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He couldn’t make head or tail of the results. Paul concluded that the “the entire web is spam when it comes to major appliance reviews”.

A simple solution to this: Consumer Reports. A subscription is well worth it! The likelihood that it will pay for itself in the next year is very high.




Consumer reports are probably about as objective a source as you can find, but I don't believe they are without their biases. They tend to give a lot of weight to things like value and reliability, and less on aesthetics, though the latter may be an important factor for some consumers. For tech products, the review them from the standpoint of an "average consumer" and probably won't evaluate factors that matter a lot to many readers here.

They are also politically left-leaning, if that matters to you.


For tech products, the review them from the standpoint of an "average consumer"

Yeah, don't use them to rate tech products. But as far as coventional appliances go, they are a very good resource.




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