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Re: Contra Wirecutter on the IKEA air purifier

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Post by girvo »

kitsunesoba wrote: post #82
mrkwse wrote: post #70

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It will be interesting if LMG can pull off what Linus is aiming for with the massive investment in a laboratory environment. There are huge parts of the tech market where the most critical reviewing you can find is anecdotal accounts of if the reviewer liked a product or not (or the more clinical reviews are drowned out by the anecdotal noise).

I'm hopeful for LMG's lab too. It's still a bit of a gamble, but from the sound of it the company is set up such that they can review products in an objective, data-backed way and tank any blowback from manufacturers that occurs as a result. It's much more focused on enthusiast computer hardware, but Gamers Nexus[0] is doing good things in this space too. Their style is much more dry and data-dense than LMG's though,…

While they don’t focus on the same equipment, Hardware Unboxed scratches that data-dense itch for monitors, processors and other components.

Re: Contra Wirecutter on the IKEA air purifier

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Post by girvo »

Dracophoenix wrote: post #376
armadsen wrote: post #354

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I know this is completely subjective, and his millions of subscribers tell me my opinion is far from ubiquitous, but he's also just straight up obnoxious to me. One of those people whose voice, demeanor, appearance, everything, just immediately turns me off.

Because he sounds like the stereotype of a Hot Topic-shopping turbonerd c.2002 ? Personally, I find it nostalgic, and even endearing.

I find his semi-rare discussions of 2000s tech nostalgic.

Yes sir, very Atomic. I miss that era.

Re: Contra Wirecutter on the IKEA air purifier

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Post by addicted »

This article has basic misreading errors.

It assumes that everything the Wirecutter says about the IKEA filters and non IKEA filters is a reflection of the difference between HEPA filters and non HEPA filters. But the wirecutter article does not imply that. It mentions the IKEA filter is not a true-HEPA filter and mentions other stuff about the IKEA filter which may or may not have derived from the true-HEPA claim.

However, it’s likely true because the IKEA spokesperson they spoke to confirmed this and said it was a deliberate design decision.

I also want to point out that this article makes a big deal of having found something on the IKEA website about its filtering capacity, but seems to miss the fairly obvious point that in the line it highlights, IKEA never states that it’s filters meet the E12 standard. It only states that it’s tested against that standard.

Re: Contra Wirecutter on the IKEA air purifier

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Post by baq »

SmellTheGlove wrote: post #230
bayindirh wrote: post #198

Earlier quoted context omitted.

There is also Rtings ( https://www.rtings.com ).

I wish rtings had a Boolean on tvs so we could search explicitly for non smart models. That is basically the only thing else I’d want from that site, it’s really good.

Look for digital signage displays and be prepared to pay double the price.

Re: Contra Wirecutter on the IKEA air purifier

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Post by elbigbad »

hypersoar wrote: post #51

The Wirecutter is a highly flawed review site, but at least it's a real one. There are vanishingly few left for general consumer products. There's WC, Consumer Reports, and what else? They've seem to have all been killed off. When I'm researching some category of product, I feel lucky if I find any professional reviews written by people who have actually touched the thing they're reviewing. I know we've all had the e…

Outdoor Gear Lab is another good one for outdoor gear. Actual things reviewed by real people, though perhaps flawed in the same way as wire cutter. At least it’s real people putting the products through the paces in real use cases.

https://www.outdoorgearlab.com/

Re: Contra Wirecutter on the IKEA air purifier

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Post by p1necone »

Dracophoenix wrote: post #376
armadsen wrote: post #354

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I know this is completely subjective, and his millions of subscribers tell me my opinion is far from ubiquitous, but he's also just straight up obnoxious to me. One of those people whose voice, demeanor, appearance, everything, just immediately turns me off.

Because he sounds like the stereotype of a Hot Topic-shopping turbonerd c.2002 ? Personally, I find it nostalgic, and even endearing.

Yeah it's kinda awesome to me too. I want to travel back in time and go to a lan party with 16 year old Linus.

Re: Contra Wirecutter on the IKEA air purifier

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Post by etchalon »

kbelder wrote: post #343
etchalon wrote: post #307

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It's a 10x difference. It's not small. In a sealed environment, you're right, you'd eventually end up with all particles filtered. But homes are not sealed environments.

No, a 10x difference would be between 0.9 and 0.09. What was given was about a 1.0005x difference. If you had a child that was .9005 meters tall and one that was .90005 meters tall, you couldn't tell which was taller without a precision ruler.

A E12 filter filters out 99.5% of particles above 0.3 microns.

An H13 filter filters out 99.95% of particles above 0.3 microns.

Assuming a volume of 10000 particles above 0.3 microns:

An E12 filter will leave 50 particles.

An H13 filter will leave 5 particles.

That's a 10x difference.

Re: Contra Wirecutter on the IKEA air purifier

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Post by idk1 »

Can anyone tell me what 'Contra Wirecutter' means. It's like I've gone mad, everyone seems to know what this term means, both of these words mean nothing to me and I've spoken English my entire life. You're all acting like they're two words that make perfect sense. Haha. It would be really great is someone could explain the two words to me.

Re: Contra Wirecutter on the IKEA air purifier

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Post by fartcannon »

junkieradio wrote: post #348
fnimick wrote: post #334

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He's also vocally anti-union and actively tried to stop his employees from marketing themselves on personal social media (to stop them from building a following and then leaving, I'm guessing), so I refuse to watch any of his content or support his business in any way now.

I watch one of his employees stream on twitch, I found out about his channel from a Linus tech tips video, I don't think your second claim is all that true.

I googled it and there's this. I'm not sure if it's what OP is talking about or not. Here you go: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5bTHSwBZVNI

Re: Contra Wirecutter on the IKEA air purifier

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Post by epolanski »

duskwuff wrote: post #371
applecrazy wrote: post #311

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Any TV is stupid if you don’t connect it to the Internet.

Even if the "smart" features of a TV are rendered nonfunctional by not giving it a network connection, you're still stuck with a TV that takes a while to boot up (yes, really), and which may be built around a UI designed to navigate its smart features (like booting to a home screen instead of passing through HDMI input).

I've never seen a recent mid budged tv take longer than 4 seconds to boot
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