Which YouTubers give negative reviews?

[Vana2]

It's not that I totally distrust all reviewers It's just that I don't know the extent of their personal preferences, their bias, or their agenda.

To that end, because I don't have the opportunity to handle the physical product myself, I watch all the reviews closely to see what there is and listen closely to try to separate truth from fiction. I don't believe unsupported claims.

I find that being patient and waiting for the non-professional "reviews" posted by people who actually bought the product I can get a good idea if should commit, without any touchy-feely to an online purchase. Been pretty lucky so far.

It really helps to have a suplier you can trust. AirGun Source (Peterborough, Ontario, Canada) has been great to deal with. Hope everyone has a supportive suplier!

Cheers!

 

[coastal drifter]

Am curious to watch, which model was it on please? TIA

Been a while but it was one of the bullpups before leshiy2

 

[BassMan]

I watch all of his videos. They're good for things like chrono numbers and an overview of the products. The problem I have with them is that it appears that his groups are heavily cherry picked. Seriously, I don't think I've ever seen him shoot a group with pellets that measured more than 1/2" and when he did his review of the .72 Zeus he claimed that the DonnyFL Great Kami would make it backyard friendly. That's just straight up BS.

I agree, I've always been suspicious of his reviews. They always seem way too positive and his "negative" comments are usually some minor nitpicking thing that doesn't really matter.

 

[rangur1]

You have to understand, these reviewers get guns real early to promote them. They can’t say “this sucks or that part is crap” - they’ll never get another item to review again. You just have to listen closely. If you hear phrases like, adequate, gets the job done, or sometimes it can stick or cycle a bit rough but not a major issue. Those are things or functions that could have been done better. Steve and myself are not compensated reviewers, we’re just dudes that like airguns, we don’t want to crap on any company’s efforts and discuss with them about any issues we see. Whatever is strong about the product- we’ll say so. But we try to be careful not to glorify an item or disparage it unduly. Just try to give accurate impressions. I watch to see the great in every new presentation, then I watch for embellishments. Then judge accordingly.

 

[delooper]

It might depend a bit on how negative you want the reviewer to go.

For example, AAR (Andy's Airgun Reviews) is pretty positive for the most part, even about products they review that aren't the best. But rather than crap on the things he's reviewing, he does the more typically British thing of giving faint praise, or encourages the manufacturers to consider this and that modification, etc. So if you're familiar with the channel you'll understand the review is being fairly negative. But if you're not familiar it might not come across that way.

 

[kwaping]

It might depend a bit on how negative you want the reviewer to go.

For example, AAR (Andy's Airgun Reviews) is pretty positive for the most part, even about products they review that aren't the best. But rather than crap on the things he's reviewing, he does the more typically British thing of giving faint praise, or encourages the manufacturers to consider this and that modification, etc. So if you're familiar with the channel you'll understand the review is being fairly negative. But if you're not familiar it might not come across that way.

Thank you, that's helpful. I love watching AAR because I like his personality a lot, but I've never heard him say a bad word about a gun and it's just hard to believe that they're all so great. This wouldn't be an issue if I could get my hands on them before buying, but unfortunately that's not the case.

 

[Trucker3573]

To play a little devils advocate manufacturing isn’t perfect. If a reviewer gets a single sample with a problem is it fair to review that in a negative light thus making it look like all the guns might be trash ? I don’t think so and I know when this happens people give the companies a chance to make it right or they just don’t review the product. Completely fair in my opinion. You will hear some even say this. I know Nate mentioned it about an m4. I know Steve did this with the original avenger. Had to get a replacement for a bad reg which turns out wasn’t exactly uncommon.