I have been spending a lot of time researching baby products lately and I have been fortunate to have found two sites where I can use for consulting reviews which have helped me a great deal in differentiating the bad from the good. http://www.consumersearch.com/ and http://www.buzzillions.com/. Consulting reviews of products is so key before making any significant purchase. I find its important to also use sites such as those mentioned above that are not from the product makers themselves. You can save a ton of money by reading reviews so you don’t waste your money. And everyone hates having another useless product in the house, not very green.
How do you go about consulting reviews prior to purchasing a product?
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Absolutely agree with doing your homework before you buy! It’s the best way to avoid buying junk that either ends up cluttering up a storage space or, worse, ending up in a landfill. My go-to review source, however, is always amazon.com — usually there are quite a few reviews for pretty much anything I’m looking for!
Angelo agreed that Amazon is also a good source for reviews although do they post bad ones as well?
They do, but as always, caveat emptor. If 95% of people are rating an item 2 stars and one or two goofs are rating 5 stars, that should send up a flag. Another handy thing is that Amazon reviews are rated as being “helpful” or not.
I generally look for common themes (i.e., “it’s a great product but look out for hidden costs”) among all the reviews that I skim, and typically I put less weight on the 5-star and 1-star ratings to try and get a more balanced aggregate review.
I find its important to also use sites such as those mentioned above that are not from the product makers themselves.