Hummm…
Here is one of mine where I give a not good, not bad review.
And one that is clearly negative and hopefully entertaining…
And another pointing out crappy batteries and lies about weather sealing
And one that is more of a look at this thing, kind of review.
I’m fairly critical about switches that can’t be found by braille. UIs that force you through stupid modes.
PWM in the viable range.
A lantern with 100Hz PWM! Just awful to work under. But Cheap.
There are the reviewers who get tons of light for free - and if they give negative reviews the supply will dry up.
(Let’s see how it does on the tree of life… Wow! Amazing!)
Ones that post a zillion high res. images that take forever to load. Unless I’m really interested, I pass on these.
Jeez, just downsize to 1600 0r 1280 pixels and save us a crap-ton of bandwidth.
Then there are those that get free lights and sometimes point out negative aspects. These do seem rare.
Then there are the regular members who buy the lights for themselves and review them.
One would think that perhaps they are only buying a light that appeals to them and after researching the light to see if it is worth buying.
The likelihood that the light is good quality is fairly high.
I mean, why would you spend your own money on something that you suspect sucks?
One thing I will mention is that reviewers should get feedback. Tell’em what you like or don’t.
Sucks to put in the time to do a review and nary a comment in sight.