Magellan Crossover - Should I?

I've been looking at and have used a borrowed Garmin Nuvi 200. Easy to use, pretty accurate, a really nice, no non-sense unit all around. Up until this morning I was set on buying one. But it doesn't have the ability to route, at least not easily. It also doesn't have a good off road capability. We're day hikers and that would be a nice to have item. To get the routing in Garmin, it costs a lot more money. To get decent off road with Garmin, I'd have to go a to hand held. Not a good option for the few times a year I'd really want it.

So, today I see the Magellan Crossover. It does trip routing. It has topo maps with cookie trails. It has an Exit POI feature which is huge for us on cross country trips. We gotta know what food and gas stations are available! This is half the reason we want a GPS unit. The Next Exit book is nice but only covers Interstates. The custom POIs look just as easy to add as the Garmins. GPSMagazine.com gives it a pretty high rating, on the same level as the Nuvi 200. And it's only about $100 more than the Nuvi 200 on Amazon. Well worth the addtional features and ones that I can actually use!

So, why should or shouldn't I buy the Crossover? From what I read here map updates with Magellan are nothing short of a nightmare. And C/S is mostly non-existent. Are these enough of an issue that I should drop Magellan from consideration? Any guidance or thoughts are greatly appreciated.

Chuck