How FurReviews decides what to recommend, what our scores mean, and what we do not claim. The short version: we compare what can be verified from the outside, we publish the weaknesses alongside the strengths, and we do not pretend to have done testing we have not done.
Specifications and materials — panel gauge, foam density, filter turnover rate, ingredient panels, AAFCO statements, cage floor area against the published minimum for the species.
Fit and sizing, because sizing error is the most common reason a pet product fails its owner. Where a manufacturer's size guide is optimistic, we say so.
Running cost, not just purchase price. A filter with expensive proprietary cartridges or a litter you will buy monthly is a different proposition from its shelf price.
Reported owner experience, clearly labelled as reported. It is useful signal for durability and for how animals actually respond, and it is not a measurement we made.
Every editorial score is an average of the categories we rate for that product — typically build quality, durability and value. It is out of 10 and it is ours.
It is not Amazon's customer rating and never derived from it. Where we have not assessed a product properly, it carries no score rather than a placeholder.
We do not claim laboratory testing, veterinary review, or long-term trials. Where a manufacturer claims clinical testing or veterinary endorsement, we attribute the claim to them rather than repeating it as fact.
Nothing here is veterinary advice. For anything involving a health condition, medication or a prescription diet, your vet decides and we do not.
If something here is wrong, we want to fix it. Errors of fact are corrected in place and the page's updated date changes. Where a correction materially changes a recommendation, the change is noted on the page rather than made silently.