 | Magellan Maestro 5310 5-Inch Widescreen Portable GPS Navigator Brand : Magellan Model : Magellan Maestro Eli Overall Rating :  From : 56 Reviews |
Technical Detail
- 5-inch screen with large fonts and easy to buttons
- Includes a free 3-month traffic subscription, which provides real-time traffic updates and reroutes drivers when an alternate route is available
- Easy to access commonly used points of interest while driving on the freeway
- 6 Million searchable points of interest including restaurants, hotels, airports, gas stations with telephone numbers and addresses
- Newly designed, intuitive interface
Product Description
The Maestro 5310 delivers a superior navigation experience, in an ultra-wide 5" screen that makes it easy for customers to enter their destination and go. With large icons and buttons, it is now easier than ever for drivers to get to their destination. Advanced features include integrated live traffic alerts, a highly intuitive user interface that guides drivers to their destination with on-screen prompts, 6 million points of interest, and more. Built-in Navteq Maps includes pre-loaded maps of the United States, Puerto Rico, and Canada. The included Live Traffic Alert service comes with a free 3-month subscription, and provides both real-time traffic updates, and reroutes drivers when an alternate route is available. SmartDetour prompts drivers to route around heavy or stopped freeway traffic Exit POIs make it easy to access commonly used POIs while driving on the freeway AAA TourBook travel information for the United States and Canada [...]
Customer's Reviews (All-Reviews)
R. Collom I really like this GPS. The screen is large. The volume is plenty loud enough. I keep the volume set at medium. At dusk it switches from a bright to a dark screen. The voice is pleasant and easy to understand. It is easy to enter street data. The directions are accurate.
I give the device a mediocre review for two reasons. I purchased two (not from amazon). Both were new and the battery would not hold a charge. However, it is easily replaced for about $19. The second bad thing is that the unit will freeze up and need to be reset. This has only happened on start up. It is easily reset by pressing the reset button on the back with a pen.
I give the device a mediocre review for two reasons. I purchased two (not from amazon). Both were new and the battery would not hold a charge. However, it is easily replaced for about $19. The second bad thing is that the unit will freeze up and need to be reset. This has only happened on start up. It is easily reset by pressing the reset button on the back with a pen.
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Spacecowboy ( Seattle, WA ) We've own this Magellan 5310 now for about a year now and are very happy with it. And we're pretty pleased with it because it has taken us from point A to point B very reliably. We live in the Snohomish County in the State of Washington and whenever we drive in to Seattle it is like hell on wheels. After our more than 50 trips into Seattle we are now sort of comfortable with the city's layout but not really. Our Magellan gets us in and out of Seattle to clinics and restaurants to theatres in surprisingly quick routes. When our Magellan says we have arrived, "quoila" there it is. Always to our surprise! And we are surprised because we get to our destination by simply following the voiced instructions and the easy to read directions on the screen. It has audio prompts to indicate when to actually make a turn and instructions as to how far your are away from making those turns with eg.'right turn in 3/10th of a mile'. It also handles multiple turns quite well too. For example it lets you know that you will be making a right turn and another right turn right after the other. So it prepares you quite well without the stress that use to accoompany our trips into the unknown.
I cannot comment on the customer service because I have never used it. The battery does not last very long so it requires it to be plugged into the cigarette lighter at all times. The unit that we have has completely dropped the map from its memory when the battery completely depleted itself and to get it back it lets you know that you should go to the Magellan site to recover full functionality in a matter of seconds after making connection. We are quite computer and device savvy however.
One more comment I would add is that when you look at the customer review ratings between Tom Tom, Magellan and Garmin the graph depiction from excellent to poor is about the same. Didn't the smart phone business have about the same graph shape just before Apple showed up with the iphone?
I cannot comment on the customer service because I have never used it. The battery does not last very long so it requires it to be plugged into the cigarette lighter at all times. The unit that we have has completely dropped the map from its memory when the battery completely depleted itself and to get it back it lets you know that you should go to the Magellan site to recover full functionality in a matter of seconds after making connection. We are quite computer and device savvy however.
One more comment I would add is that when you look at the customer review ratings between Tom Tom, Magellan and Garmin the graph depiction from excellent to poor is about the same. Didn't the smart phone business have about the same graph shape just before Apple showed up with the iphone?
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Jon R. Sirkis ( Northern Virginia ) Hmm, where to begin....
The menues are generall buried and complex. Yes, you really should not be driving while messing with the menues. Startup is slow, but I have only owned one other and it too is slow.
The graphics are large; the only bummer here is sometimes it places green roads on green backgrounds - yes, the exact same shade of green. This happens at unpredictable intervals.
The real issue is the navigation system itself. I used it against known destinations, and it failed repeatedly. Some times it took me 10's of miles out of my way on a slower route when I asked for "fastest route". I live in the greater DC area - sometimes it took me away from the highways, managing to avoid both the shortest and the fastest routes. I literally have no idea where it thought it was going. On shortest route, it often took me to dead ends. No, not ones that were created by new construction, but to places that have been static for over a decade.
I would not recommend anyone buy this unit. You are better off with a city map, even in heavy traffic. At least you won't have to worry about potentially dangerous artificial detours in the midst of a big city.
Jon
The menues are generall buried and complex. Yes, you really should not be driving while messing with the menues. Startup is slow, but I have only owned one other and it too is slow.
The graphics are large; the only bummer here is sometimes it places green roads on green backgrounds - yes, the exact same shade of green. This happens at unpredictable intervals.
The real issue is the navigation system itself. I used it against known destinations, and it failed repeatedly. Some times it took me 10's of miles out of my way on a slower route when I asked for "fastest route". I live in the greater DC area - sometimes it took me away from the highways, managing to avoid both the shortest and the fastest routes. I literally have no idea where it thought it was going. On shortest route, it often took me to dead ends. No, not ones that were created by new construction, but to places that have been static for over a decade.
I would not recommend anyone buy this unit. You are better off with a city map, even in heavy traffic. At least you won't have to worry about potentially dangerous artificial detours in the midst of a big city.
Jon
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Accessories
- Magellan AN0103SWXXX GPS 5-Inch Leather Case for the 5310 GPS Navigator
- InstallerNet Navigation System eInstallCard (Delivered via Email)
- Magellan AN0302SWXXX Dashboard Beanbag Mount for GPS Navigators
- PhantomALERT Red Light Camera, Speed Camera and Speed Trap Detector Software for select Garmin, TomTom and Magellan GPS (Lifetime Subscription)
- InstallerNet Navigation System InstallCard
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