Methodology

42 days, minimum, before a word gets published.

The standard is fixed and public so you can hold me to it. Every review shows its actual test duration at the top.

  1. 01Days 1–7

    Baseline

    Weighed, measured, photographed. First impressions recorded before familiarity sets in and stops me noticing the things a new owner would.

  2. 02Days 8–23

    Displacement

    It replaces whatever I was using. Not tested alongside — replaced. If I quietly go back to the old thing, that failure is the review.

  3. 03Days 24–42

    Wear

    The period where materials start telling the truth. Rub points, loose stitching, coatings, battery behaviour, firmware updates that change what you bought.

  4. 04Day 42+

    Verdict

    Written only once there is something to say that a spec sheet could not have told you. If there is not, the review does not run.

Standing rules

  • Every review states how the unit was obtained, at the top, before the verdict.
  • No brand reads a review before publication.
  • No brand has ever had, or will have, approval over a score.
  • Loaned units are returned. Seeded units are disclosed and kept, or returned on request.
  • If a product is bad, the review says so and the affiliate link stays off.
  • Corrections are dated and visible on the review, never silently edited.