[...] The point is to make it easier for you to buy some great gear quickly and get on with your life.The choices I've made here took days of research and years of experience, interviews, data from the best editorial and user sources around.

[7] To prevent bias, the staff who write its reviews are not informed about what commissions, if any, the site receives for different products.

[2] Ben French spearheaded the acquisition, recalling "The first day I ever met [Brian Lam], after spending an hour or two with him, I was like, 'We should buy you.

[28] In August 2021, the New York Times imposed a metered paywall on the site, no longer depending solely on affiliate marketing commissions for revenue.

[29] Later that year, Wirecutter staff went on strike, timed to coincide with the busy Black Friday shopping season in late November.

[30] The Wirecutter Union reached a three-year agreement with The New York Times Company in December, with immediate wage increases averaging US$5,000 per employee.

[27] Wirecutter has been described as a competitor to Consumer Reports, from which it differs by its explicit recommendations of top picks, a younger readership (with average age between 41 and 53 as of 2018), and its acceptance of vendor-supplied test units.