Who we are, and how we are paid

CleanVerdict compares pressure washers, steam cleaners, vacuums, floor washers and the consumables that feed them, across twenty-four categories and five languages. We are a small independent editorial operation, not a retailer, not a brand, and not a media group.

How the site is funded

Every "Check price" button on this site is an affiliate link to Amazon. If you buy something after following one, Amazon pays us a commission. The price you pay is identical either way.

We think you should know the shape of that incentive rather than just its existence. Amazon pays a percentage of the sale, so in principle we earn more when you buy something expensive. Three things push against that:

• The order is not set by what we earn. We do not know, page by page, which product earns us more — and we have never sorted a list by anything other than what the page argues. Where a cheap tool is the right answer, it goes first.
• The dearest machine is not the most useful. Some of the things we recommend most firmly cost under twenty dollars — a fleece filter bag, a fresh set of mop pads, a rotary nozzle that fits the lance you already own. Most disappointing results come down to a consumable, not to the machine driving it.
• No brand pays to be ranked here. We have never accepted payment, product or otherwise, in exchange for a position in a ranking. If that ever changes, it will be labeled on the page, not in a footer.

What we do not do

We do not run sponsored posts. We do not publish "top 10" lists assembled from other people's reviews. We do not rank by commission value, by conversion rate, or by what is in stock this week.

Every verdict here names what it rests on: the specifications and manuals, the standards that apply to the machine, and the weight of what long-term owners consistently report. Where a judgment leans on one of those more than the others, the review says which.

Corrections

Prices move, models get replaced, and manufacturers quietly change components. If something here is wrong, tell us and we will fix it and say what changed. Every page carries the date it was last reviewed.