Yeah mattresses, any specific type of software (CAD, photo editing, video editing etc), credit cards, supplements of all varieties... these are all the ones I've personally encountered when trying to find info.
People are always quick to throw Amazon under the buss for reviews but it's not just Amazon/Newegg etc but I don't trust reviews anymore, at all, the only time I trust a 'review' is when a friend is like "yeah man I've been using this thing for such and such and it's great".
Even when friends recommend something I've been burnt simply by listening to just 1 or 2. Altman mentions a specific mattress cooler in one of his blog posts, I bought it without even checking other online reviews because I respect Sam and value his opinions (he also has no reason to plug a specific product, especially when he is in no way involved with the company). Man it was great, oh man was it great, until I'd been using it a couple of months and was changing my sheets and saw mildew all over my mattress protector from the condensation forming on the tubes at night while I slept. San Francisco doesn't have the summer humidity that Indiana does and in the 2 weeks between sheet changing...
People are always quick to throw Amazon under the buss for reviews but it's not just Amazon/Newegg etc but I don't trust reviews anymore, at all, the only time I trust a 'review' is when a friend is like "yeah man I've been using this thing for such and such and it's great".
Even when friends recommend something I've been burnt simply by listening to just 1 or 2. Altman mentions a specific mattress cooler in one of his blog posts, I bought it without even checking other online reviews because I respect Sam and value his opinions (he also has no reason to plug a specific product, especially when he is in no way involved with the company). Man it was great, oh man was it great, until I'd been using it a couple of months and was changing my sheets and saw mildew all over my mattress protector from the condensation forming on the tubes at night while I slept. San Francisco doesn't have the summer humidity that Indiana does and in the 2 weeks between sheet changing...