Lead Test Engineer · BuyingBench
Alex owns BuyingBench's test protocol and scoring criteria. Every head-to-head matchup on the site is built against that protocol — the same criteria applied the same way to every product, and a bias toward specs you can actually verify. If a claim can't be traced to a checkable figure, it doesn't make it into the article.
A specification-based comparison of the FreshJuice Pro and nutribullet GO personal blenders, built only from what each manufacturer publishes — including which one its own maker says must never see frozen fruit.
8.0/10 top score
COSORI Pro LE (5 Qt) is our top pick at $99.99 — three compact air fryers compared for small kitchens and one- or two-person meals.
8.8/10 top score
Cordless or corded for a single-serve smoothie? A specification comparison of the Ninja Blast BC151BK and the Hamilton Beach 51132, built only from what we could actually read and cite.
8.5/10 top score
Every head-to-head on BuyingBench starts from a written protocol — the same criteria, applied the same way, to every product in the comparison. Power draw, capacity, build materials, battery life, noise: each one has to come from a figure that can be pointed at and checked, not a subjective impression.
Where an article is a hands-on lab test, that means measurements taken from the unit itself. Where it is a research-based comparison — which is what BuyingBench’s current coverage is — it means manufacturer-published specifications, aggregated verified-buyer feedback, and cited third-party sources, compared against those same criteria. Every article states which kind it is on the page.
If a product’s datasheet and the aggregated real-world reports disagree, that disagreement goes in the article rather than getting smoothed over.