Magellan Roadmate 1445T Widescreen Navigator

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What's in the Box
Magellan RoadMate 1445T GPS Receiver; Pre-Loaded Maps of United States, Canada, and Puerto Rico; Windshield Mount; Adhesive Disc for Dash Mounting; Vehicle Power Adapter; USB Cable; User Handbook; User Manual on CD-ROM

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I'd like to rave in regards to how great this is, but
Good thing Amazon provides a 30 day return policy. I purchased this unit because I had outstanding experiences with my 5 year old subscription based Magellan GPS. But right out of the box the Traffic Link did not work. I called Magellan's tech aid to figure out the problem. After 90 minutes of attempting to explain to somebody all over the globe that traffic coverage must be gorgeous solid in Los Angeles and I was getting no signal - only the message "acquiring signal" they accorded to replace the Traffic Link. About a week later it showed up by way of FedEx Ground. Once again, excessively affected emotionally I plugged the unit in and headed for a 200 mile day trip in LA. NOT ONCE did it ever acquire the signal. I called Magellan and once again spoke to somebody throughout the globe who apparently never heard of Los Angeles or the awful traffic here. They kicked me around for another 90 minutes to arrive at a supervisor who said I had two choices - send it in to Magellan for repair - at my cost - or return it to the retailer I purchased it from.
If the Traffic Link would have worked with either adapter I would have kept the unit. It's boxed and ready for drop off to return to Amazon.
Be very careful. If it doesn't work out of the box then return it without delay to Amazon. Do NOT mess with Magellan. I wasted 2.5 weeks of waiting and 3 hours on the phone with them. Don't you have better things to do?

Magellan 1445T GPS
I not long ago purchased one of these units and this past weekend tried it out on a trip from the Pomona, CA area to Fresno, CA and back. All the features worked perfectly. I was genuinely impressed with the "lane assist" feature. It not only alerted me of the proper lane to be in in the LA area, but likewise in Fresno. Although the integrated "traffic alert" didn't advise me of any traffic issues, (there weren't any on this trip) I did see the "advertisement" displayed on the screen. It is so little and well positioned, it is not a problem at all.

All in all, I think this is a fantastic GPS with a lot of great features for the money.

I likewise have a Garmin Nuvi 260W that works great also, for a few more dollars, you get a lot more features with the Magellan 1445T.

Seemed outstanding but...

SUMMARY OF REVIEW: Great features, outstanding price but I went through two of these GPS units and they both QUIT for no good reason and NEVER TURNED ON AGAIN. They likewise had other issues. Read on...

After looking at assorted dissimilar GPS models, I decisive to go with this one because of it is Traffic Link and features, plus the price was right. Upon recieving it, I was gorgeous satisfied--I employed it the very next day in my car and was happy with my purchase. However, later that evening upon arriving at my destination, I turned the GPS off and brought it inside with me. About 15 minutes after arriving, I turned it back on (or tried to) to no avail. I knew it didn't need a charge because I had it charging in the car all day. I tried the on/off switch in all probability a dozen times but not one thing worked and there is no reset button or access to an internal battery. When I was leaving (after in regards to two hours) I once again tried to turn it on, and it did. However, I was noticiing other issues with it, primarily on the one touch screen it would only save my addresses beneath one name. So it seemed that this peculiar GPS had a heap of glitches. Thanks to Amazon's astounding return policy, I boxed it up and requested a replacement. The new GPS arrived quickly--before I had even sent off the old one, but I'm glad I hadn't because immediatly after opening up the replacement, I noticed the car charger was broken. I could see the broken pieces inside of the bag it was still wrapped in! Since I still had the old one (and that car charger seemed to work fine) I just swapped them out. After using this GPS for in regards to two weeks, it did the SAME THING--I turned it off and it just would not turn back on... ever. Not after an hour, not after a day. So I have returned the second one as well. Third time may be the charm, but I'm not giving Magellan that chance... I requested a refund and am now looking at Garmin and Tom Tom models. I'm already genuinely missing the Magellan because it is features were so outstanding and the traffic link was helpful (note to potential buyers: the traffic link only works when you plug the GPS into your car charger (because the link is attached to the charger. When you are en route to something, a little traffic symbol is on the side, when it's red it warns of slow or stopped traffic and offers a new route and tells you the time of your current route with traffic conditions or the new route. I thought it was beauteous nice, but not as smooth as I would have liked--too much clicking OK and waiting for it to load.) All of the other features were finelooking great, too. I'm not a AAA member, but it seemed like a utile "pit stop" finder for places.

So, all in all, if you want a nice GPS for the price that LASTS ABOUT TWO WEEKS, then by all means, buy this one. Otherwise, spend your cash elsewhere and don't waste time going through two failed units like I did. Hope this helps!