and if a reviewer was to say anything negative about a piece of equipment they are reviewing, wouldnt that hurt the company that made it as well as the review company ?
@riley804 Having written professional reviews for 15 years or so, I was never instructed to not say anything negative about any review product. The fact is that the only pieces that make it to the level of warranting a review are pieces that have very good customer feedback or pedigree, so crap products that probably deserve negative comments just never make it to being reviewed. The way to read reviews is not to look for negative comments but to glean from the review where a product may fall short RELATIVELY to other gear. That is why product comparisons are so critical in a truly thorough, credible, and useful review and why TAS reviews are Absolute Crap.