Magellan Maestro 4250 GPS Receiver

Maestro 4250 review

By rmears51  Jan 1, 2009 | 1 out of 1 found this Magellan Maestro 4250 review helpful

Pros: Size and ease of operation

Cons: Bluetooth volume

This is a very easy unit to operate and it well worth the price if you could hear the phone when someone calls. Also when trying to resolve this issue with the company emails are ignored.

Magellan GPS Maestro 4250

By Gianni  Nov 24, 2008 | 3 out of 3 found this Magellan Maestro 4250 review helpful

Pros: Simple to use and good looks

Cons: None

I purchased my Magellan Maestro about 6 monts ago and have faithfully used it everywhere I go. Given that I travel frequently, I have had the opportunity to bring it along on all my various city visits and it has done its job 110%.

I don't leave home without it!

Great product compared to most of the Garmins (which cost alot more for the same features).

This GPS gets my thumbs-up.

Does not meet C.U. Report Raves

By KENNETH FN  Aug 30, 2008 | 2 out of 3 found this Magellan Maestro 4250 review helpful

Pros: On par with low end GPS

Cons: Poorly design Menu

Not only does the 4250 Maestro GPS menu leaves much to be desired, the manual printed from the Internet is grossly inaccurate. Following the step by step instructions will only leave one flustrated. It does not indicate the illustrated function leaving one to guess at the next step, or lead one to go back and try again, only to repeat itself. I found skiping the second step in some steps will get you closer to what is desired in some instances. Over the years I have used cheaper and better GPS units and got better results. The 4250 is my fourth Magellan hand held unit. I will never buy another one at any price. Their manual needs to be completely rewritten in a language that meets actual results. Also, one needs to know the Zip Codes or a city to find an intersection, but even then small towns can not be use in cross country navigation. A map is a must if one travels to camp out and kayak, hunt, or whatevee, out side of large cities. I will give it credit for identifying major roads and intersection, but is very limited else where. I keep an atlas handy for a back-up. After purchasing this GPS it makes me appreciate my 2000 Honda Oddessy GPS much more.

By First L  May 21, 2008

wanted to love this, but.....

By Yahoo! Shopping User  Apr 27, 2008 | 5 out of 6 found this Magellan Maestro 4250 review helpful

Pros: ease of use, good graphics,

Cons: voice too mechanical, gave wrong directions

This is my 2nd Magellan. Still have the RoadMate 800, so my review is completely comparitive. It sounded like they retired my old "Maggie" for a newer model, and the newer one needs a speech therapist. First it was funny; then it started to grate on me; ie, the new one was too, too mechanical sounding, and then, well, it would say stuff like "General T-R-C R-D" instead of "General Trace Road". So combine the 2 problems, and you have to look to see what she just said.
The biggest is what the Magellan was designed for; give directions, and give then with preciseness. Here's an example: I'm driving into Lubbock, Tx looking for a particular Holiday Inn. I pass one on the freeway and think, "this is just a different Holiday Inn, because according to Maggie, I still have another mile and a half to go. Well, I ended up exiting where she tells me, making a U-turn, and coming right back to the same one I passed earlier. That's one of many of the same problems I ran into a 5 day business trip through West Texas. Talk about frustration. After I got home I returned Maggie reluctantly. What a bummer.

This is the WORSE product ever!

By Yahoo! Shopping User  Apr 22, 2008 | 3 out of 5 found this Magellan Maestro 4250 review helpful

Pros: Nothing

Cons: Everything

I had a Magellan Roadmate 700 which the cradle broke and was under warranty. I called tech support to get a replacement who told me they don't make the 700 anymore and that I could choose between 3 different 4000 series models. I called back and spoke to the service department. They wanted to offer me the Maestro 3010. After arguing with the very rude person in the service department (who was from India), he told me I could get the 3250 not the 4250 which I was promised. I ended up getting the 3250 and eventually got the 4250 after writing an angry letter. The 4250 (and 3250 same GPS with a smaller screen) is the worse piece of crap. The waypoints are lousy/lacking. It reroutes very slow and also is not very smart in rerouting. Magellan's customer service is total crap and very rude. I am never buying a Magellan product again.

No Mac Support

By Yahoo! Shopping User  Apr 22, 2008 | 1 out of 2 found this Magellan Maestro 4250 review helpful

Pros: Nice little unit,powerful

Cons: cannot download updates,not mac supported

My only issue with magellan is that when you need to download any software,or updates to your GPS unit you have to use windows OS to do it. I've asked that question to magellan's web site and as of this writing they do not have mac support,though they say they are working on it and will let users know soon,it doesn't help me now. If I had known that,i wouldn't have bought the unit. To have products like these out in the market and not have support for both windows or macs doesn't make any sense. I know the newer macs can run both OS, but for the most part people use ether windows or mac, the companies today that have electronic products should have support for both OS before a product is for sale.

Great GPS

By Bill  Jan 30, 2008 | 10 out of 12 found this Magellan Maestro 4250 review helpful

Pros: Bluetooth, accuracy

Cons: ??

I own 4 GPS units, all different, and I found that this is be best of all. The Garmin screen is too small and does not have an ear plug. The Garmin with the Bluetooth and the earplug allows me to mount on the motorcycle and still be able to hear the commands.
This unit is highly recommended by myself and the best bang for the buck!

Maestro 4250 honest review

By Jay Bell  Jan 11, 2008 | 11 out of 12 found this Magellan Maestro 4250 review helpful

Pros: Ease of use; portability; wide screen

Cons: Freezes up; voice command

I owned a Magellan 3000 series for over a year and loved it. Unfortunately it broke, so I bought the Magellan 4250. I really like it's slim design, it's easily portable to travel with, and it is extremely user friendly. After using for a little over a month, I have experienced several problems. The biggest issue of all is that the touch-screen often times does not respond when I'm trying to key in an address. I often times have to touch the same letter over and over again. I called Magellan support. They said to fully power down the unit, then restart it. I did this and it didn't help. Another complaint is that the speaker is too weak/cheap to support the voice when volume is at it's max. Voice distorts a little bit. My last complaint is that this unit has voice-command (say, "Magellan re-route, for example) and it does what you tell it. Problem is, if the radio is on or you're talking to your passenger, this can cause the unit to think you're trying to give a voice command. So you have to push "re-route" to see the navigation screen again. This happens often enough that I had to disable the Voice Command feature. (Recommended solution by Customer Support.) Why pay for a unit with voice command when you have to disable the feature due to glitches in the system? Summary:
Good: Easy to use, nice slim disign, great wide screen.
Bad: Too many glitches for the money.

By OC Bikeman  Jan 1, 2008

Best GPS receiver of them all

By Yahoo! Shopping User  Dec 26, 2007 | 8 out of 10 found this Magellan Maestro 4250 review helpful

Pros: Clear screen, acurate

Cons: alittle pricey

This GPS is great. I had the Cobra, built in on-star in and a Garmin and Magellan is the best one. The blue tooth feature is also a great addition. Seriously, learn from my expesive mistakes and get this one first.

By Charles  Dec 26, 2007