You never know if the review you're reading is genuine or paid content, especially when it's part of one of those top 10 <product type> of <year>. All I want t

You never know if the review you're reading is genuine or paid content, especially when it's part of one of those top 10 <product type> of <year>. All I want to know is what to expect. Will this item break on me after X years/uses, or should I expect it to last longer? Am I paying for the brand/design, or durability? Personally, I'm trying to cut down on the stuff I buy and discard, and a large part of that is buying quality items that last. In the past, I could expect that paying more means I'll get a more durable product, but that doesn't seem to be the case anymore, especially when I've purchased name brand items that break far more quickly than off brand items. I just wish we had a better way of signaling the trade-off between durability and aesthetics.