Pet peeves on knife review videos?

[A.L.]

What ?

Thumbnails on youtube videos with guy mouth wide open aka soy face. Video titled vaguely like "this is the best knife I've reviewed this year" etc.

 

[jfk1110]

Anything more than 3-5 minutes is just hot air and fluff..

 

[sodak]

I refuse to watch them, it's very rare to get a good review. They take 10 min to give you 2 min of info that I could have read in 30 sec. When someone posts a review on BF but only on video, I pass it by.

 

[scorpnsnake]

I know I said that I don't really have any pet peeves for these guys. But I found one this weekend.

One of the more popular reviewers did a review on the RobJohnson Knives Cedar a year ago. He went on and on about how great Rob and Mr. Johnson had done on the design, finish, action, etc.

Here's the reality. "Robjohnsons knives are owned and made by Nicolas, the founder of the knife making company. The company is named after his great grandfather Robert and his father, also named Robert."

Though I believe his observations. How much do you really know about the product if you don't know this. And how has this video been up for a year without a correction issued?

Pet peeve identified.

 

[GrumpySoreOldBastard]

My guilty pleasure for watching YT knife revues is turning off the audio and setting the playback speed to 1.5X.
If i spy anything of interest i can rewind a little and return to default settings for sound and speed.
Mostly i'm watching for a good look at the knife unless something really jumps out. Most YT revues are from a person with little experience using the knife and very subjective as well as possibly coloured by the users desire to keep getting test knifes.
All that being said i do find the clips a useful resource for checking out knifes before purchasing.

 

[David Mary]

My guilty pleasure for watching YT knife revues is turning off the audio and setting the playback speed to 1.5X.
If i spy anything of interest i can rewind a little and return to default settings for sound and speed.

Mostly i'm watching for a good look at the knife

About the same as me often enough, also with a whole bunch of skipping. Pretty much never end up buying though, lately...

Also, FYI, the plural of moose is meese.

 

[SharpBits]

A friend clued my into the best thing on YouTube. It is the ability to watch any video at increased speed. I often crank it to 2X speed just to get thru the endless babble. Your brain will catch up and you'll have no problem understanding the speaker at 2x. Also, ad-blockers are your friend. Only unblock for those you wish to get compensated for the content.

Edit: I missed that GrumpySoreOldBastard beat me to the punch.