Originally Posted by
AndreyT
DC Rainmaker is a rather well-known name, which by itself precludes any possibility of his being "totally unbiased".
In any case his reviews are just that - reviews, sort of like extended advertisements, "reality shows" of product advertisement world. By nature, a review can't propely approximate the actual experience of owning the product. And regardless of which reviewed product one gets, one will invariably discover lots of issues not [dis]covered by the review.
Often, going back to his review of a product I personally own, I see in hindsight how his reivew was deliberately crafted to tiptoe around some problem present in the product. "Totally unbiased" is out of question here.
Look, by unbiased I meant he is not supported by a particular Vendor so his reviews are not swayed by his relationship with a Vendor. At least I have seen no information to say otherwise to this date.
Of course, reviews are just that, reviews. He certainly cannot cover every minor detail of each product either. So one would have to realize that he might miss a thing or two there. Generally speaking most people want a comprehensive review of the product and I believe he does a good job at that. He is also responsive to critique of his reviews from what I have seen so I would imagine you got back to him about how he deliberately tiptoed around some problems. I am curious to how he responded to your findings because he did respond to my criticisms on one of the products I bought based upon his review.
The fact remains that his site, in my opinion, is the best review site for cycling electronics. The author of the thread wanted some information on video cameras and I gave him a website to look in to. If you can come up with a better one, I'd like to know about it and I'm sure those reading this thread would appreciate it too.
john