About

Comparabo started with one frustrated shopper.

Brent Standley is a data analyst. His work is taking messy information, putting it in a clean table and letting the numbers show what is really going on. So when he went shopping for a new tool, he did what came naturally: he looked for a page that put every serious option side by side, spec by spec.

He could not find one. Search results were full of "best of" lists with five or six products, a few paragraphs each and very few hard numbers. Some lists skipped the specs that matter most. Others compared products on different terms, so one review gave the torque, the next gave the speed and none gave both. To compare them properly he ended up with a dozen browser tabs and a spreadsheet of his own.

Somewhere around the third spreadsheet, the idea for Comparabo took shape: if the comparison he wanted did not exist, he would build it.

What we built. Every page on Comparabo is one big comparison table. Each qualifying product sits in its own column and every spec sits in its own row, in the same units, so the differences are plain to see. You can start with the top five or ten, or pick exactly the products you are deciding between, and our short guides answer the questions people ask before they buy.

Where the data comes from. Specs come from manufacturer spec sheets and retailer listings. Where sources disagree, or a maker does not publish a figure, we say so instead of guessing. We do not claim to have tested products we have not tested, and we do not show prices, because they change daily; the retailer link always has the current price.

How products are ranked. Each table is ranked by a fixed score built from specs, warranty and how popular a product is with buyers. Brands cannot pay for a place in a table or a better position. How we choose explains the method in full.

The team. Comparabo is run by Brent and a small independent team. We earn a small commission when you buy through our retailer links, at no extra cost to you; see our affiliate disclosure.

Spotted a wrong spec, or a product we missed? Brent reads every message: [email protected].