"...and I don't take any advertiser money..."

Who trusts J Valin? Never have never will. The $$$ he has made off equipment he reviews and doesn't buy should be criminal IMO.

I know little about the industry, but if I were a reviewer I certainly wouldn’t want to spend a month+ listening to something I didn’t like...I think most of us have reviewers we generally like and trust..,.

curious carlsbad2 if you believed the statement of the Garmin reviewer ?

"As usual, this review is not sponsored (nor does any company get to preview anything I review), and I don’t take any advertiser money from any companies I review."

How many reviewers are required by the manufacturer to send back the equipment they reviewed? Basically the reviewer has it on loan, for ever. But surely that wouldn't influence a reviewer's review.

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They certainly can and many of them I watch do just that.