Magellan RoadMate 1400 4.3-Inch Portable GPS Navigator

Buyer beware on this Magellan from this website. I ordered mine as an intended gift for my daughter so the box was not opened for 2 months only to find that the Magellan was dead in the water. Completely inoperative. To make matters worse Amazon took $20.00 off of the refund. Danger, Danger...do not buy this product from Amazon.

we love the gps we ordered from amazon in fact we ordered two more products since.its easy secure i got the products fast and didnt have to shop in a store and stand in lines i love that will be doing more buisiness with amazon in the future.

It works fine and haven't needed it yet but I might soon when I take my Sister to her appointment in Portland ME. I all ready put the address into my Magellen Road Mate.

Magellan 1400 is a very versatile, easy to use and accurate product. The price is very reasonable. Battery power is not great, but if you use a charger or keep connected in the car, works well. I will recommend this product for anyone looking for a value GPS system. Screen display and sound are excellent !

I like the road mate, I really like being able to check my speed with the road mate. The red light cameras and speed van make it esential to obey the speed limit.

The Magellan RoadMate 1400 4.3-Inch Portable GPS Navigator is a decent unit for the money. It doesn't have many bells or whistles but the one it has that works terrific for me is the traffic rerouting. The directions provided are sometimes a little less efficient than they could be. (I have checked suggested routes vs my own routes.) These suggested routes are sometimes circuitous. The audio system itself is often slow when turns are close and occasionally, when street entrances nearly abut it gets confused.

My only gripe is that I have experienced poor battery life. The unit will show full charge but then provide only 30 minutes or so of operating time.

very pleased with magellan, may not be most up to date maps, but it has always got us where we are going without extra added cost

Compared to my last GPS, this unit by far exceeds all my expectations. I highly recommend anyone that needs a GPS to consider this product.

Before I purchased RoadMate 1400, I had a Garmin Nuvi 200W which had problem after less than one year. Compare to Nuvi 200W, RoadMate 1400 is much quicker to get connected to the satellites -- after I turn it on, it almost instantly gets the signal and gives the direction. Entering an address is also much easlier, thanks to the address finder assistance. The voice instructions are clear and adaquate, and I like the chime that announces the approching of the turning point.

My only complain is the age of the map (3rd quarter of 2007). However Magellan will send me the 2009 Spring Map update for free (paid $10 SH) since I called them within 30 days of purchase. Calling to Magellan support was always answered quickly and the support persons were friendly and knowledgible.

I updated firmware to 3.12 and now am waiting to get the updated map.

-- The 2009 Spring Map update (SD card) was delivered in an express mail yesterday. Replaced the old SD card and reseted the GPS -- now the map is up to date.

I bought my most recent 1400 from Amazon for good reason - I love Amazon. But sometimes vendors unknowingly give bad products even to Amazon...mine is being returned. This is my fourth 1400 - the other three were from another online vendor. I did not acquire 4 of these gadgets within an eight month time period because I loved them. Here is the story - Let's call it Hope Springs Eternal - Or How I Married My High School Sweetheart Anyway.

The first two 1400s (counting the one my then - fiance bought) came from an online discount computer store. My now husband was enchanted by features and the then-very low price of eighty-nine dollars for a "reconditioned" model. I wanted to get the same one so we could learn and troubleshoot at the same time, and not have to "switch gears" in thinking when using the other's GPS.

Both of those reconditioned units died an undignified death. Mine stopped communicating with satellites within four months - returned it for another reconditioned one - it was sick too. No more reconditioned anythings for me.

His lasted longer but fritzed out too. I don't know what happened - I just knew this rocket scientist who understands computers precisely, writes eloquently, can handle my witch mother with grace and patience, LIKES creating beautiful solutions to old X-box overheating problems then executing the plans w/ precision...then plays w/ CAD CAM for 'fun' started making terse statements about how his 1400 was "over. Dead."

You are thinking.."yep - got what you asked for - reconditioned bird cr*p..." Maybe so.

Which brings us to my honeymoon over Christmas when we two eloped and got married in Williansburg Virginia.

