How We Test: Inside Our Electronics Review Process
Transparency matters. Here's exactly how we test, score, and recommend every product on BestElectronicsReviewed — no paid placements, no BS.
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We've published over 6,000 buying guides with detailed product reviews. Here's exactly how our testing and scoring process works.
Our 4-Score System
Every product is rated on four dimensions, each scored 1-10:
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Performance — Does it do its job well? For a car charger, that means actual wattage delivery. For a projector, that means real-world brightness and color accuracy.
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Features — What do you get for your money? We compare feature sets across the category, not against an abstract ideal.
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Ease of Use — Setup, daily operation, and maintenance. A product that requires a PhD to configure loses points, no matter how powerful it is.
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Value — Performance and features relative to price. A $30 product that performs at 80% of a $100 product scores higher on value.
The Overall score is a weighted average, with Performance and Value weighted slightly higher because that's what matters most to buyers.
How We Pick "Best Overall"
The "Best Overall" pick in each guide isn't always the highest-scoring product. It's the product we'd recommend to the widest range of buyers. Sometimes the Best Overall is the third-highest scorer because it offers the best balance of performance, features, and price.
For example, in our sous vide guide, the Anova Precision Cooker Nano beats more expensive options as Best Overall because it delivers 95% of the performance at 60% of the price.
What We Don't Do
- No paid placements. Companies cannot pay to appear in our guides or influence their scores.
- No "review units." We buy products at retail or use publicly available models. We're never beholden to a brand for access.
- No affiliate-score inflation. Our scores don't change based on which products have higher Amazon commissions.
Amazon Affiliate Disclosure
We are an Amazon Associate and earn from qualifying purchases. This means when you click a product link like this BenQ ScreenBar and buy it, we earn a small commission at no extra cost to you. This is how we fund our testing and keep the site free.
Importantly: the commission is the same percentage regardless of which product you buy. We have zero financial incentive to recommend one product over another within the same category.
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