Affiliate disclosure and how we make money

How this site earns money, which links earn commission, and why that never changes a verdict.

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The short version

Some links on this site earn us a commission if you buy through them. It costs you nothing extra, and it never changes what we write.

We also show advertising. Advertisers have no say over our reviews and no sight of them before publication.

Any link that earns us money is marked where it appears, and any price next to it carries the date we checked it.

We have not joined any affiliate programmes yet. When we do, we will name each programme on this page and use any wording the programme requires.

What we will not do

We do not accept payment for a review, a score, a placement or a link. We do not publish sponsored posts or guest posts, and we do not let a brand see a review before it goes live.

If we ever accept a paid arrangement, it will be labelled on the page itself as an advertisement.

Review samples

We aim to buy what we review. Where a product was supplied free or on loan, the review says so at the top, and loans are returned when the test ends. A free sample never guarantees coverage or a positive verdict.