Halfords

Just returned home from Halfords in Coolock where I purchased a Sat Nav.
The staff where pleasant and very helpful.
I told them what I wanted, and how much I wanted to spend.
Within 10 minutes we had agreed a Sat Nav and the assistant Craig gave me a demo.
Only issue I had was that Halfords advertise free fitting service, but, the fitting service simply applies to fitting it to the window in your car and plugging it into the lighter plug.
If you expect to have the wires hidden expertly (as I did it comes with a 30euro charge)
Otherwise the service I received was attentive and friendly and the store opening hours until 8pm is excellent customer focus as most of us work weekdays until 5 or 6pm so popping in on the way home from work to have bulbs fitted or Battery changed is ideal.
I would definitely recommend this store, but not its sister store in Airside Retail Park.
Please read that review @

Not owning a car and having no interest in the blasted things, I have never really before felt the need to shop at Halfords. Why on earth would I want a car stereo? But then I lately discovered that Halfords sold bikes, but that didn’t arouse my interest much either. There is no substitute for a dedicated bicycle shop when considering the purchase of a bike. Plus the range at bike-​superstore type places like Halfords or Eurocycles tends to be limited to shitty mountain bikes and hybrids. So, if you want to buy a bicycle, go to a bicycle shop. Sounds rather simple when you put it like that.
But if you know a little bit about cycling and you want to buy some gear, Halfords is a boon. I was in the one on the Malahide Road today with a view to buying a pump, and they have some pretty decent stuff. I bought my pump (a stand-​up model, metal, very durable), which only set me back thirty spots or so. And I bought a cycling jersey — only a generic one mind, but sure what would I care — and all it set me back was a score. Considering that proper bicycle shops often only stock the fancy ones which cost about € 50.
And to be fair to Halfords, they didn’t go the route of many British firms (Marks and Spencer and Topshop, to name two), namely that of screwing their Irish customers in the sterling-​euro price conversion. My € 20 jersey was marked at £15 sterling, which is fairly reasonable conversion.
But strangely enough, Halfords low prices don’t extend to tubes, where I thought the greatest economies would be found. They were all over € 6, whereas they’re usually more like 4 or 5. Still, it would be worth making the trip to closer Halfords if you had a few things to buy.