Ferdinand Magellan was the first explorer to circumnavigate the globe. He did so under the Spanish crown in the 16th century. Since that time, the name Magellan has stood for navigation far and wide. Is it any wonder that there is a firm for global tracking services, therefore, named Magellan? Is it any wonder that the Magellan Roadmate series includes prime features for easy navigation and easy use?

The Magellan Roadmate series consists of several models of handheld GPS devices for the North American continent including the United States. Each one has ease of use through their interactive displays that are so simple to understand, you really don’t even need to read the directions! The common features include six million points of interest (POI). With these points, you can click on the icon and the GPS will give you directions, including which exit to take, as well as other helpful information about the locations. POIs include gas stations, hotels, ATMs that are searchable by category, name, and city or nearest to your position.

There are other commonalities listed below. Home icon will allow you to program any location to become your home base. QuickSpell? is an intelligence within the Magellan Roadmate GPS system that will check your spelling as you type, and can search addresses and points of interests for you in a matter of a few keystrokes. SayWhere? is the text-to-speech feature that is able to tell you street names and turn-by-turn directions as you travel on your journey. SmartDetour? and Auto re-route are two of the greatest features when it comes to heavy traffic or road closures due to construction or an accident. The Magellan Roadmate can tell you how to avoid these ugly situations and will recalculate your routes as you turn off in other directions to always keep you on track! Auto NightView? is a nifty feature of the LCD display that will allow the Magellan Roadmate to automatically adjust color and contrast for low light or no light situations. Address Books are available on all of the Roadmate GPS systems. You will be able to save recurring information on your trips so there is no need to continually look up the same POI.

There are a number of other great features that aren’t common to all models. As an example, the Roadmate 1430 has a useful tow truck icon to indicate your exact location so that tow trucks can get to you quickly and easily in case of an emergency. The 1430, 1400, and 1200 models also feature 2D and 3D views for enhanced route visualization. Every Magellan Roadmate comes standard with detailed and accurate maps for every country in North America, plus Hawaii and Puerto Rico, and pinpoints your location precisely to within 3 meters in real time. Each unit has rechargeable batteries that last for up to three hours before the next recharge. The Magellan Roadmate GPS creates customizable travel routes, and some models can hold as many as twenty locations at one time!

Users love the flexibility and grand detail received in using these sleek little compact GPSs, especially since you can take them anywhere! You can also attach it to your windshield or dash with accessories that comes with. There is a volume adjustment so you can hear around noisy situations, and the level will come back down when it becomes quieter. Additional maps are available for download for the UK and European countries, as well. For everyday life, excursions into traffic or your own little epic adventure, the Magellan Roadmate GPS is a fantastic buy!

In this short article, I am going to look at the awesome Shengqi 1/5 scale petrol radio controlled car. I will take a close look at its features, specification and most importantly how it performs!

Firstly, the ShengQi baja buggy is a 1/5 scale petrol radio controlled car that uses a powerful 23cc 2 stroke engine that gives this buggy awesome performance! This 2 stroke engine runs on standard unleaded petrol and needs 2 stroke engine oil to be added to the petrol to make sure the internals of the engine are properly lubricated.

The baja buggy looks awesome with its beautiful carbon effect bodyshell and many shiny aluminium parts. The baja buggy also has specially designed large sand dune tyres that add to this buggies awesome looks!

The Shengqi baja buggy comes fully built which means you can use it pretty much straight away. It also comes with a radio control handset with interchangeable crystals. The only other things that you will need to purchase are 2 stroke engine oil and unleaded petrol and 8AA batteries for the handset.

To add meat to the bones, this buggy has an awesome specification as standard with an aluminium chassic, aluminium shocks, a disk brake system, high torque servos and that powerful 2 stroke engine which all of which comes as standard!

But lets face it, all you really want to know is how this buggy performs? One word can describe this buggies performance and that is awesome. It has awesome acceleration which defies its weight and size and it has an incredible top speed of around 50mph! This means all of you speed freaks out there should be easily satisfied!

But dont be fooled into thinking that this buggy can only go fast in a straight line because it is also very nimble and handles brilliantly as well due to its balanced chassis and grippy sand dune tyres. It also has a run time of about 40 minutes which is pretty impressive.

This is undoubtedly one of the most awesome rc cars currently on the market. You get so much for your money with this buggy and it comes with a really high specification as standard. All in all, you get great performance, handling and reliability and a huge fun factor for around 415 which means these rc buggies will sell like hot cakes!

So if you fancy a new hobby or want top step it up to the big league of 1/5 scale rc cars, the ShengQi baja buggy will certainly give you smile after smile of adrenalin fuelled fun!