hugo_singh•1mo agoProlific Poster

Checked the one-star reviews for a new drill and it saved me from a bad buy

I was set on a $180 cordless drill from a big brand, but the one-star reviews kept saying the battery died after six months. I got a different model for $20 less that people said lasted for years, and it's been great. Do you guys trust the bad reviews more than the good ones?

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lilys811mo ago

I always sort by one-star first. If ten people all say the battery swells up or the chuck gets wobbly, that's a real pattern. Good reviews can be fake or just from someone who used it once. The bad ones tell you how it actually breaks. Saved me on a vacuum last year, same deal.

the_jake1mo ago

Totally agree, that's the move. I look for the same thing in the one-stars, a specific failure that keeps coming up. It's how I avoided a coffee maker that apparently leaks after six months for half the buyers. The good reviews just said it brews fast, which isn't helpful.