check that brand before you buy it for life!

Every time we need to buy a power tool (or batteries) we have the same conversation. We used to buy the yellow brand, but the yellow brand was sold and it's crap, what about the red brand? or the blue one?
Now there is a site where you can check to make sure brands are still worth buying.
I find it especially useful for power tools, since that is a big part of our life, but it was recommended to me for eyeglasses and technical clothing.

I feel the quality of most products, even name brands have gone down.

We are starting to use reviews to buy stuff.

I am not sure that reviews are safe bet.

Also price helps determine what I buy as I buy cheap and look for the lowest price.

I needed to buy another air fryer though I could no longer buy my $10.00 brand so I chose Walmart's Mainstay for $25.00.  They both function about the same though I think the $10.00 one cooks better.

Anne Miller wrote:
We are starting to use reviews to buy stuff.

I am not sure that reviews are safe bet.

This is a really valid point. As the internet is getting more and more fed by AI (and AI is writing more and more) a lot of info out there may simply not be real or trustworthy, and it looks like this is just going to keep declining.
Which makes places like Permies, with real people talking about their real experience, so valuable.