Tom's GuideReviews of tomsguide.com

I think it is very unspecific but also very targeted. I also think it is very unhelpful to those looking for information.

They seem to hire freelance writers who may have little or no experience in the topic. For example, recently they published a very click bait feature "I tried charging an EV at home and it was a shock I wasn't expecting". The writer was talking about his experience using level 1 charging on an EV, and how after driving the car for several days to run the battery down. He was shocked that level one couldn't recharge it completely overnight. The capabilities of level 1, level two, and level three charging have been in the news more or less continuously for the last several years. If he was shocked, it's because he lives with his head in a hole in the ground. It's very disappointing. Tom's guide obviously has some kind of axe to grind or they simply do not care.

the article was written base on a "leaked nintendo switch 2 specs" youtube video. while i don't judge the accuracy of the "leak" or the article is using the video as source. repeatedly, they compare the "switch 2 leaked specs" with PS5 and Xbox series X, calling it disappointing while not once compare it with other handheld console like steamdeck OLED, ROG Z1 Extreme or lenovo legion GO,... then complain about "leaked docked specs" is just close to a PS4. not understanding the balance between performance, portability, battery life and cost then proceed to making lame comparison in a poorly organized article is just... unthinkable for a news and review site. maybe this is just a rage bait article, idk.

They have gone the way of CNET, a once independent and honest reviewer of tech that succumbed to paid reviews and bad links, malware/spyware, click bait and pop-up ads. They probably made a lot more money that way, but became useless and unreliable to consumers, whom they first set out to serve. Now Tom's Guide has not quite gone that far, but from my experience they have begun to publish unreliable reviews that sound more like the press material written by the manufacturers themselves. The reviews also seem to be driven by spec sheet data, without any consideration for actual user experience. They just tout the specs and no longer tell you much about any annoying issues with whatever they are reviewing. The Pixel 6 is my case in point. I bought mine in 2022 based solely off the Tom's Guide review. The only Pixel I had previously owned years before was the Pixel 3, which I did not like, and I heard nothing good from actual user reviews about the Pixels 4 and 5, so I wrote Pixels off entirely, until the Pixel 6 came out and Tom's Guide said something like it was finally the Pixel they had been waiting for, and went on to tout the new Tensor chip and great camera. I decided to give Pixels another shot, and wound up buying one of the buggiest phones in history, with a camera that wasn't much better than the Pixel 3. It still had many of the same problems that they had been criticized for over the years, but Tom's Guide had me believing it was a Brave New World and the True Pixel had finally arrived. Yeah NO. They clearly hadn't used the phone much and just went with the press release fluff, like food magazines that print recipes that they never actually tested, and inevitably wind up disappointing. Now I'm stuck for a while with a phone I don't like, because my budget is pretty slim and I maxed it out on this buy. I gave TG a second star because there is still usable information on the website, you just have to be able to carefully cherry pick which specs and review information to patch together into a sound assessment of eligibility for your next phone. Otherwise I'm done with Tom's Guide as a consistent source of reliable information in tech, as now they're just a co-opted advertising arm of big tech.

Sold out, what a crying shame. My trust in Tom's Guide is slowly ebbing away as they (along with many others) are clearly promoting the products they get paid for over being entirely sincere and honest with their reviews. Apples products are a prime example of this with their air pod pros appearing second in the ranking, what garbage. Short terms gains will see the eventual loss of consumer trust and another once great website ready for the junk folder.

very professional, and the articles are very detailed. However, there are many paid reviews that are biased, and to some extent, with misleading information. For example, on oneplus 7t vs pixel 4 review, there are many facts which are just misleading. If you compare that to pocketnow, the bias is very obvious.