Tomtom Go Navigator 7″

Despite mobile phones getting more and more advanced, allowing apps such as Google Maps to double up as your route finder on journeys, none of them really provide as much information as an actual dedicated SatNav, not to mention the screen size can be too small to see clearly on some models and can prove problematic if you don’t have a navigator with you, and as for getting interrupted by a phone call while you’re at a crucial junction… A SatNav is devoted to one thing and one thing only and TomTom have been doing this long enough to have a fair idea of what they’re doing!

The Go Navigator has a nice, large 7” screen for starters, giving you very clear images and making it easier for those of us with cursed ‘fat fingers’ that smaller screens can’t seem to handle to operate it easily. As well as this, it also has voice recognition so you can just tell it what you want it to do and not be distracted from the road as much as you would be otherwise. The Go Navigator comes with a years’ free trial of speed camera alerts, live fuel prices, EV charging points, weather info and live off-street parking info so, if you travel extensively, this is quite a lot of helpful information. If you’re happy with what you had, it will cost you £34.99 for a years’ subscription after your free trial or you can pay monthly if your next year isn’t full of travel.

Without all those handy bits of information it’s still a useful device if you choose not to subscribe after the free year. The maps update via WiFi (you can just connect your mobile via Bluetooth and hotspot from that so it’s on the go) and the TomTom Traffic subscription is included with no subscription renewal cost so you’ll still have up-to-date road maps and traffic alerts. RRP £239.99

Tomtom Go Navigator 7″