My Observation About Product Reviews

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Without a doubt Steve at AEAC does the best reviews, as does Dana Webb at his channel MountainSport Airguns.

There are some others that no matter what gun they review, the gun is without exception hole in hole at 50 or 100 yards. Anyone that’s had an Airgun for more than 5 minutes knows it doesn’t work that way.

It’s statistically impossible that every single gun they get is a total laser…. Wait, unless they are totally tuned and cherry picked prior to shipment.

Nah, that would never happen… , would it?
But they still keep churning out those fantasy videos…. 
 
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…. Wait, unless they are totally tuned and cherry picked prior to shipment.
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I don't think that can work either...you pack that fully tuned gun specifically for YT review - at your place, but when I got it the at my place the temperature + humidity + air density + see level + + is totally different. And the UPS guy throw the box on to my porch because he didn't like climbing up 9 steps concrete stairs to get to my door .....
 
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I don’t watch a lot of reviews. I like to watch airgun hunters use guns in the field. Obviously the a significant portion of hunting videos (or shooting videos) are edited, but the reviewer who can at least discuss issues (s)he encountered with a gun, but still decide to keep it because (s)he found decent product/customer support, access to parts, and speaks positively of build quality is a helpful reviewer to me. In this respect I found @crosman999 and @davidsng reviews to be helpful. These men put guns through their paces the way I’d likely use a gun.


As a result I’ve purchased guns they used and have been happy with just about all of them. To me this is one of the main differences between an unboxing video and a review. Unboxing videos can be useful to showcase a gun’s features, but I want to know how gun holds up to actual use in the field under varying conditions. A review comes with the type familiarity that is a result of using your gun over time. Again, this is what I personally find useful. It’s not an attempt to invalidate what others do or find useful. 
 
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Project farm is one of my favorite, I like aeac and few of the others.

One, which I used to watch, has completely turned me away from his channel. Reviews are rushed(didn’t pay enough) everything is accurate( unless you actually contact him) and it seems to be all about money. I wish him luck but I feel it’s always results that are amazing… maybe I’m just a crappy shot. 
 
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I watch and read reviews to mainly get the basics of the gun. I think they mostly all have their good and bad points. I don’t trust any of them exclusively. But for many of us there isn’t a airgun dealer near enough to be practical to actually hold a gun before ordering one. Asking questions on the forums answers a lot of questions. Recently I was convinced from all my reading and review watching a Hatsan Flash was the gun to buy but luckily I stumbled on one in a store before buying. My finger isn’t long enough to comfortably reach the trigger. No reviewer or writer knows the length of my trigger finger hence all the reviews were worthless. I think reviews give you the basics on a gun but for the most part it’s close your eyes and press Buy Now and take your chances you will like the gun. 
 
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My main complaint is with the accuracy testing. Single groups don't tell you much, especially when you suspect that group might represent the smallest out of ten attempts. Standardizing on the NRA protocol of reporting the largest, smallest and average of five consecutive five shot groups would at least give some idea of what to expect from a typical shooting session. There is also limited value of testing at very short ranges, since how well a pellet or slug maintains stability is going to be a big factor at distances over about 20 yards. Other than giving some indication of which pellets or slugs to rule out, I find limited value in reporting single group accuracy results.
 
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How can you truly review a gun when you unbox it, shoot it for one day and put it back in the box ?

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Most of these guys are not actually doing that, most of them shoot them for couple , three weeks. However, most are bought and paid for as it should be really. Try and chat with people who bought their own guns, best reviews I can find are those.
 
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