About Spiked Reviews

What we cover

Spiked Reviews looks at the products everyone is suddenly talking about and checks what they actually offer.

We cover products that go viral online: beauty and personal-care tools, home and cleaning gadgets, portable gadgets and accessories, and kids' products and toys, along with the recalls and safety warnings that affect them.

Each review says at the top how it was done. We have not tested products hands-on: our reviews assess the viral claims against the maker's specifications, independent test data, regulator records and recalls. Brands cannot pay for a verdict. When we add retailer links, they will be marked and they never change what we recommend.

How we work

Our stories start from primary sources, and every one names and links them. Before publication, every story is checked against those sources in a separate fact-check. Our editorial standards explain how we work, including our use of AI tools; our review method explains how reviews are done.

Bylines and desks

Stories carry the name of the person who wrote them or of the Spiked Reviews desk that produced them. A desk byline means our team produced the story for that section, in the way our editorial standards describe.

Ownership and funding

Spiked Reviews is funded by advertising and sponsorship. Paid content is always labelled, and advertisers have no say over our editorial content. How advertising works.

Contact

To reach the team, email hello@spikedreviews.com.