Customer reviews

[dennis thompson]

Anyone know where you can get good, honest reviews? So far the best place I’ve found is Project Farm , but, while his are excellent , they are pretty limited.

[Jerome Stanek]

Anyone know where you can get good, honest reviews? So far the best place I’ve found is Project Farm , but, while his are excellent , they are pretty limited.

Reviews on what

[dennis thompson]

Reviews on what

Books,tools, cars , electronics,pretty much anything

[Myk Rian]

I usually read the 4* reviews of the product.

[Alan Rutherford]

Consumer Reports isn't what they used to be but you can't question their honesty. Unfortunately they are increasingly geared toward the I-never-learned-how-to-read generation and they have fewer facts to back up their conclusions.

If you can find the item on a source like Amazon, you can learn a lot from reading the negative reviews to see if they are valid complaints or just someone who can't be satisfied.

[Ronald Blue]

If you can find the item on a source like Amazon, you can learn a lot from reading the negative reviews to see if they are valid complaints or just someone who can't be satisfied.

I almost always go to the 1 or 2 star reviews first also. You can quickly tell if they are unpleasable or have a legitimate beef. Most are legit and often leads me to avoid a product because of it.

[Frederick Skelly]

I almost always go to the 1 or 2 star reviews first also. You can quickly tell if they are unpleasable or have a legitimate beef. Most are legit and often leads me to avoid a product because of it.

I agree. I do the same as Alan and Ronald suggest.

[Doug Garson]

I find Yelp reviews for local businesses good. I recently needed an exhaust repair on my car. I looked at Yelp reviews and picked a shop based on very positive reviews for it. My experience was also very positive, so good, I wrote a review myself which I rarely do.

[Roger Feeley]

I think of online reviews like Olympic scoring during the cold war. Throw out the high and low scores and average the rest.

my favorite Consumer Reports review was for a bug zapper. They recommended buying one and giving it to your neighbor because, “It’s ability to attract insects exceeds its ability to kill them.”

[Brian Elfert]

I almost always go to the 1 or 2 star reviews first also. You can quickly tell if they are unpleasable or have a legitimate beef. Most are legit and often leads me to avoid a product because of it.

I often go right to the 1 star reviews too, but if I bought stuff only based on the 1 star reviews I would hardly ever buy anything.

[Larry Frank]

I agree that the 1 and 2star reviews are worth reading. Some of course, are just baloney. Some are people who do not know what they are doing. But some are useful info describing issues. Sometimes, there are good videos.

I buy quite a bit from Amazon since I get one or two day delivery and the price of gas so high. They also have a very good return policy.

[Ken Fitzgerald]

I always play the "%" game when considering reviews. Using a scale of 1-5, I look at the percentages of those who give a product a 4 or 5 expecting to see 85% or higher rating in the 4s & 5s. I also read the 1's and 2's reviews. Usually those who are not qualified to pass judgement on a product will use verbiage that gives away their credibility.

[Dave Zellers]

Anyone know where you can get good, honest reviews? So far the best place I’ve found is Project Farm , but, while his are excellent , they are pretty limited.

A while ago, my son pointed me to https://www.nytimes.com/wirecutter/ for fair/honest reviews. Not really customer reviews, however.

[Jack Frederick]

My opinion of Consumer Reports is forever jaded by two categories of products they tested back in the late 80’s, both of which I represented. the one they championed put the manuf out of business and was a lingering headache for me for another ten yrs or so. The one they panned went on to lead the market in that category. As NYT subscribers we look at Wirecutter daily. they tested coffee makers recently and we followed their recommendation and bought an OXO coffee maker. They were right. It is excellent.

[Rob Luter]

I tend to research user groups, forums, etc.. If you spend a little time you can generally get a feel for reality. SMC has been a great resource for me on woodworking tools.

[ChrisA Edwards]

I find most of the 4 and 5 star reviews are pretty good, on Amazon, especially if there are a lot of them.

On two or three products, I have purchased from Amazon, I have written 1 and 2 star reviews and Amazon has refused to publish them and Amazon notifies me of this.

[Derek Meyer]

I usually skim a few pages of reviews for whatever I'm looking at, if there are a lot of reviews. I pay attention to the 1 and 2 star reviews, because a lot of them are complaining about something other than the product - shipping, damage, wrong item received, etc. Other times, the gripes are legit. If it's a large purchase, I'll look on mulitple sites for reviews to try and get a more balanced opinion.