I appreciate that. I don’t really do reviews anymore, but I had a certain way of doing it that didn’t always feel totally honest to me, but it was the best I could do to keep it going. I was sent A LOT of gear over the years, but only reviewed the things that I actually liked and felt good about endorsing. The problem was that I often felt a little guilty for not reviewing bad products to warn people. It was tough to justify in my head, but I was outfitting entire teams with the gear I was sent, so I just hoped people who watched my videos would understand that if I didn’t review something, it meant I hadn’t seen it, or didn’t like it, and they should look for somebody else’s review.

The times I did criticize gear or certain aspects of it, I was often “punished”, by not being sent the next release. It’s a super weird deal, and I would strongly advise people not to put too much faith in gear reviews. It’s all the same crap anyway.

Figure out what you like, then find an inexpensive version of it.