About Views Media
Who we are
Views Media started because product reviews online are mostly useless. Everything's "the best," everything "exceeded expectations," and half the time whoever wrote it never touched the thing. We got tired of that.
We publish buying guides across six categories: tech and gadgets, health and beauty, sports and fitness, lifestyle, gifts, and pets. The team is small. We don't take brand payments, sponsored placements, or review units in exchange for coverage. Amazon affiliate commissions keep the lights on, but they don't change what ends up in the guide — a product that underperforms gets said to underperform, regardless of whether there's an affiliate link on it.
The people who write here: Maya Chen covers tech and gadgets, with a background in consumer electronics evaluation. Jordan Blake handles health and fitness, with particular focus on wearables and connected health devices. Sofia Reyes writes the beauty and skincare guides. Alex Porter covers lifestyle and smart home. Riley Davis writes the gifts and pets categories.
How we evaluate products
We don't have a lab. What we have is a consistent framework applied across categories, a refusal to copy press releases, and the patience to actually use things long enough to find the problems.
Tech and gadgets
Battery life claims are almost always optimistic. We care about eight hours at a desk, not four hours in ideal conditions. For audio, we check frequency response at different volumes, not just "how does it sound in a quiet room." For displays, outdoor legibility matters more than peak brightness numbers. Anything claiming "clinical accuracy" for health metrics gets cross-referenced against published validation studies, not just the manufacturer's claims.
Health and beauty
Beauty products get evaluated on actual skin, with enough time to separate first-impression effects from sustained performance. Absorption speed, formulation on different skin types, ingredient actives versus marketing claims — these are the things that matter. We cross-check against dermatologist guidance and long-term user reports to catch issues that don't show up in week one.
Fitness and health devices
FDA clearance is a real signal for health-monitoring devices. A cleared device has been tested against a clinical reference and the results reviewed — "clinical accuracy" printed on a box has not. For fitness equipment, durability under daily use matters more than the specification sheet. We note when claims about calorie burn or VO2 max estimates are unvalidated.
Home and lifestyle
For cleaning devices, the test is simple: does it actually clean, and does it do so consistently after the first week. For smart home devices, we specifically avoid recommending anything that requires a subscription to keep working after year one — the ecosystem lock-in risk is real and rarely disclosed clearly at point of purchase.
Pets
Safety first: materials, construction, any parts that could be swallowed or cause injury. Durability second, because cheap materials tend to fail at the worst times. We flag products that have been recalled or have documented safety complaints across multiple verified sources.
What we don't do
We don't keep picks in guides because removing them would mean rewriting a section. We don't cover products with misleading health claims. We don't include items just because they have a high affiliate commission rate. We don't have "final thoughts" sections that just summarize the summary.
We've been wrong about picks. When that happens, we update the post and note what changed. We flag overpriced items explicitly — if a $25 option beats a $90 one, we say so, even if the $90 one has a higher commission.
Editorial standards
A product needs to solve an actual problem to make our lists. We don't cover products with safety red flags or claims we can't verify across multiple independent sources. Posts are updated when better options come out or when a recommended product changes significantly in quality or availability.
We don't write about things we think are bad just to fill a category. A category page with four solid picks is better than one with seven picks where three are filler.
Affiliate disclosure
Views Media participates in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.com.
When you click on product links on our site and make a purchase, we may earn a small commission at no additional cost to you. This helps us maintain our website and continue creating content.
We only recommend products we believe provide real value. Affiliate partnerships never influence our opinions.
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Information we collect
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How we use information
- To improve our content and user experience
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- We never sell your personal information to third parties
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