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As an uniformed or under-informed consumer, filtering through all the options out there is hard. A while ago when there were fewer choices, it was easy. If you needed an item, you bought the only one that was available. Now you go to the store and there are 10 or 30 or even 200 choices, whether it's a digital camera, cable TV, energy bar, or sleeping bag. So what's a consumer to do?

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As an uniformed or under-informed consumer, filtering through all the options out there is hard. A while ago when there were fewer choices, it was easy. If you needed an item, you bought the only one that was available. Now you go to the store and there are 10 or 30 or even 200 choices, whether it's a digital camera, cable TV, energy bar, or sleeping bag. So what's a consumer to do?

Seek help, of course. So you read a buyer's guide or product reviews or even the marketing copy on the packages in the store. But while these help you narrow the field down, they still force you to make the final decision: A vs B (vs. C vs. D...). My idea is to take the filter to the extreme.

For every product and service category I review, I will give you one recommendation. There's no decision to make; I will have already done the work for you. Granted, you're going to have to trust me. And I have to earn that trust. But once I do, this site will save you a ton of time, effort and stress.«Less