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JoeChiOhki
Jan 04, 2021Explorer II
mkirsch wrote:
Isn't it curious how you look at a product that has an overwhelming number of 5 star reviews, but those two one-star reviews STILL make you question purchasing the product?
Of course 90% of those 5 star reviews are from people who "review" the product the minute they get it home from the store, "It's all shiny and new! Great product!" There again 90% of the 1 star reviews are from people who either have irrational expectations or abuse the product, "Does not stand up to being beaten repeatedly with a pickaxe! Horrible product!"
Due to the large amount of bot generated positive reviews you find on market places like amazon anymore, I generally tend to give vastly more weight to negative reviews. Especially if the reviews are all of a similar logical theme spread across a fairly large time period (If folks have been giving it poor reviews for months for the same reason, odds are good that the product actually has this defect).
In this particular scenario, I'm deviating from my normal battery procedure which is "Trojan all the things!" because Interstate batteries were the second most praised flooded cell lead acid battery line on this forum in the past seventeen years. :)
Also keep in mind, its been eight years since I last used my RV or camped at all, so I'm having to update alot of knowledge that's now stale.
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