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What is the best website for honest product reviews?

By YPB Team

Lab measurements, owner rants and star ratings from millions of shoppers all compete for the most trustworthy verdict before you buy.

  1. Consumer Reports — ranked #11
    Consumer Reports
    Nonprofit magazine and website published since 1936 that buys the products it tests and carries no advertising.
    1000pts
  2. Amazon Customer Reviews — ranked #22
    Amazon Customer Reviews
    Shopper reviews and star ratings on Amazon product pages, a feature the retailer introduced in 1995.
    943pts
  3. Tom's Hardware — ranked #33
    Tom's Hardware
    PC hardware site started by Thomas Pabst in 1996, known for its CPU and graphics card benchmarks.
    927pts
  4. GSMArena — ranked #44
    GSMArena
    Bulgarian mobile phone database and review site that has run since 2000.
    800pts
  5. The Verge — ranked #55
    The Verge
    Technology news and reviews site launched by Vox Media in 2011.
    800pts
  6. America's Test Kitchen — ranked #66
    America's Test Kitchen
    Cooking media company, publisher of Cook's Illustrated, whose equipment reviews test kitchen tools and small appliances.
    600pts
  7. Wirecutter — ranked #77
    Wirecutter
    Product recommendation site founded by Brian Lam in 2011 and bought by The New York Times Company in 2016.
    600pts
  8. Tom's Guide — ranked #88
    Tom's Guide
    Consumer technology reviews site owned by Future plc, covering phones, laptops, TVs and streaming services.
    600pts
  9. RTINGS — ranked #99
    RTINGS
    Montreal-based review site that tests TVs, headphones, monitors and other electronics in its own lab and publishes the measurements.
    466pts
  10. PCMag — ranked #1010
    PCMag
    Reviews site of PC Magazine, which started in 1982 and ended its print edition in 2009.
    466pts
  11. TechRadar — ranked #1111
    TechRadar
    Technology buying-advice and reviews site launched by Future plc in 2008.
    466pts
  12. Good Housekeeping Institute — ranked #1212
    Good Housekeeping Institute
    Product-testing lab of Good Housekeeping magazine, founded in 1900 and behind the Good Housekeeping Seal.
    466pts
  13. CNET — ranked #1313
    CNET
    Technology news and reviews site dating from the 1990s, owned by Ziff Davis since 2024.
    466pts
  14. Reddit — ranked #1414
    Reddit
    Discussion site founded in 2005 whose product subreddits, such as r/BuyItForLife, collect first-hand owner experiences.
    0pts
  15. YouTube — ranked #1515
    YouTube
    Video platform founded in 2005 where unboxing and hands-on review channels test products on camera.
    0pts
  16. OutdoorGearLab — ranked #1616
    OutdoorGearLab
    Website that buys outdoor equipment such as tents, boots and jackets and tests the models side by side in the field.
    0pts
  17. DPReview — ranked #1717
    DPReview
    Camera and lens review site started by Phil Askey in 1998 and owned by Amazon from 2007 to 2023.
    0pts
  18. Which? — ranked #1818
    Which?
    UK consumer organisation founded in 1957 that tests products and labels them Best Buy or Don't Buy.
    0pts

Comments 1

Testers who buy every product against owners who post what broke: Consumer Reports has done the first since 1936, r/BuyItForLife the second: https://youpick.best/articles/reddit-ranked-many-ways

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ypb-team
21h ago