Top 10: Essential products for new drivers or learners

As a learner or new driver, picking a new car is incredibly exciting, whether you’re working to a strict budget or have all the money in the world. It’s very easy to get caught up in the minutiae of which engines and trim levels fall into insurance group one though – meaning you’ll forget what else is needed to make life in your first car easy.

Fortunately, we’ve got a list of 10 products that will make life that much better or safer for new drivers – and in some cases they’ll lower those all-important insurance premiums too. Click through the gallery below to see our picks. 

Anker 12V USB charger - £10

Almost every marketplace and motorway service station has a shop that sells in-car chargers, usually for a few pounds. But these days, iPads and Smartphones need a lot of juice to charge up at any speed – so if you’re going to buy an in-car charger it might as well be a good one.

Our pick, from Anker, fits snugly into the cigartte lighter socket and delivers 24V via two USB ports, so it can be used to charge two iPads simultaneously. The only point worth noting is that some owners have complained it doesn’t fit their deeper, old-style cigarette lighter sockets.