How We Choose

Every DealABC guide is written for a specific person: parents, a child, a student who just moved to North America. We work out what that person needs first, then look for products.

What we look at

• Long-term Amazon reviews, especially problems that keep coming up in one- and two-star reviews.
• Professional reviews and the specs manufacturers publish.
• How well a product fits Chinese and Asian-American households: Chinese cooking, voltage, size, and whether the manual or controls are easy for older family members.
• Warranty and how easy returns are.

What we do not do

• We never rank by commission. Order depends only on fit for the reader of that guide.
• We never say we tested something we have not personally used.
• We do not copy Amazon product descriptions or customer reviews. Every word is our own.
• We do not list prices. They change too fast; the buttons take you to today’s price on Amazon.

Updates

Every article shows the date it was last updated. We revise a guide when a product is discontinued, its reputation slips, or something better comes along.