Worth keeping.
If it's not worth keeping, we don't sell it.
The Current Selection
What is being evaluated right now, who it might help, and what remains unknown.
Documented Observations
Four posts a week plus live. Our store launches Monday 5 October 2026. Product details will accompany each selection.
What a SKIP will show
The reason for each rejected product will be explained.
The reason matters
When a rejected product enters our workflow, we document the precise mechanical or functional limitation—such as requiring a standalone app for basic core functions—so you can see precisely why it fell short.
selection evidence will accompany the verdict.Who Stands Behind the Judgment
Accountability, sourcing policies, and commercial relationship disclosures.
The Editorial Standard
We keep our evaluation criteria transparent. Each published selection will name who tested the product.
Sourcing & Independence
Each published selection will disclose how the product was obtained and any commercial relationship.
The Standard, Shown Through Use
Grounded rules evaluated through physical evidence, simplicity, and direct replacement comparison.
We would still own it in a year.
The battery, if it has one, can be replaced.
It needs no app.
It is obvious in the hand. No instructions for the basic use.
It arrives in a box no bigger than itself.
The good version does not cost four times this one.
It works even if you are not tidy.
It was invented for a problem that already existed.
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.