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📣 sickofparadox

What reviewers do you trust for honest evaluations of a product?


Not limited to just product reviewers - media, travel, restaurant are all welcome additions.

A few notable websites I trust:

https://www.consumerreports.org/ - This one is fairly obvious.

https://www.americastestkitchen.com/ - Excellent combination of kitchen hardware reviews, recipes, and best practices cooking techniques.

https://www.rtings.com/ - I have less experience with RTings then the other sites on this list, but the purchases I have made off of their recommendation have been very solid.

https://www.tomshardware.com/ - The official reviews on Tomshardware are excellent for PC parts and laptops, and the forums provide a wealth of useful information on niche/hardware adjacent topics.

Youtubers:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDKLZBNM9XZ7pHPZF9D8xDQ - Monitors Unboxed does great reviews with good detail on everything from the viewing experience to the menus on any given monitor. His ~quarterly monitor roundups are useful for anyone looking to go out and make a purchase that needs a "one stop recommendation".

https://www.youtube.com/@theshoppingexpert - A bit of a hodge-podge review channel with a general focus on homegoods, but branches out to various other areas as well. If you don't like short-form style content you probably will not be a fan.


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Anything technological: heise.de - since the softram incident they upped their game when they test hard and software.