Head-to-head comparisons

21 pairs, 29 products, one question each: which of these two should you buy? Both sides of every pair carry a full review scored on the same six weighted categories, so the scorecards sit directly against each other — and each page ends on a written verdict rather than a calculated one.

Why a written pick and not a computed one. 16 of these 21 pairs score within 0.3 of each other out of 10, and several are two rungs of one ladder sharing a spec sheet. Subtracting one score from the other on a gap that small hands you a coin flip dressed up as a judgement. On 3 of them the honest answer is that it depends — and the page says what it depends on.