How we Evaluate, Rate, and Recommend Products

We are outdoor enthusiasts that love traveling, camping, hiking, water sports, paddle boarding, kayaking, sailing, fishing, and more.  We’ve been experiencing the outdoors for as long as we can remember creating memories with our family and friends.  We recognize that having the right gear can make your outdoor adventures much more enjoyable and fulfilling.  That’s why we enjoy sharing our knowledge and experience with others so you can ensure that you’re making the most of your outdoor adventures and making good choices with your hard-earned money.

Why you Should Trust our Reviews

We thoroughly evaluate product options looking at product performance in multiple categories, research consumer reviews, and provide feedback from real world experiences. When possible, we purchase, test, and evaluate products and rarely receive samples in exchange for product reviews.  If we do receive a product to review, we do not give it any special preference and treat it the same as all the other products we are evaluating.

We sometimes, but not always, receive affiliate commissions from products if you click affiliate tracking links to retailers’ sites and make a purchase.  Our ability to monetize our content through affiliate relationships does not influence our reviews and by no means impacts our product ratings or objective evaluation of products.

Our Evaluation and Testing Process

We evaluate products based on their performance in in multiple categories, hands on tests, customer reviews, and online research.  We’ve developed a rating methodology that weights products in multiple categories, then takes the rating in conjunction with the weight to produce a performance score in each category.  The outcomes is an unbiased objective product score that you can rely on to make a wise decision based on what’s important to you.

We spend hours of time researching, testing, and rating products so you don’t have to.  We take the hard work out of making decisions for products and services that will help you make the most of your outdoor adventures.

Contact Us

If you have any questions about our process, have product feedback you’d like to share, or have products you’d like us to objectively evaluate, please reach out to us at feedback@outdoorszee.com.