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For tools and other items that you might get from Home Depot, Project Farm is pretty much the standard now in my book. https://www.youtube.com/c/projectfarm htt

For tools and other items that you might get from Home Depot, Project Farm is pretty much the standard now in my book. https://www.youtube.com/c/projectfarm https://www.youtube.com/c/projectfarm

agumonkey 4y ago
I automatically upvote his vids now. I hope people get inspired by him.
jzawodn 4y ago
Agreed. He's doing fantastic work.
KennyBlanken 4y ago
Project Farm is poorly controlled, sample-size-one, poorly-designed-but-very-specific "testing." It's entertainment, not actual useful product testing, and a good example of this would be his "let's see how many bolts this impact gun can remove in X amount of time" - each time a bolt is screwed on and screwed off, it polishes the threads, changing the amount of resistance. It's of slightly better quality than the usual youtube comparisons. Channels like his are wildly popular because corporations prefer inexpert entertainers aka "influencers" and "creators" over product/market experts, so they shower the popular ones with free shit to "review." This is one reason you see e-bike companies heavily courting the tech press; the tech press know fuck-all about what to look for in a bicycle, so for example, they don't notice that the bike has Chinesium bearings that won't survive being ridden in the rain, terrible no-name tires with little flat protection and high rolling resistance, and brakes made of chewing gum that perform much worse than proper offerings from major brands.
- bombcar 4y ago
  Torque Test Channel does better for impacts but even they admit that they only test specific things and you can’t fully test all aspects of a tool.
- trvrprkr 4y ago
  This is pretty wildly inaccurate specifically in Project Farm's case. Most "consumable" parts of tests, like bolts, are swapped out from test to test. From what I've seen he's pretty transparent when that's not the case. He also explicitly buys all products with his own money (some by way of viewers contributing, of course) and products are sourced from what folks in the comments are asking for.
  - Scoundreller 4y ago
    Scientifically, one should test multiple “identical” components for each test and average the results (or do something like a box and whisker plot) to incorporate manufacturing variability. But his results are authoritative as the bar is low.
- kcb 4y ago
  > and a good example of this would be his "let's see how many bolts this impact gun can remove in X amount of time" - each time a bolt is screwed on and screwed off, it polishes the threads, changing the amount of resistance. He's smart enough to know that... > Channels like his are wildly popular because corporations prefer inexpert entertainers aka "influencers" and "creators" over product/market experts, so they shower the popular ones with free shit to "review." Does not apply in this case.
  - boltzmann-brain 4y ago
    Yeah, I was wondering about that last one, are Ryobi and Craftsman supposed to be upvoting the videos or something?
nebula8804 4y ago
His video on Water Purifiers only measures one dimension of water purification: TDS measurement. This leaves out a whole world of other aspects to consider when testing water and filtration quality. While TDS can give an indication of cleanliness of the water you can only glean from what you can measure, to this end the TDS measurement will not catch all contaminants in the water because it relies on electrical conductivity. Also he does not disclose that his TDS measuring device is actually bundled with one of the devices he is testing. Should have used a third party tool to verify that it is giving an accurate reading instead of a unit bundled with one of the water filters as a marketing ploy. It gives some doubt as to how seriously he takes his other tests. These are the things you miss if you don't actually know any better(I assume the majority of his audience have not looked into what makes good water filtration before watching his video). Nevertheless, the fact that he is really the only one doing these kinds of tests is enough to give him some sort of super reviewer credibility.
- boltzmann-brain 4y ago
  From his pod casts it looks like Linus (Linus Tech Tips) is building his lab up to be a massive consumer review machine, can't wait for that to happen. But I doubt they'd be able to tackle the massive amount of gadgets like USB cables, USB hubs, USB docks, chargers, air purity weather stations, etc. Plus their reviews often aren't in-depth enough for people to make their own mind up on stuff.
  - LordDragonfang 4y ago
    Linus has mentioned that part of the intent of LTT Labs/Lab 32 is to not just release video reviews, but to produce comprehensive datasheets on products with some sort of open-access release model. I think the video they did testing HDMI cables[0] is sort of a prototype for that. [0] https://linustechtips.com/topic/1387053-i-spent-a-thousand-dollars-on-hdmi-cables-for-science/ https://linustechtips.com/topic/1387053-i-spent-a-thousand-d...
mitchdoogle 4y ago
They are great but unfortunately can't test but a few options for any one type of tool

For tools and other items that you might get from Home Depot, Project Farm is pretty much the standard now in my book. https://www.youtube.com/c/projectfarm https://www.youtube.com/c/projectfarm

agumonkey 4y ago

I automatically upvote his vids now. I hope people get inspired by him.

jzawodn 4y ago

Agreed. He's doing fantastic work.

