How we test

Most of it
doesn't make it.

We buy the stuff your feed swears by, use it like you would, and bin whatever doesn't hold up.

Tested 24 · Kept 9 · Culld 15

The process

01
We pay for it.

Same suppliers anyone else would use. No freebies, no paid reviews, no favours.
02
We use it like you would.

In the car, the kitchen, the shower. Dropped on tiles.
03
It gets a verdict.

Kept or culld. There's no 'pretty good for the price' column.
04
Keepers stay on probation.

If the returns pile up, it gets culld later. Even if it's selling.

It gets culld if it:

Breaks or stops working
Doesn't do what the video said
Needs an app, a hack or a YouTube tutorial
Turns up looking nothing like the photos

Recent casualties

Cheap fake 4K action camera — Fake 4K camNot the 4K it promised.

Mini blender with unblended smoothie spilled — Mini blenderGave up on frozen fruit.

Cheap LED face mask — LED maskGlowed. Did little else.

Fraying electric ab belt — Ab beltThe only thing it toned was patience.

Car vacuum that left the crumbs behind — Car vacuumLeft the crumbs behind.

Bag sealer next to a half-sealed bag — Bag sealerMelted it. Didn't seal it.

Clip-on phone lens kit with a scratched lens — Phone lensScratched on day one.

Cracked neck fan collar — Fan collarLoud. Warm air. Cracked.

KEPT ✓

Earned its spot.

Worked first go. No app, no hack, no 'you're holding it wrong'. Took a week of real life, a few drops on the tiles, and still looked like the ad. It goes on the shelf with the truth attached, flaws and all.

CULLD