip (I was doing an over 230 mile road trip) because it thought 1 freeway was very slow. So it rerouted me to another freeway, I learned later from a friend who I met at the destination that there was no traffic on my original course.
I did try to use the included software on my computer to create my own POI's but never was able to do it. The software requires entering exact latitude and longitude coordinates instead of street address and I am too lazy to figure it out.
The AAA tourbook POI is nice, however I am disappointed it is not linked to the voice-recognition search for nearby restaurants.
All in all, the GPS does get me where I want to go and although I have my annoyances listed above , I will not give it up.
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