We would rather show the method than describe it. A page is made of these parts.
- Published specifications. Straight from the manufacturer, normalised so a field means the same thing on every page.
- The price on the listing at the moment it was read.
- Amazon’s buyer average, present for 1,146 of the 1,150 products we hold.
- The listing photograph, on file for 1,148 of them.
What the number is
The star rating on a page is not ours. It is the average of the scores Amazon buyers left for that product. We pass it through unchanged; we do not weight it, adjust it or add an editorial score of our own.
No hands-on testing
This is the limit that matters: there is no hands-on testing here. We own none of this equipment. A page can tell you what the maker claims and what buyers scored it; it cannot tell you how the thing feels in year two.
How the shortlist is made
Products come onto a page because they are the ones sold under the search a reader is likely to run. We do not accept payment for inclusion, and no brand has been given a place on a list.
The price you see
Prices go stale quickly. What is printed here is what the listing said at the moment it was read. Always check the current price on the product page before you buy.
Tell us about a mistake
If a specification is wrong, a product has been discontinued or a page implies something we have not earned the right to say, tell us on the contact page. Corrections are made to the page itself, not in a footnote.