As per title, We are currently looking at getting a cheap tablet for our young daughter but are not sure which one is best suited for our needs.

The other thing we need it for is to download apps. Not bothered about hi tech specifications.

The Hudl would have good but isn't on the market anymore. We don't have a huge budget so cheap but reliable would be perfect.

Can anyone recommend something suitable?

Amazon Kindle Fire 7, £50, done.

Agreed. This has some pretty good parental control as well,

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/help/cus...deId=201829940.

Also, if it goes wrong in a year (not if damaged by accident though), Amazon just replace it with no quibble.

If you do go with the kindle search for BobjGear on Amazon as they make some pretty good tablet sleeves/cases that give good protection if you can get one for this model kindle.

You can still get one if you're quick - on eBay

I know it's getting better but the Amazon app store is still poor in comparison to Google Play so I wouldn't opt for the Kindle Fire if downloading apps was high on my wish list.

It is easy to put google play on a kindle fire.

Besides OP was wanting it for a child. This thread is fairly old now - I expect OP has chosen by now.

I saw a thread and gave a constructive reply offering an alternative to what had already been suggested. Is that okay with you?

Threads aren't restricted to being helpful/useful solely to the person who starts them, sheesh.

Do you work for Amazon or something?

And i was being helpful replying you can put google playstore on there.

So I made an observation thread was old for your benefit in case you had not realised - no need to overreact so sarcastically.

My son had a Hudl2 until one day it decided to die. It had taken a charge, then switched off and never came back on. No hard reset methods work, and I suspect something went inside (it had been dropped and the casing partly opened).

Sadly Tesco don't make/sell them anymore so that's the end of that. Amazing piece of kit for the money and still to this day there's not really anything else out there with such a spec.

The Amazon Fire Kids certainly doesn't come close, but it DOES have access to apps/books/videos for free for a year, and I've just got one in the last few days to try. It's the 8GB version, and now they do it with 16GB, plus a card slot.

Most apps can be installed on the memory card but not all, so it is still possible to screw things up by running out of space as a result. No Android M combined storage option here.

Despite the low-res screen, the audio is nicely funnelled through the bumper style case and it's pretty nimble. The best thing by far is the parental controls, which is better than even how the Hudl2 managed things, which was quite basic in comparison.

Yes you can get the ordinary Fire 7 tablet, which is the same hardware, but there's no bumper case, no 2 year no-quibble warranty and you won't get a year of free kids apps/games/books.

I guess it's a case of waiting for when Amazon does a promo that knocks of £10-20 or so from time to time.

I'll be looking out for the next promo when I have to give my sample back to the PR company.

I do wish Amazon would bump up the specs a bit on their range. At least use 1280x800 on the entry level model and 1920x1080/1200 on the larger ones. I do think children would benefit as the books are going to be much easier to read.

It's worth contacting Tesco Tech Support/CS.

The Hudl2 we bought my in-laws died in the same manner and was thinking the same as you, but we contacted CS about it and they arranged a courier to come collect it and take it away for repair the next day. It was away for 3 days and was delivered back repaired.

So can't fault them for their CS.

People keep saying a great the Hudl is, despite the fact that many of the threads on here are about them not working!

Tesco sold a shed load of them, but I doubt we'll ever know how many got returned due to failures.

It may have played a part in helping Tesco decide whether to continue in the market though, although I am pretty sure the decision was made to get out regardless. When Tesco suddenly hit bad times, things had to go and this was not a core business.

A shame really, as it tried what Amazon and Google have done with cheap, almost loss leading, tablets and beat both by miles.

I really do hope Google will make another affordable tablet this year. It would be even better if Android N had some sort of child controls as standard, but it seems unlikely as there's nothing in the beta that I am aware of.