Product Review Policy

At GearJunkie, our ultimate goal is fairness – to you, our readers, and to manufacturers. To this end, we will not accept payment for positive reviews.

GearJunkie receives (and buys) hundreds of products for testing from manufacturers each year. In the process, most are used hard and either returned to the manufacturer or kept for long-term testing.

The receipt of a product for testing in no way guarantees a positive review, and GearJunkie editors have a strict policy of objectivity, including identifying any flaws or weaknesses as well as good points in every product we review.

GearJunkie does publish occasional sponsored articles, which are paid advertising and are marked as such. Sponsored articles comprise less than 10 percent of all content on GearJunkie, with the majority of our coverage based on traditional editorial and journalistic practices.

About GearJunkie Product Ratings

GearJunkie’s product rating system combines the most important performance attributes of any product into an easily digestible numeric rating.

9-10: Excellent; highly recommended
The absolute best products on the market (less than 10% of products we test meet this criteria)
6-8: Good; recommended
Solid, reliable products with only minor drawbacks
3-5: Fair; consider with caution
Products with notable drawbacks that may still work for specific use cases
1-2: Poor; not recommended
Products with significant drawbacks or flaws