Should I purchase a Which Online subscription?

Arf

Hi ladies and gents. Ok its that time of year when we need some new goods in the home and currently I'm after a new washing machine and Digital Cordless Phones for home use.

Washing machine:- I have no idea what to get. Cordless phone:- I really like the BT Calypso 225 - Not sure if they are good though. My question is that as im finding it tough finding reviews of goods like the cordless handsets sooo shoud I sign up for a Which online subscription? as they review and recommend best buys of all household goods (among a forest of other stuff)....

Quoted from their site (https://www.which.co.uk)

10.1.1 Your subscription will automatically continue after your free trial ends, unless we are notified in advance.

10.1.2 If you continue with your subscription after your free trial, the charge is £7.75 a month (including VAT and any other applicable taxes), payable in advance.

Hope some one can help cheers. :T

grunnie

I read Which magazine in my local library and they also keep years of back copies if I need to look something up so it saves me loads. They also let me photocopy a page or 2 if I need to study something at home.

Lord_Gardener

grunnie wrote:

I read Which magazine in my local library and they also keep years of back copies if I need to look something up so it saves me loads. They also let me photocopy a page or 2 if I need to study something at home.

Just what we do!

milkydrink

Arf
I had it for a while, but don't think I ever used it enough.
I think the internet is a great "free" review web site, there are loads of boards to help & ask questions. If you just enter what it is in google & hit search you will come across reviews, this works especially well if you add review after the item. Works great for hols too, hotel name & resort in google, click search & loads of reviews.

Mrs_Thrify

Arf - £7.75 is a lot to pay for a monthly mag.
I use to have the Which mag delivered (just for a few months but decided the cost was to high)! Unless you wish to buy what is in the current issue you may find a problem buying items from a back issue as I found out.The washing machine in the mag may not still be stocked in the shop as updated new stock comes in all the time....

Try adding https://www.hotukdeals.co.uk to your favorites and get on their mailing list. Then you will know all about the hottest deals around and kind people give feedback. Best Wishes...

s-j-cooper_2

You could take advantage of one of their offers and cancel before it ends. You can cancel buy e-mail as well as on the phone. I got on their 3 months for £1 offer and tried a couple of months full price to see if I used it, but I didn't really - so I sent them an e-mail and it was cancelled.

MickKnipfler

I had it for a while and whe n they reviewed things that I had expertise in, I found their reviews a bit "shallow" and that their were other factors that I thought they should have considered. I then cancelled.

Minerva69

Which Online also costs extra, on top of the normal magazine subscription. You can read articles from the magazine online with a normal subscription, but to get the full "Which Online" content you have to pay extra. They've changed their search engine recently and it's a lot harder to find products now.

Also I am not sure about the impartiality of their reviews. I wanted a new MP3 player as a gift for my other half, and they didn't even bother to test some of the most popular and best selling models. I have had a new fridge/freezer and a tumble dryer based on Which recommendations, one broke down after a few months and the other after 18 months, both have had to be replaced because they were unrepairable. I am cancelling my Which subscription now!

Arf

Hey ladies gents,
Thanks a lot for the replies really really appreciated. I'm going to take your advice and not get the subscription as its well not worth it as you quite rightly pointed out - If I do however want to read up on a review i would take a visit to my library as again you suggested. Also thanks for letting me know that their reviews are not very helpful. You saved me a lot of time, money and hassle.
Thank you very much and have a very very happy new year