Our methodology

For a product link, we retrieve the live product page: title, specification, seller claims and the current price. For a product name or question, we first identify the specific model being asked about.

We then search the open web for:

• published reviews from editorial and specialist outlets;
• owner feedback and long-term impressions from forums, communities and retail review sections;
• competing products in the same category and price band;
• current pricing at retailers that ship to your country.

We do not test products in a lab. WorthCheck is a research and synthesis tool: its value is in reading far more sources than a shopper reasonably can and reducing them to one decision.

The 0–100 score expresses how good this purchase is at today's price, not how impressive the product is in the abstract. Four things drive it:

• Performance against its purpose — does it do the job buyers actually bought it for?
• Reliability signals — recurring faults, build complaints and failures after months of use weigh heavily.
• Price fairness — the asking price against comparable products and against this product's own recent pricing.
• Competition — if an alternative delivers the same result for meaningfully less, the score drops even for a good product.

The verdict follows from the score and the timing. Roughly: a strong score with a fair price gives buy; a strong product with bad timing or an inflated price gives wait; a weak result, or a clearly better option at the same money, gives skip.

• No affiliate links, and no commission on any purchase you make.
• No paid placements: nobody can buy a verdict, a score or a position in the buying options.
• Buying options are ordered by price and availability in your country, never by payment.
• Weaknesses are always stated. A verdict with no downsides listed is a failed verdict.
• Advertising, where shown, is clearly separate from verdict content.

• AI can be wrong. Verdicts are generated with the help of a language model working from retrieved material. It can misread a specification or attribute a complaint to the wrong model variant.
• Prices move. A verdict reflects the price at the time it was produced. Always confirm the price at the retailer before buying.
• Coverage varies. Popular products have deep review coverage; obscure or brand-new products have little, and the verdict is correspondingly less confident.
• Fit is personal. We judge general value. Only you know whether a niche requirement makes an otherwise mediocre product the right choice for you.

Treat a WorthCheck verdict as well-organised research, not as professional, financial or safety advice. Found something wrong? Tell us and we will correct it.