Magellan Maestro 4370 4.3-Inch Widescreen Bluetooth Portable GPS Navigator
Magellan Maestro 4370 4.3-Inch Widescreen Bluetooth Portable GPS Navigator
4.3 VGA Screen, 6 Million points of interest, AAA Tourbook, Roadside Assistance, Text To Speech, Hands Free calling, Voice Command, Pedestrian mode, One touch user interface, 3D Landmarks, MP3 player, Video Player, FM Transmitter,
User Ratings and Reviews
5 Stars Gentelman
One thing I liked about this seller is that he is very responsive. I had a problem with the equipment I bought and he willing helped me with providing the purchase receipt to make the problem solved through manufacturing company.
1 Stars Stick with TomTom
I gave my old TomTom to my son and actually went to Best Buy to purchase another one. However, the salesman showed me a Magellan Maestro 4370 that was on a really good sale. I was hesitant because I didn’t know alot about Magellan and knew that TomTom made a good GPS. However, after playing with it in the store, seeing what it could do and listening to the salesman, I purchased it. BIG MISTAKE.
As long as it works, the Maestro is a good piece of gear. The problem is keeping it working. I owned it for 2 months and on the second long trip I was on it quit working. I was driving down the road and realized that the GPS was no longer moving with me….it was stuck on one location. I turned it off and back on and it seemed to work OK. A little while later, I noticed it was doing it again. This time when I turned it off, it would not turn back on. Would only go as far as the logo screen but would not come on. After wasting alot of time talking with one of their technicians on the phone I ended up sending it to them. They sent me a replacement. The first trip I went on, guess what? Same thing happened again. It froze up while on the trip and when I turned it off, it would not come back on. Once I again, I spend 30 minutes on the phone with a technician (who tries to tell me how to reset it, which I had already tried a dozen times). So I had to send it back again.
Well, I’ve now got my third one since I originally bought it 4 months ago. While it is working so far, I have lost confidence in it. Keep wondering when this one will freeze up.
My lesson from this? Stick with Tom Tom!
1 Stars Bad unit, worse tech support
I will not sugarcoat my experience with Magellan, it has been awful. The units (I bought two), freeze unexpectedly, overheat routinely, and I’ve been trying to return them to Magellan. Tech support is in the Phillipines and is absolutely the worst I’ve ever experienced. I have faxed them, emailed them (twice), and called them 6 or 7 times and despite promised of return phone calls, they never get back to me. This is probably the worst electronic product and the worst company i’ve ever dealt with. I am kicking myself for not buying a Garvin.
Update: I wrote this review two weeks ago and I never received a response (although promised) from Magellan “tech support”. They told me I was entitled to new units, and I provided them all of the documentation. I suppose I will make do with these less than adequate GPS units until I get frustrated enough to buy a Garvin.
One thing is for sure: I WILL NOT SPEND ANOTHER CENT ON A MAGELLAN PRODUCTS. They’ve created a lot of ill will in this ex-customer.
5 Stars locks up: best of all GPS I HAD
I have lost two to theft from my work trucks. I keep my trucks unlocked because some times , others needs to move the truck. I now started to expense my GPS.
I love this GPS; I do a backup to my laptop so I can replace my addresses when I replace the GPS.
5 Stars Finaly, almost a perfect GPS
Google for ‘Magellan Maestro 4370 Skin’. You may be able to add lots of great functionality to the unit.
I’ve had many GPSes. This is the best of them. It has many features, so many, that some of them are not even emphasized/mentioned/described in the manual. For example,
1. Auto-Zoom: I love it. It is very “aggressive” changing the zoom and angle depending on how far the next maneuver is. I always see what I want: from an overview of next few miles to a close-up of my next turn.
2. Volume Level based on current speed: other GPS are too loud when driving 20mph and too quiet when driving 75mph. Maestro 4370 adjusts sound volume level to the speed.
3. It turns itself on/off when you start/stop the car.
4. You can choose from ABC/QWERTY keyboards (ABC is a show-stopper for me). Keys that are invalid at a certain point of entering an address are disabled - great feature reducing keyboard errors.
5. Offers to save location when external power is disconnected.
6. AAA POI/ratings database.
7. Route options: it shows you on a map 4 routes created using different routing parameters. Routes are drawn with different colors. What a joy!
8. The screen is high resolution and beautiful.
9. Next maneuver commands are clear and given ahead of time. You have plenty of time to get to the best lane. Plus, 4370 has lane guidance/assist.
10. GPS fix time is very good.
11. FM traffic reception is good.
12. POI database is pretty good.
13. One-touch POI access is a great feature.
14. Tells street side of the destination.
——
Decent, not great:
1. BT hand-free calling could be louder and more reliable. Perhaps, my phone (ATI Tilt) is not 100% compatible.
2. No phone book import over BT.
3. The touch screen is not always perfectly responsive. Maybe, I have to get used to this particular device.
4. The screen is gorgeous, but reflective.
Filed under: Portable GPS Ratings