Super niche forums have existed for this need for many years and cover everything from multi-tools and flashlights to makeup and perfume. It's just that they require more effort to use and many are disappearing due to social media.

I used to drive down those ratholes but found the superniche items of choice tended to be dated, hard to find, expensive & suffered from hyper-optimization. Worst of all due to being dated, I found mainstream products were actually comparable to superior in nearly all measures.

Gloves Reviews Discord Server, I actually lol'd

Proper glovemaking actually requires a surprising amount of skill. Even crappy gloves do.

one of my private slacks started a collab spreadsheet of products we have found and now swear by.