Every article on The Final Cost follows the same route: a real question people ask, a shortlist of specific current models, the manufacturers’ own figures, and a plain answer about who each model suits.
1. Start with the question
We begin with the situation, not the product: one or two people in a flat with a 45 cm cupboard gap, a Ryanair passenger who will not pay for a cabin bag, a monitor in a room that is dark by five. The article is shaped by what that reader needs to decide, and by the questions they actually type into a search box.
2. Shortlist real, current models
Every model named is a specific product with a current listing on Amazon.co.uk, identified by its manufacturer’s model code and checked for the exact variant we describe. We look for models that differ in ways that matter to the decision — size, weight, what they are allowed to do — rather than six near-identical options.
3. Take the figures from the maker
Dimensions, weights, capacities, run times and care rules come from the manufacturer’s manual, specification sheet or support page, and each figure is cited at the foot of the article. Where the maker’s own documents disagree, or where a figure exists only on a retailer listing, we mark it and say so in the text. We do not run our own tests, and we do not describe testing we have not done.
4. Say who it suits, and who it does not
Each product card ends with strengths, limitations, who it is good for and who should look elsewhere. Each article ends with the decision by situation. If a whole category is wrong for a reader, we say that too.
5. Keep it current
Every article carries the date its facts were last checked. Prices are not shown, because they change faster than any page can; the link on every card opens the live listing.