Things Worth Keeping

Worth keeping.

If it's not worth keeping, we don't sell it. Few things, good things. We show you the ones we reject too.

The Keep

The Nine Rules

01

We would still own it in a year.

02

The battery, if it has one, can be replaced.

03

It needs no app.

04

It is obvious in the hand. No instructions for the basic use.

05

It arrives in a box no bigger than itself.

06

The good version does not cost four times this one.

07

It works even if you are not tidy.

08

It was invented for a problem that already existed.

09

It is better than the thing it replaces. Not different. Better.

We have not had this long enough to know about rule 1. We will say so when we do.

The Verdict Format

How a product is graded against the standard.

Product Name

Keep

Cleared all nine rules. Kept for practical use.