In all our secret wedding preparations we scoured Amazon for its usual wonderful deals and innovative pricing, etc - and VOILA! There were NEW 1400s for not very much more money! NEW!!!!!

Ok - another groom gift for a major man ....buy GPS system for honeymoon. OK. No prob.

I really should let him tell his side of the story. He will tell you that I beat on the screen (no - I did not. I poked at it repeatedly and shrieked at it and exclaimed to my new husband "LOOK. It's telling me I am NOT where I
AM." "LOOK AT THIS THING. It's telling me to go the route a cockroach would go." no I did not say that last one. I said my driving route unaided in any way back to the hotel was the route a cockroach would take...around behind strip shopping centers and back by the dumpsters behind big box stores in the dark every time. See why I need a reliable GPS I can trust?

Warning: this is not a review for technocrats. Should have said that earlier.

The new 1400 misread where we were often - and we were in Williamsburg VA - tourist town with class, well-known, not the mountains of Pakistan with or without caves. The new 1400 would take us far out of the way to familiar destinations within the city limits. The new 1400 would change its mind (to me) and have us double back without warning (we got tired of competing with the lady's voice giving the turn by turn directions) it would change its green path to red and emit mysterious blue fog. No on that last part. Yes on the other.

I found my own operator error perhaps was that I got where I could not anticipate/ distinguish the upcoming turn with what the 1400's screen was showing. I overshot a number of turns because it seemed to show them to me too late or something. I do not need to say here how smart I am or what i do for a living or how much money I manage or what my negotiating skills are - do I ? oh c'mon....

By the end of the honeymoon - which was glorious, by the way - I was Over the 1400. Yes, Yes, I know - the descriptions read wonderfully - and all those features - well, let's just say that the instructions do NOT tell you all the listed features that Magellan gave Amazon to post, and Magellan (for those of you who appreciate a good, simple, clear, written instruction booklet) is not yet investing in really good technical writers.

I told my wonderful new husband I was returning it. He...he really likes it, and it all but sits up and begs when he uses it. Or it seemed that way. But I did most of the driving on our honeymoon because he thinks my driving is hot. which it is. I should ditch my career and elbow whatshername out of NASCAR and get goin' on putting some fire back into racin'....

I give this 1400 an F. I'll ask my husband to write a review so he can tell you I look like Megan Fox but without all the plastic surgery? He does enjoy my many skills and is beyond happy he has me off the market. He has a friend who gets shrill on his Facebook profile with "tmi! tmi!" (too much information) Guess she'd be pecking that out in a hurry about now.

I think I'm done w/ all GPS systems overall until they get "smarter" - at the end of our trip - which included a terrific visit to Montpelier, home of James Madison - I was using a paper map and ignoring the 1400 like a p*ssed off sixth grade girl with her feelings hurt. I'd had it when "fastest route" was painstaking slow turns around hairpin turns in some railroad yard impoverished low-income level housing area with signs saying "state road maintenance ends here" and yes...we were going 20-25 mph....

What happened to that couple who got stranded in snow w/ their infant over Christmas because they relied on their GPS system...and how quickly the various GPS companies started churning out defensive "tips" and disclaiming representations and peppering the press with statements about "always carry a printed map" and "use common sense" (how insulting to two busy, educated parents investing in GPS technology as advertised and represented as "freedom from squinting at maps in the dark"...and that baby of theirs w/out formula for so very long...I dunno....are we going to look back at GPS systems as idiocy in a box ten years from now?

have fun - you might like the 1400 or have that magic touch just like the Magellan quality control folks who always get their selected test models in the plant to work marvelously -otherwise of course the 1400 would not be in the marketplace.

Came right on time. VEry easy to use and fast loading time. reroutes very quickly

I bought this to use on my trip to Texas. After programing it for my destination, it carried me everywhere I wanted to go, with no mistakes. I love it and bought one for my niece for Christmas.

I just now printed out the User Manual, and have a lot to learn. Once I've set up my Trips and addresses, etc. I'll be all set. It mounts well for me to see as I am driving.