KennyBlanken 4y ago

Project Farm is poorly controlled, sample-size-one, poorly-designed-but-very-specific "testing." It's entertainment, not actual useful product testing, and a good example of this would be his "let's see how many bolts this impact gun can remove in X amount of time" - each time a bolt is screwed on and screwed off, it polishes the threads, changing the amount of resistance. It's of slightly better quality than the usual youtube comparisons. Channels like his are wildly popular because corporations prefer inexpert entertainers aka "influencers" and "creators" over product/market experts, so they shower the popular ones with free shit to "review." This is one reason you see e-bike companies heavily courting the tech press; the tech press know fuck-all about what to look for in a bicycle, so for example, they don't notice that the bike has Chinesium bearings that won't survive being ridden in the rain, terrible no-name tires with little flat protection and high rolling resistance, and brakes made of chewing gum that perform much worse than proper offerings from major brands.

bombcar 4y ago
Torque Test Channel does better for impacts but even they admit that they only test specific things and you can’t fully test all aspects of a tool.
trvrprkr 4y ago
This is pretty wildly inaccurate specifically in Project Farm's case. Most "consumable" parts of tests, like bolts, are swapped out from test to test. From what I've seen he's pretty transparent when that's not the case. He also explicitly buys all products with his own money (some by way of viewers contributing, of course) and products are sourced from what folks in the comments are asking for.
- Scoundreller 4y ago
  Scientifically, one should test multiple “identical” components for each test and average the results (or do something like a box and whisker plot) to incorporate manufacturing variability. But his results are authoritative as the bar is low.
kcb 4y ago
> and a good example of this would be his "let's see how many bolts this impact gun can remove in X amount of time" - each time a bolt is screwed on and screwed off, it polishes the threads, changing the amount of resistance. He's smart enough to know that... > Channels like his are wildly popular because corporations prefer inexpert entertainers aka "influencers" and "creators" over product/market experts, so they shower the popular ones with free shit to "review." Does not apply in this case.
- boltzmann-brain 4y ago
  Yeah, I was wondering about that last one, are Ryobi and Craftsman supposed to be upvoting the videos or something?

nebula8804 4y ago

His video on Water Purifiers only measures one dimension of water purification: TDS measurement. This leaves out a whole world of other aspects to consider when testing water and filtration quality. While TDS can give an indication of cleanliness of the water you can only glean from what you can measure, to this end the TDS measurement will not catch all contaminants in the water because it relies on electrical conductivity. Also he does not disclose that his TDS measuring device is actually bundled with one of the devices he is testing. Should have used a third party tool to verify that it is giving an accurate reading instead of a unit bundled with one of the water filters as a marketing ploy. It gives some doubt as to how seriously he takes his other tests. These are the things you miss if you don't actually know any better(I assume the majority of his audience have not looked into what makes good water filtration before watching his video). Nevertheless, the fact that he is really the only one doing these kinds of tests is enough to give him some sort of super reviewer credibility.

boltzmann-brain 4y ago
From his pod casts it looks like Linus (Linus Tech Tips) is building his lab up to be a massive consumer review machine, can't wait for that to happen. But I doubt they'd be able to tackle the massive amount of gadgets like USB cables, USB hubs, USB docks, chargers, air purity weather stations, etc. Plus their reviews often aren't in-depth enough for people to make their own mind up on stuff.
- LordDragonfang 4y ago
  Linus has mentioned that part of the intent of LTT Labs/Lab 32 is to not just release video reviews, but to produce comprehensive datasheets on products with some sort of open-access release model. I think the video they did testing HDMI cables[0] is sort of a prototype for that. [0] https://linustechtips.com/topic/1387053-i-spent-a-thousand-dollars-on-hdmi-cables-for-science/ https://linustechtips.com/topic/1387053-i-spent-a-thousand-d...

mitchdoogle 4y ago

They are great but unfortunately can't test but a few options for any one type of tool