Do you have a product that you would like a Gear Diary Team Member to review? If so, then this is the process:

First, contact Judie via email.

Once your email has been received she will consider whether your product is one that will fit within Gear Diary’s scope. Your email will then be forwarded to the team or to a specific reviewer if your product is their forte. The team loves to review all types of gear, and as you’ve probably noticed – we cover all sorts of items on Gear Diary – so don’t worry if your product seems a little “different” or totally offbeat. Chances are that the more original your product is, the more we will enjoy doing its review!

Once your product has been approved, you will be supplied with a shipping address; we will assign the appropriate reviewer who may contact you for additional information.

If your product is software, then you can either ship a retail package to the address supplied or you can provide download and registration details.

If you just happen to have one of our physical addresses (perhaps because we have previously done a review for you), and you send a product without our approval, then please understand that there will be no guarantees your product will be reviewed.

Please note:

- When you send a review item, you are acknowledging that Gear Diary will be writing an unbiased review of your product. We do not “sell reviews”, and you can not buy a positive review with advertising.

- Manufacturer, Developer, and Supplier comments are welcome and encouraged in the comments section. However, the actual review text is the reviewer’s own.

- You will not be given the chance to “approve” the review prior to publication, nor will you be given editorial authority of any kind.

- You will be contacted if the item appears to be defective; as it is only fair that a working item be reviewed.

- Gear Diary will review neither vaporware nor non-released hardware and software. While we will be happy to talk about your future product in a Diary entry, it is not fair to Gear Diary’s readers to publish an “official” review for an unavailable item.

- Items sent will be used during the review process. For this reason we generally do not return review items provided.

- You will be given a tentative date upon which the review will appear, usually 4 – 8 weeks after receipt of the item. We need time to actually discover all of the ins and outs of your product; our reviews do not regurgitate press releases, and these reviews may involve multiple installments and/or video. Actual publish dates will depend upon the complexity of the review item and the existing size of the Gear Diary team member’s review queue.

- A link to the manufacturer’s site and a link to the product supplier’s site will be included in the review, along with MSRP and wrap-up comments. If there is a particular retailer that you would like linked, we would be happy to accommodate your wishes.

Please click here to see an example of a review.

We know that there are lots of review sites on the web and we appreciate you spending time on ours!

What People Are Saying About Gear Diary Reviews:

Thanks so much for your detailed review, Judie! HTC really values all of your feedback when you review our devices. Glad you enjoyed the Sprint HTC Touch Diamond – and can’t wait to send more good stuff your way! – Jessika (Waggener Edstrom)

I love your site. A perfect mix (and balanced perspective) of the important mobile devices, their accessories, and the fun (dinosaurs, etc.). Keep it up. It’s always cheery to read. – David (Reader)

Hi Judie, You and your colleagues have done a few product reviews for my clients and I’m always impressed by them.  In fact, I love how you incorporate video into your reviews as well and was inspired to post about the future of product reviews on my company’s small blog.  I added the awesome video you guys did of a robot wearing carpet skates (another client of mine). Thanks and great job!!  Katie Wagner (BLASToutdoors)

Kerry this is really fantastic and we very much appreciate how detailed this review was and the thoroughness — really impressive. – Tanya (Kensington)

I’m delighted that you (your friend) like/love the painted Futura. We think they are fun and after your posting, it looks like you do too. Thank you for the upbeat coverage and visibility. I really like the leopard photos. – Bill (PR for LapWorks, Inc.)

What an excellent article! Besides the fact that I’m elated that it was about my invention, it is so well written-informative and funny. The product photo is beautiful. It’s a true sign of professionalism being able to write like that despite the nausea. – Scott (Flexisnake)

Visiting Gear Diary to see if there are any new product reviews and unboxings is one of the things I enjoy doing daily because the Gear Diary team has make it a pleasure to do so. – Randius (reader)

Joel, I saw this and have to say your review was above and beyond what I expected- thank you! Since you are the camping guru and I just started representing Coghlan’s, I would love to keep you in mind for future products. I look forward to working with you in the future. -Katie (Coghlan’s)

We are the makers of the iMainGo and we want to thank you so much for the incredible and honest review of the iMainGo. – Ryan (iMainGo)

Awesome. We really appreciate your reviews because you are so thorough and honest. At the moment we are designing new small laptop cases and Doug’s comments about the pockets and weatherproofing on the Skivvy and are very helpful. – Bianca (Crumpler)

Hey, thanks for your thorough review, Judie! Actually I can hardly remember any other so thoroughly made review. And the fun part with cold war spies kicks right. I want to be grateful enough as to offer you another opportunity to review some other of our software later. Thanks for your work! – Konstantin (VITO Technology)

Thanks for the great review, I’m glad you like the G5 reader! – George (Atech)

Thank you for the wonderful review of the Aluminum Desktop Stand. As you can imagine, we love it. The tablet application may be one worth pursuing. And by the way, the 20+ photos definitely enhance your overall review. It would be difficult for anyone not to understand what the Stand is all about. – Bill (PR for LapWorks, Inc.)

Judie, Wow, it’s a great review and as always very thorough. Thank you! – Brad (BeNetSafe)

Thank you VERY much once again for your splendid and generous review. Sometimes I feel your explanations are much clearer than ours and we’re the ones who produce it! For a small start up company like ours, you have been a great supporter of our products and we appreciate your time. – Phil (Lumaray)

Thank you for your time and effort into reviewing our products, I like the pictures. Some people don’t include many pictures in reviews and it is nice to see you show the products in use. – Pat (Gomadic)

Just a quick note to thank you for such an excellent review of Art Dealer! You are the first to provide a completely independent review of the game so all of us at Minds Refined were really pleased that you liked it. And I think your sense of how the game helps improve memory–by encouraging one to focus on the details of events–is bang on! – Jeff (Minds Refined)

Wow, you’re really thorough. I love it! – Leah (Presto)

Thanks so much Judie. It looks great and the team is stoked! – Valorie (Skullcandy)

Thank you again. It is apparent that you spent some time with the Attaché Laptop Stand. We are very appreciative of the favorable review and glad you like it. I didn’t know you were such a shutterbug. Images definitely enhance any coverage of a product as they have done here. Bill (PR for LapWorks, Inc.)

I read it and enjoyed, I appreciate also your feedbacks, and we will take a look a them. – Oren (Golan Tech / VKB)