Magellan Crossover GPS

sunshinen · Post by **sunshinen** » Sun Jun 17, 2007 8:19 pm

I just bought a Magellan Crossover GPS, one that works for hiking, boating, and driving/riding, and love it. Definitely a great safety feature for traveling to unfamiliar territory.

This week, I took a 3-to-4-hour ride (each way) to get to a work conference, and the GPS made it so much easier than the last long-distance jaunt I took.

I plugged in the ear phones and just threw the unit in the glove area.

It gives you plenty of vocal warning about what to do.
--Left turn on Street Name in 2 miles
--Left turn on Street Name in .5 miles
--Ding (as you reach the street)

It will also say "slight left" or (and this is great) "left turn, followed by an immediate right turn," so you can truly be prepared for where you need to be.

It has avoid highway routing, and exclude road options, so that if you know a road you don't feel comfortable on, you can reroute around it.

If you miss a turn, it will tell you to either turn around or re-route to the next best thing.

My only complaints are that it doesn't tell you your top speed or how fast you are going (It will tell you the time of travel, distance, and average speed.); it is confused in areas of recent construction, where its map is obviously not the same as the new road; and it is hard to determine which way to go when starting out. Fortunately rerouting will set you straight as soon as you start heading in some direction. =)

There's an mp3 option I haven't tried, but assume you can upload music and listen to it.

Anyway, I highly recommend a GPS to anyone who is often going to new places on their scooter. It made a trip that could have been stressful, easy and, I think, much safer. It was so much easier to pay attention to the road and drivers around me because I didn't have to be constantly trying to figure out where to go. In fact, I didn't have to think about where I was going at all, just follow the directions. Even if I missed a turn, it figured it all out for me.

jasonkoscho · Post by **jasonkoscho** » Mon Jun 18, 2007 3:03 pm

My only complaints are that it doesn't tell you your top speed or how fast you are going (It will tell you the time of travel, distance, and average speed.);

It gives your speed. You need to go into the Compass mode.

But i absolutely aggree that its awesome!

MrNatural · Post by **MrNatural** » Mon Jun 18, 2007 4:05 pm

What's the cost of that bad-boy?

jasonkoscho · Post by **jasonkoscho** » Mon Jun 18, 2007 5:10 pm

When i got mine - it was $499 and it came with a bunch of accessories. But i think you can get it now for around $375-ish.

It was one of the best purchases that I've made. I use it for the scooter and car and even done some GeoCaching with it. I love it. I can only express about 10% of its awesomeness. Once you get it - you will realize the true power...

sunshinen · Post by **sunshinen** » Mon Jun 18, 2007 5:29 pm

compass mode, hey? i'll have to try and find that.
thanks!

jasonkoscho · Post by **jasonkoscho** » Mon Jun 18, 2007 5:41 pm

Yeah - i dont have the GPS in front of me, ill look at it tonight and try to post something how to get to the Compass Mode. It took me awhile to find it.

Also - a little tip (you may or may not know already) but if you cant find a POI in the computer - dont give up. Try searching by city, and if that dosent work, try browsing, and if that dosent work, try searching by ZIP, etc...

Basically - i have yet to find a location that is not in there. BUT, sometimes it takes awhile, but its in there. It just too awhile to learn alt methods of finding the same location.

Corsair · Post by **Corsair** » Tue Jun 19, 2007 2:37 am

that's definitely looking good. I'm going to have to look into this. Can you map your own routes as well? Does it have options like avoid highways?

Phuket · Post by **Phuket** » Tue Jun 19, 2007 5:19 am

Amazon has it for $375... http://www.amazon.com/Magellan-Crossove ... 196&sr=8-1

It got some pretty spotty reviews... Anyone else ever use it?

jasonkoscho · Post by **jasonkoscho** » Tue Jun 19, 2007 12:33 pm

Can you map your own routes as well? Does it have options like avoid highways?

You cant specifically map your own route. I wanted that too, BUT you can avoid highways and toll roads - which takes you on all back roads. It actually works pretty well. You can exclude specific roads if you want to. For example if you punch in an address and it puts you on a road that you know you dont want to take - you can select that and "exclude" this road and it will give you alt ways to go.

Also - if you hit construction, it will auto promt an alt. route - which is AWESOME! it really comes in handy...

sunshinen · Post by **sunshinen** » Tue Jun 19, 2007 3:46 pm

I should also add that I dropped it while riding. It bounced into the other lane, and when I picked it up, everything was still 100 percent okay. There is a slight scuff mark on the rubber, but that's it. So it's durable to boot.