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That has a bearing on how the comparisons themselves are built. We set out how we assess garden tools on a separate page, and the same criteria apply to a £6 hand trowel and an £80 forged spade: what the steel is, how the handle is put together, and who the tool actually suits. No brand pays to appear higher in a comparison, because no brand pays for anything on this site.

A review is still one reading of a tool at a particular moment, drawn from published specifications, user reviews, and the evaluation criteria set out on that methodology page rather than from any testing of our own. A spade or a pair of secateurs can behave differently in your hands, on your soil, than a page suggests, and that gap is worth keeping in mind before you buy.

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