The New York Times is buying the Wirecutter for more than $30M

Re:The New York Times is buying the Wirecutter for more than... by Terribledactyl on Monday October 24, 2016 @12:20PM (#12780208)

Except for an extremely minor purchase (can opener, never again oxo), I've been extremely happy with the recommendations from Wirecutter/Sweethome. Even if you don't end up buying the recommended item (or anything related), you get very detailed article about the pros/cons, manufacturing decisions, etc of a particular product and can apply those in your other searches.

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Re:The New York Times is buying the Wirecutter for more than... by stinkytaco on Monday October 24, 2016 @12:32PM (#12780342)

For me it's simply the "I don't really want to think about this, but don't want to buy something bad" factor. I don't really care enough about TV to spend hours researching it, but I can probably rely on The Wirecutter to make sure I don't buy a POS. I might spend much more time researching a phone, on the other hand, and don't look at it too much.

There's a lot of value in that offering, because there's a huge gap between "enthusiasts reviews" (Anandtech, for example) and "consumer" (Consumer Reports). One is done by enthusiasts for enthusiasts and the other is done by consumers for consumers. The Wirecutter seems to provide "by enthusiasts for consumers".

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Re:The New York Times is buying the Wirecutter for more than... by exhilaration on Monday October 24, 2016 @12:24PM (#12780253)

I agree, the Wirecutter/Sweethome is my most trusted source of product reviews.

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Re:The New York Times is buying the Wirecutter for more than... by TeMPOraL on Monday October 24, 2016 @12:32PM (#12780344)

I've only recently started using them. I bought a bluetooth headset and gaming headphones from their recommendations, and I consider these two to be great purchases, with quality/cost ratio much better than the cheap stuff I used to buy before.

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Re:The New York Times is buying the Wirecutter for more than... by the_watcher on Monday October 24, 2016 @12:25PM (#12780270)

Agreed. They're extremely good about detailed reviews with pros, cons, and options for different types of purchasers.

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Re:The New York Times is buying the Wirecutter for more than... by osi on Monday October 24, 2016 @03:19PM (#12781917)

for most things, yes. i went looking to sweethome about ceiling fans, and while information, it was a bit lacking compared to other categories

http://thesweethome.com/reviews/ceiling-fan-i-always-get/

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Re:The New York Times is buying the Wirecutter for more than... by ghaff on Monday October 24, 2016 @12:27PM (#12780295)

>can opener, never again oxo

Let me guess. The one that makes a non-sharp cut that requires the strength of a bodybuilder and doesn't work half the time?

But, yes, they seem to do a good job overall. Honestly, for a lot of things these days, all you want is a succinct recommendation for something decent while understanding the basis of the recommendation.

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Re:The New York Times is buying the Wirecutter for more than... by rconti on Monday October 24, 2016 @02:45PM (#12781607)

I've gone through a few brands of those, Oxo included. They all work great and don't require more strength than a "normal" sharp cut one.

Except they only last about 6-10mo before they stop producing a reliable cut and you have to throw them out.

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Re:The New York Times is buying the Wirecutter for more than... by baddox on Tuesday October 25, 2016 @02:47AM (#12785807)

I also love the organization and writing style. I read reviews for things I'm not even remotely in the market for (what is an immersion blender?) simply for the enjoyment. Another great review site with a similar style is outdoorgearlab.com.

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