The TomTom GO Superior comes nicely packed inside a well-presented retail box. Along with the device you get a windscreen suction mount, charge cable, and a cigarette lighter socket plug with a single USB port. Its a shame you don’t get a case with this model for the price.

The mounting system works great, its still the same design as older models but its tried and true so it works really well. The mount is high quality, easy to attach to the windscreen and get the perfect viewing angle, and the charge cable plugs into the mount rather than the sat nav which is much easier. This Superior model is quite large so make sure you have a decent sized windscreen for it, it still looks big in my large SUV!

The screen is super sharp and very clear but its 2023, I’m really not sure why a device like this needs such large bezels especially with smartphones having literally none, it just takes up more room than necessary and makes the product look old fashioned. My 6-year-old TomTom 620 has the same size bezels so no improvement in design over all that time apart from a Type-C port?

The more modern looking layout and map design is excellent and its very quick and easy to read while you’re driving. Fonts stand out well and the map illustration are vivid and high definition, the screen is also excellent in both day and night. I didn’t think I would like the visual alerts, but they are actually very useful, especially as I normally mute the voice guidance so I can listen to music, the same can also be said for the lane guidance features.

The traffic features are excellent, and it does its best to keep your journey time as low as possible. It can show you traffic queues, roadworks, and closed roads, as well speed cameras. I’ve always liked how it shows your average speed when you enter the zones which can be quite helpful. Of course, you still need to connect your phone to it so it can use the data connection to access the services. As with older models you can connect to your Wi-Fi to download device and map updates.

It takes about 50 seconds for it to boot up which is the same as my old 620 and once fully loaded the performance isn’t too bad, it’s quite snappy to navigate through the menus and at calculating routes. I like the route finding and that it gives you multiple choices with times and lengths for each one. The GPS is accurate most of the time but looses track of me every now and then, I do have a heated windscreen though which may interfere with it.

The battery life is very good if you don’t want to or can’t use the charge cable in your car. From a full charge and during the day at 50% brightness the battery will last for just under four hours before turning off. It also seems to charge back up very quickly.

The big issue I have is the price and not only that but if you want to continue getting traffic and camera updates then you also need to pay a subscription these days. My old 620 cost me 160 and it came with lifetime maps (World), lifetime speed cameras updates, and lifetime TomTom Traffic. Now this new model (with a slightly bigger screen) is over 300 and its 35 a year after the initial year trial. I could just use my own phone or buy a budget smartphone with a 6.5″ display for around 80, take out a cheap sim only deal for around 5 a month and use one of the many popular navigation apps with similar services. Its difficult to justify the high price just for a sat nav these days, especially as they still need to connect to your phone to fully function properly.

Overall, ive always liked my TomTom and this new GO Superior model is better in nearly every way, I just find it hard to justify the high price tag, I can’t see where the value is especially with phones so cheap these days but maybe that’s just me. Apart from the price it’s a product I’m more than happy to recommend and I feel four stars is appropriate for it, just get the bezel size down in the next one!!