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tautech:
A dream is just that until the stars align for it to happen therefore what's brought this dream to the front of the queue Dave ?
What are you to do for staff and this the big one, staff of sufficient caliber ie. qualifications and experience to have any chance of pulling this off ?
Don't overlook their capabilities or lack of could impact on your existing reputation unless you have a Shahriar up your sleeve to help pull this off.

As for some standardized tests  ::) well in this day and age with the rapid changes in just the last 5 years by the time you've drafted them, they will already be obsolete.

I'm with Muttley based on that you've shared with us thus far.
EEVblog:

--- Quote from: manicdoc on September 11, 2022, 07:34:36 am ---It's an interesting idea, although I would think those who are the most interested in such test results would be in a position to get their mits on equipment to test for fit to the required purpose OR know someone who can help them reduce the choices to sufficient a degree that the differences left can be overcome (questions on this forum about what test equipment to get would in effect be in competition). As in the more expensive the kit (talking well North of 10k here) the more seriously someone would be in picking it. What you do might have some bearing on their decision-making, but not sure it would be critical I think, with that amount being spent it has to be directly justified. Plus the number of people doing this rapidly tails off...

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It's actually opposite of what you think here.
Cheaper stuff are the items that people will trust a reviewer on. For expensive stuff (>$10k) typically you'd get a loaner unit from a local rep and test its suitability for your specific application.
Review on really expensive gear also get very few views because it's outside of most people's budgets, so they generally aren't going to spend the time looking at it all.
tv84:
I think that, unfortunately, the idea is condemned from the start. Maybe one day...  ::)

Some rumblings about my opinion:

Unless you hire some of the members here in the forum, continuosly, you will never get the definitive evaluations that you are hoping for (or at least me under the "EEVLab" flag). TE is a very small niche and one needs hyper special guys to comment freely on them (going overboard of TE is even worse as, one of these days, we'll be here discussing coffee machines and, at that moment, I'll know I've reached my stop).

Having such a supposedly "serious and methodic" evaluation might detract members from commenting: the beauty (and the bad) of the thing today on the forum is that, sometimes, you have people participating in a discussion that are orders of magnitude away in terms of knowledge But that doesn't detract them from commenting. (it's like talking about a football game, anyone is entitled to they opinion and reserves the right to express it). Without comments from members you'll loose the "community contibution" that you are expecting.

OTOH, a "EEVLabs testing/certification seal" might be destroyed in seconds if a forum guru finds an error or totally disagrees with what is being shown.

I agree with a "EEVLab" brand (seems kind of cool!), i think it may start to have some credibility BUT you have to go with the crowdsourcing way.

Things like Rudi's enormous work https://www.eevblog.com/forum/testgear/functional-comparison-of-rs-rtb2000-siglent-sds2000x-and-keysight-dsox1000/ is something that you should encourage, help, guide and/or even reward with a "EEVLabs seal".

This could make some of the big gurus here do similar contributions in order to have something with the "EEVLabs seal" in their curriculum. There are many already spread all over the forum that are just not organized or filmed as a videoclip.

J-R:
My suggestion would be to consider testing/reviewing more mainstream consumer products.  Feel free to also continue with the electronics gear, but if you really want to expand you will need to appeal to a wider audience.  I personally enjoy Project Farm's Youtube channel and have been very happy with my purchases made after considering his tests/reviews.  I've can't remember ever buying his top rated product, but the information he provides has helped me to pick what I needed/wanted.

Ultimately your content might be a mix of individual product reviews as they come out, along with the occasional "shootout" style where you pit maybe a dozen competing products against each other.  And don't be afraid to review something mundane like an extension cord, because a lot of people just want someone to show them a good product so they can buy it and move on.
iMo:
Hopefully you have registered your new domain EEVlabs.com already - as the first step  >:D
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