Buying second hand sat navs - lifetime maps

Well thanks Redface and SteveL  that explains what has happened to our 5 year old Tom Tom.  

We thought it was suffering from heat fatigue when it very recently failed to locate the satellite.....

and guess when this happened.....6th April!!!

On the web site there is a box you can type the serial number in and it will tell you if an update is available, or if it requires replacing. 5 years does not sound that old perhaps there is an update.

Tom Tom Site Link

Thanks Steve just read your response.

Funnily enough my husband phoned Tom Tom this morning and was advised to update via the website Tom Tom my drive connect.  Have done this and everything now up to date and working properly. 

This afternoons task was a trip to Argos to pick up a new one that we had ordered yesterday 😨  Glad we hadn’t paid!

Just been to check the old TomTom Go700 which must be over ten years old now. I hadn't fired it up for ages so the battery was a bit low. Took a minute or two but it did pick up the satellites and that was without having done any updating for a good few years.

Recently updated from a Snooper to a TomTom. Snooper had good database which in some respects was easier to search for club sites etc than the current TomTom. If you come across a Snooper secondhand, just be aware that some (maybe 1 in 100) roundabouts need careful attention as the unit can be slow to update as you are going around the roundabout with a possible confusion on exit. Still a good unit though, not sure how much it would cost to update the maps.