Looks like they do use affiliate links though, which means they have an incentive to recommend items sold on sites that will give them higher affiliate commissions.
Guess Wirecutter is in the same boat, then.
FYI Consumer Reports also uses affiliate links now. I'm of two minds about it. OTOH it creates an incentive to recommend more items and more expensive items. OTOH I like that they capture some revenue that can go to furthering their mission.
Consumer Labs, at least, which does more low-level lab testing than CR. Don't know of any others.
Escape Collective for cycling gear and topics. It's a recently launched outlet consisting of quite a few ex-Cycling Tips writers. They don't use ads and are instead supported by their paying subscribers. The content is fantastic if you're into cycling.
Wirecutter. They were acquired by the NY Times not too long ago. I also like America's Test Kitchen, but they only review kitchen products.
Wirecutter has gone downhill rapidly, to the extent that I wouldn't trust it anymore. Which is a shame, since it used to be my go-to for nearly everything.
The article doesn't actually quantify them going downhill at all. Only that they've lost some luster with their fans. I honestly attribute it more to them being a victim of their own success. A Wirecutter endorsement is now so valuable that I suspect brands are deliberately gaming the system in some way to get a plaudit from them. I've bought more than a few items they've endorsed in the past few years and they've all held up very well.
I only mentioned it because you were being downvoted without anybody explaining why. If you like Wirecutter, more power to you.
Project Farm on Youtube: rigorous, trustworthy, data-driven, hard to watch all the way through, but definitely worth skipping to the results.