Methodology
WildVerdict combines owner-review statistics from manufacturers and retailers without republishing individual reviews or reviewer data.
Sources and identity
The current proof uses Outdoor Research, Arc'teryx, Bergfreunde, and Outnorth. Listings join only when manufacturer identifiers or other explicit product evidence support the match. Where sources pool revisions, the page is labeled model-family evidence.
Counting and ratings
Counts use canonical, active owner reviews after exact duplicate removal and publication exclusions. Ratings are normalized to a five-point scale. Source and product averages are WildVerdict cross-source editorial aggregates, not merchant first-party ratings.
Verdicts and themes
A product needs at least 10 canonical reviews before a synthesis can be published. Every synthesis is validated against the exact review corpus; repeated themes disclose their supporting-review count. Products below the threshold remain listed without a verdict.
Privacy boundary
Public pages contain product-level and source-level aggregates only. Review prose, titles, review identifiers, reviewer metadata, hashes, review URLs, and per-review provenance remain private.
Freshness
Product pages show the latest included ingestion date and whether evidence spans multiple revisions. This proof is a fixed snapshot, not a claim of live price or review coverage.