Originally Posted by
Polaris OBark
Consumer Reports is (and has been for at least 50 years) the monthly hard-copy publication of Consumer's Union. For the last 15 or 20 years, they also sell on-line access. They take absolutely no advertising revenue, and they subsist on subscriptions and donations. They have litigated hundreds of pro-consumer lawsuits, including the famous Bose vs. Consumer Reports, where the infamous sleazy speaker manufacturer sued them for libel.
You can purchase as little as one-month access. It goes to a good cause.
I would never buy a car or a large costly household appliance without consulting their reviews. I never thought about bicycles, but it is probably a good idea.
Evidently you missed a recent TV commercial for Subaru, where they quoted CR's high ratings.
Somewhat shocked by it, and leads me to believe CR got paid.
Possibly their first of many ventures into revenue generation, which, in my estimation, damages their impartiality.