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At the risk of stepping on someone's toes, I've always paid little attention to the "Reader Gear Review" section of this forum because it was more or less outdated. Sure the opinions from 2008 hold some relevance, but it seems to me that the ability to evaluate equipment or a vendor is much more time-sensitive than what is being presented there. How about the last 12 months (or some range) with the ability to search for a wider range of historical input? My 2 cents…
Having seen the recent call for input in "Reader Gear Reviews", I posted the above comment….crickets. That forum is old and out of date and just heaping additional posts on it won't fix it. Please make some needed changes and make it relevant …otherwise, delete it. Gear evolves and information about it is time-sensitive.
There is an interesting recent post by Ken Larson in "General Lightweight Backpacking Discussion" regarding Locus Gear and a complete lack of any review in "Reader Gear Reviews" for a vendor that by most counts is extraordinary. More recent information and opinions are more relevant. That would be exactly my point.
I think that forum went dead when the wiki went live.
The sidebar has "Last 50 Reviews" link that stays current.
what wiki??
Yes Ben the wiki is dead too.
Everyone posts everything in Gear. Everything eventually gets titled re:re:re:re:re: People who like to write reviews probably have their own blog.
Lots of issues with BPLs current software choices.
Been like this for a long, long time.
The last 50 comments amounts to 50 random pieces of data. To be useful, we need to be able to compare like vendors and like equipment for a relevant date range. Can't do that here.
A look at the Trailspace Reader's Reviews is a good place to start when revamping our own reviews.
WE PAY FOR THIS SITE SO WHY CAN'T WE HAVE THINGS LIKE TRAILSPACE, a free site.
We have Trailspace, why repeat it.
To get more member reviews, we as members need to write more reviews.
I agree, TrailSpace is nice. Pictures and Links are easier, the mobile interface is cleaner, and the content is a much larger part of the site than the advertising.
IIRC, aren't the reviews in the Reader Review section organized first by category (tent, stove, etc), and then within those categories ordered from highest to lowest rating? I always though that was ridiculous, because often the stuff with the "highest" rating is something completely outdated from 2006. And, as noted, it's not easy to search within the Review section.
Also, it's at the very top of the "Community" page, but unlike the forums there's no front-page display of the most recent post. Without any click bait, why would I go read thoughtful reviews when I could read "Re:re:re:WTF XX etc" in the Gear forum? :-)
As someone mentioned above, when I want to read reviews, I go to individual blogs. When I want to write reviews, I put 'em on my blog.
Old reviews are helpful to those buying used gear. The older reviews also help to identify the better manufacturers. "Gear" is where the new gear tends to be talked about. Folks start buying and reviews are generated. This is where the newer manufacturers get promoted. Unfortunatly most of these folks never make these reviews formal. Others write abstract blogs that they promote here as well as elsewhere. There are some good ones, then there's them others.
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