In reply to tom290483: Hi Tom, I get that a glowingly positive review like this might lead you to doubt its authenticity.
The gear review team are all independent, and they're asked to write balanced reviews that include both what they did and didn't like about the product. There is a lot of good kit around, and sometimes it turns out a reviewer just really got on well with a product and can't find much negative to say.
Plenty of reviews do find fault with products. A couple of examples spring to mind - a Metolius Mastercam that broke:
http://www.ukclimbing.com/gear/review.php?id=2907
A survival kit the reviewer thought was more of a kid's toy:
http://www.ukclimbing.com/gear/review.php?id=3769
Our first rope bag round-up this summer contained a very negative review of an Edelrid bag. Edelrid acknowledged this and then showed us their new rope bags at the summer trade show, which we have now included in the review - a huge improvement.
Gear companies want authentic, real reviews of their products, not advertorial, and they usually accept the negative comments, as long as they are well founded. I have an email in my inbox from a gear company, I sent them a quite negative review to read. Their response is quite typical: "a bit disappointing but if it helps the guys with future developments!"
Cheers, Sarah