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Final Thoughts
Pros:
- Multi-destination routing performed well.
- Extensive list of POIs greatly reduce the need for knowing addresses.
- Quickspell feature makes typing on the touchscreen much more tolerable.
- Crisp, bright screen is easy to read in the sun.
- Simple and easy to use.
Cons:
- Slow to respond to most actions, especially route changes.
- Too bright at night.
Overall the Magellan 2230T-LM is a decent GPS. It comes with all of the features most people need and makes both short trips and long journeys simpler. It is easy to use and pretty much everything you will access most often is quick to get to. The slow response time and overly bright screen were letdowns, but not really deal breakers, just something you have to live with.
But really nothing about the 2230T-LM stood out that much to me. If you are in the market for a new GPS, this one wouldn’t be a bad choice, but at the same time there are others that can do pretty much the same thing at around the same price. At it’s current $120 price tag it is on the lower end of the GPS market and I would say it is worth the money.
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I have already Magellan product the Watch GPS one. It’s so nice, I’m comfortable wherever I am, and I’m sure this Magellan Roadmate 2230T-LM it’s also nice and really users friendly. I want to have this for my car very soon.
Had 3 Garmins. 1st one died in the middle of a trip (returned), 2nd one also had iessus, (returned) 3rd one flew off dash, hit who knows what and cracked the screen (not Garmin’s fault, but they want $99 to fix ,only had for about 6 months, I guess I understand but not happy about it) Bought a new different one instead for a little more. So after nothing but problems with Garmin, I chose this one. Boots up FAST! Garmin does not. With Garmin you can drive for blocks before it catches up That is very annoying. LOVE the traffic feature on the Magellan. Gotten me out of more than one traffice jam in Chicago. Often gives more than option, how far do you want to go out of your way? The lane assist is helpful too. So far the difference in time of sitting in traffic or taking a new suggested route is less than 15 minutes or so. If you have ever sat in Chicago traffic and gone a whopping 3 miles an hour or like a parking lot, you will know how nice that is. You may spend way more time getting to your destination when you sit in traffic. The unit talks a fair amount, and tells you EXACTLY where to turn. If you have several options in a city, this is also helpful. For my money, this is a much better buy than Garmin.
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