Price floor first, then the tier behind it
Refurbished laptops and tablets start at very different points depending on who you ask. asgoodasnew lists entry prices of €117, and Loop Mobile's entry price is $454. Both figures cover a device bought outright rather than a subscription, so there is no billing period or plan name to track: read each number as a one-off payment.
Your benchmark should be the wider market, not either seller alone. Prices across the listings we follow run €56.86 to €762.08, which tells you whether a store sits near the bottom of the market or is carrying higher-spec configurations rather than charging more for the same machine.
Check which tier the entry price covers before comparing anything, because a cheap base model and a cheap premium model are not the same purchase. The refurbished laptops and tablets ranking shows what each seller stocks, so use it to match a model before you compare totals.
Warranty length is the clearest separator
This is where the two pull apart. asgoodasnew backs devices with 30 months of cover, equal to 2.5 years, and it offers an extended warranty, so a longer plan can be bought on top of the standard one. Loop Mobile's cover is 12 months, which is 1 year.
For context, warranty terms across the market run 1 to 30 months. A longer window is not automatically better, but on a machine whose battery has already been used it changes the arithmetic, because the component most likely to disappoint gets replaced instead of paid for.
Read the asgoodasnew review against the Loop Mobile review on this single point. Warranty length is the one number both sellers can be held to, and it costs nothing to compare.
Return windows show how confident a seller is
Both brands sit at the top of what the market offers. asgoodasnew allows 30 days for returns, and Loop Mobile allows 30 days. Return terms across the listings we follow run 7 to 30 days, so neither seller is asking you to commit early.
A generous window matters most on batteries and screens, the two areas where a refurbished device can disappoint quietly rather than obviously. Use the returns period to exercise the machine at home before the warranty period starts doing the work.
For more sellers to weigh the same window against, the refurbed review and the Back Market review are useful reads.
Match memory and graphics to the work you do
Start with the memory ceiling. asgoodasnew tops out at 24 GB of RAM, while Loop Mobile goes to 64 GB. If you edit video, run local models or keep large project files open, that difference decides which list you browse first.
Graphics brands narrow the field just as sharply. asgoodasnew lists apple and intel in its range, whereas the Loop Mobile refurbished Mac collection is limited to apple. A seller with Apple silicon only will limit your shortlist, however generous the warranty.
Operating systems reveal how broad each catalogue is. asgoodasnew covers macOS, ipados and Windows, and Loop Mobile covers iOS and Android, alongside a store built around refurbished phones, refurbished laptops and refurbished tablets. asgoodasnew's own catalogue runs to laptop, desktop and tablet, so laptops and tablets sit next to desktops rather than inside a phone store.
Condition grades and build times
Condition is graded, and both sellers use the same ladder. asgoodasnew grades as like new, excellent and good, and Loop Mobile grades as like new, excellent and good. Identical labels make comparison easier, because the grade tells you what cosmetic state to expect before warranty terms come into play.
Neither seller builds to order, so the listing you see is the machine that ships. That removes waiting time from your comparison and puts the weight back on price, memory and grade. On a laptop, a higher grade usually means a better screen and chassis, so pair the grade with the resolution and panel you actually need.
Battery expectations on a used machine
Loop Mobile sets a floor for battery health of 80%, which is a concrete number to hold a listing against. asgoodasnew publishes a battery runtime figure of 8 hours on the handheld it sells, and Loop Mobile lists 20 hours on one of its audio products.
Battery figures are easy to over-read. A runtime number describes a new unit, while a health floor describes a refurbished one, and only the second tells you what you will be living with after a year of daily use. Ask which one a seller quotes before you treat either as a like-for-like comparison.
Markets, shipping and who answers the phone
Where a seller ships decides whether the price you saw is the price you pay. asgoodasnew serves AT, DE and ES, and Loop Mobile serves US, AU and GB. Loop Mobile also lists a free delivery threshold of $0, so its shipping cost does not climb with the size of your order.
Both are established companies with named legal entities, which matters when a warranty claim goes sideways. asgoodasnew has traded since 2008 as asgoodasnew electronics GmbH, headquartered in DE. Loop Mobile trades as PTS Corp (Loop Mobile), headquartered in IE.
Support access differs. asgoodasnew offers email and help centre, while Loop Mobile offers email, phone and help centre, giving you a phone route one of them adds. asgoodasnew also runs a trade in, and Loop Mobile's refurbished phones are unlocked, which matters if you plan to change network.
A one-pass checklist
Take price first: entry prices of €117 for asgoodasnew against $454 for Loop Mobile, with the market running €56.86 to €762.08. Then warranty, at 30 months against 12 months against a market of 1 to 30 months. Then returns, at 30 days against 30 days against a market of 7 to 30 days.
Finish with the parts you cannot price: memory ceiling, graphics brand, condition grade and battery health. Sellers such as Mobile Reborn and Newegg are worth reading against the same checklist, so you can tell which differences come from the device and which come from the seller.