The purpose of a product review, if that review is to be objective and constructive, is to answer two questions. First, what does the product actually do? Second, does the product do what the producer asserts it does? We at the The Martialist do not attempt to answer the question, usually, of whether you should want a given product or should buy it. Rather, we examine each and every product in context. We ask, "If this was the item we had, would it work?" We do not compare the product to its alternatives (unless that is the stated aim of the review). We do not generally attempt to steer you away from one item and toward another, if both items work as advertised.
In this way, we avoid the trap into which so many reviewers fall. By refusing, whenever possible, to editorialize our reviews, we do not make the reviews about us. We are more interested in telling you our opinion objectively. We are not concerned with making sure you know that the opinion is ours. A product review, to be useful, must be objective and constructive. Otherwise it is merely a vehicle for one's ego, a means of saying, "This or that sucks" as a way of making the author feel authoritative.
New reviews will appear in this section as they become available. We have on hold our older reviews. We will be condensing and republishing many of our vast catalog of previous product reviews, as well as adding new material to this section, as we move forward. Thank you for continuing to trust The Martialist, founded in 2003.