Our Overall Score:
8.5/10
Thanks for stopping by to read our TOMTOM Start 42 4.3″ Sat Nav review. Here we’ll take a look at a range of the key features, benefits, positives and negatives to help you decide if TOMTOM Start 42 4.3″ Sat Nav is right for you, or if you should be looking for a different product in the Sat Nav category.
Latest price search at Currys PC World: £99
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There are many factors that we consider when buying, and reviewing products like TOMTOM Start 42 4.3″ Sat Nav. In this review we will take the 4 main considerations and look at how they stack up against the competition, be it other products from the same brand, TomTom or alternative products in the Sat Nav category. The 4 factors that we’re going to explore now are, Quality, Price, Reviews and the overall score.
Quality of TOMTOM Start 42 4.3″ Sat Nav
TOMTOM Start 42 4.3″ Sat Nav scores 8.3/10 for quality in our review.
Quality is a very important factor when it comes to buying any product, but it’s particularly important with Sat Nav. It’s never going to be easy to get a real feel for the quality of a product without being able to see or even test it.
This is why it’s so important to read lots of customer reviews, where you will be able to get an understanding from many of the customers of TOMTOM Start 42 4.3″ Sat Nav, just how good it is, in terms of quality. Take your time to read through the reviews looking for specific comments about the quality. It’s worth spending time looking for reviews from customers that have owned the product for some time as that will give you a really good idea of the product’s durability.
Our best advice for checking out the quality is reading reviews, but also use some of these to help you get an idea of the quality:
- Price: The old saying “you get what you pay for” is a good indication as to how good quality you should expect from a product.
- Specification: Check out the specs for TOMTOM Start 42 4.3″ Sat Nav and see how they compare to your expectations and other products.
- Brand: Some brands are known for delivering amazing quality products, it’s a case of trying to find the Rolex equivalent for Sat Nav, but at a realistic and reasonable price.
- Previous experience: Have you ever owned any Sat Nav? Think about your experience of the product and how good it was. What brand was it? How much was it? What was it made from? All of these can help you when considering your options.
Price analysis
TOMTOM Start 42 4.3″ Sat Nav scores 8.9/10 for price in our review.
Price is normally the most important factor when considering a purchase. Especially when you’re shopping online, it’s really easy for us to shop around now so we can easily compare prices of the same product against many retailers with just a few clicks. In fact here at Review Pros we do that leg work for you, by comparing many different retailers to find you the best price. But price is also a big factor for which product we choose too, not just which retailer.
To give an example, the most expensive product that we found in the Sat Nav category was £349, whilst the cheapest we found was £89 so there’s a significant variance in the prices that different products are available for. For this reason we always recommend that you set yourself a budget before you spend too much time shopping around for a product. It’s easy to get carried away and buying a much more expensive product than you really need, but setting a budget will help to avoid this.
As part of our price analysis we’re going to break the price of TOMTOM Start 42 4.3″ Sat Nav down and compare it and analyse it in the following ways.
- Compare to other products in the same category
- Compare to other products from the same brand
- Compare to other products that fit both of the above (the same category and the same brand)
Prices of products in the Sat Nav category
Here we’re going to look at the prices you can expect to pay for products from the Sat Nav category. we’re opted to use Currys PC World for this comparison, as they offered the most competitive prices for TOMTOM Start 42 4.3″ Sat Nav.
To start with, we look at the average price of a product in the Sat Nav category. This was £181.48 from the 31 products we found in that category. So TOMTOM Start 42 4.3″ Sat Nav actually comes in below average at £99.
We then looked at the most expensive product in the category, which was £349 and the least expensive, which was £89. In total we found that of the 31, 26 were more expensive and 2 were less expensive, some products may have then had exactly the same price as TOMTOM Start 42 4.3″ Sat Nav.
Prices of products from TomTom
Next up, we wanted to look at products from the brand, TomTom. Again we looked at the average price you can expect to pay for a product from TomTom, which was £124.66 of the 18 products we found. So TOMTOM Start 42 4.3″ Sat Nav price is below average for the brand.
The cheapest product we managed to find from TomTom was £6.97 with the most expensive coming in at £349.
Prices of products from TomTom and in the Sat Nav category
Then finally on our price analysis we wanted to dig a little deeper by looking at products from TomTom that sit specifically within the Sat Nav category.
For this we found that the average price was £193.45, making TOMTOM Start 42 4.3″ Sat Nav at £99 actually below average price.
Then we looked at the highest priced item that falls under this criteria, the price of this was £349 with the lowest priced item being £99. In total there were 9 items that were more expensive and 0 that was less expensive.
Reviews of TOMTOM Start 42 4.3″ Sat Nav
TOMTOM Start 42 4.3″ Sat Nav scores 8.2/10 for customer reviews in our review.
Perhaps one of the most important steps in choosing a product that you’re going to be buying online, is reading reviews. The more reviews you can read the better. Take your time to look through a range of different reviews, both good and bad as these will really give you the best insight into how good TOMTOM Start 42 4.3″ Sat Nav is.
Overall score
TOMTOM Start 42 4.3″ Sat Nav scores 8.5/10 overall in our review.
This part of the review takes the various scores for quality, price and customer reviews and combines them in order to provide you with one simple score to help you determine how good the product is overall. This score can then easily be compared to other products and be used as a benchmark.
There are of course many alternative products from TomTom so feel free to take a look at some of the alternatives, but in the meantime check out the many reviews for TOMTOM Start 42 4.3″ Sat Nav by clicking the View Reviews button at the bottom of your screen.
Additional information: TOMTOM Start 42 4.3″ Sat Nav
- Brand: TomTom
- Model Number: 10163841
- Lifetime maps updatesTouchscreen
- EAN: 636926090315
- Description: Top features:- Full UK and Ireland maps with lifetime updates – Easy to use Tap & Go interface with Quick Search – Never choose the wrong lane thanks to lane guidance – Locate nearby parking with Parking AssistLifetime maps The Start 42 has comprehensive maps of all of England, Ireland, Scotland, and Wales.They’re updated at least four times per year for free, for the entire life of the sat nav, so you’ll always have the latest maps with the latest roads, junctions, and routes.To update them, just plug the 42 into your computer and follow the on-screen instructions. Easy to use Tap & Go interface The TomTom Start is easy to use – just tap the screen to start selecting a route. Then, start typing to see a list of street names and places that match. Never choose the wrong lane Voice navigation and Lane Guidance helps you to navigate complex junctions by clearly showing the correct lane position for your next turn or exit so you’ll never get lost on the motorway. Locate nearby parking with Parking Assist Finding a parking space can be a pain. Parking Assist helps you easily navigate to nearby parking spots. What are free Lifetime Maps? Sat nav devices or smartphone apps with free Lifetime Maps allow you to download full updates of your map every year – stay up-to-date with changes to road networks, addresses and points of interest, as well as new businesses, road changes and junction alterations. Updates are released at least four times a year and apply to the map that’s pre-installed on your sat nav or included with your smartphone app. Geographical coverage and features will still match the original. Updates are free of charge and provided for the useful life of the device (i.e. as long as the manufacturer supports it with software updates, services, content or accessories).
- Product ID: 7947090645
