BLISTER Buyer’s Guide, Pt. 2 + Reviews of Other Buyer’s Guides

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BLISTER

Arts, Design, Skiing, Snow, Snowboarding, Sports, Outdoors, Bike, Technology, Gear

4.9 • 809 Ratings

🗓️ 11 October 2019

⏱️ 71 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, we answer a bunch of the questions you submitted, then assess some of the product reviews from several of the other ski review publications — and one gear recommendation website.

And fair warning here, we get pretty fired up. Because there are still a lot of fake reviews and extremely misleading product reviews and product recommendation services out there, and this needs to stop.

There is a little bit of strong language in this episode, so please don’t listen if that offends you. But we here at BLISTER are far more offended by the fake and / or misleading reviews and product recommendations in the outdoor sports world that are posing as legitimate consumer product information. Anyway, judge for yourself.

TOPICS & TIMES:

Listener questions (4:21)
Do we need reviewers of every size? (37:51)
curated.com (46:30)
Product reviews from other buyer’s guides (53:05)

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0:00.0	Hey everybody, welcome back to Gear 30 on the Blister Podcast Network. I'm Jonathan Ellsworth,
0:12.1	the founder of Blister, and you can check out everything we're doing and reviewing over at
0:17.2	blisterreview.com. As most of you probably know, we recently released the digital
0:25.3	edition of our big, brand new Blister Winter Buyers Guide. And we have an update. The limited
0:31.9	edition print version of the guide is going to be shipping out in just a few days, so keep an eye on your
0:38.5	mailbox for that.
0:40.6	And if you'd like to get a limited edition print copy of the guide, there is still time
0:45.2	to order it on our website.
0:47.5	I said it last week and I'll say it again.
0:50.0	We always hear about what a good coffee table book these guides make. We here at Blister use the
0:56.1	print edition pretty much every day in our work. And similarly, another thing we hear is just how many
1:02.8	ski manufacturers and product managers use the Blister Buyers Guide as a reference book to keep tabs
1:10.2	on what the rest of the industry is up to.
1:13.6	Now, the other thing you can do to get the print edition of the guide is to become a Blister member.
1:19.8	Members receive a print edition of the guide and you will also get access to all of our
1:24.9	flash reviews and deep dive comparisons. And you can email us with any
1:30.2	gear questions and get our personalized recommendations for you. And you get access to a number
1:37.3	of exclusive deals and discounts from various manufacturers so that if you use any of these
1:43.5	blister member deals or discounts,
1:45.7	the blister membership literally more than pays for itself.
1:50.0	So become a blister member, get the print edition of the guide, save some money on gear,
1:55.7	and support our independent work.
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