I think it's a losing battle. I've come up with my own way to judge reviews, and if everyone did it that way, it wouldn't be nearly as useful. I'm going to sh

I think it's a losing battle. I've come up with my own way to judge reviews, and if everyone did it that way, it wouldn't be nearly as useful. I'm going to share it anyhow: I mostly judge by the negative reviews. Reviews can be good or bad for ridiculous reasons. It's easier for me to filter out the bad ridiculous reviews. (UPS didn't arrive on time, item was the wrong shade of blue, etc.) With the remaining bad reviews, I read to find out WHY they hated the product. If the reasons are things I don't care about (toaster oven doesn't make eggs well) then there's probably nothing about the product I would hate. I do read the good reviews, too, though. Sometimes there's a good, but hidden, feature that trumps a bad feature. (Toaster oven is perfect size for baking an RROD XBox 360.) But this is pretty seldom.