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How We Evaluate Products

How our buying guides are built today, and the method our hands-on reviews will follow.

Last updated · Draft for review before launch

Buying guides: how we build them

  • We start from primary sources: federal agencies such as the CPSC, NHTSA, EPA, FDA, OSHA and the FTC, and recognised bodies such as the American Academy of Pediatrics.
  • Every figure in a guide carries a numbered link to its source, and each guide lists its sources in full.
  • We write in our own words and never copy text or images from other publishers. Photos are licensed (for example under the Unsplash License) and credited on the page.
  • Guides are dated, and we re-check sources when we update them.

Hands-on reviews (in development): 1. Measure

Each category has a fixed test bench. Every product goes through the same tests, recorded as structured measurements with units, conditions and dates. Monitor test bench.

Hands-on reviews: 2. Score

Measurements become 0–10 test scores against fixed anchors, then usage scores such as PC Gaming or Office. Not-applicable tests are excluded rather than scored zero. How scores work.

Hands-on reviews: 3. Compare

Comparisons are built from the same data, so they always match the reviews they link to. How we compare products.

Hands-on reviews: 4. Recommend

A product earns a pick only when it is the best measured option for that specific need. Picks list their limitations and are re-checked when results change. Sample page (fictional products): best gaming monitors.

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