Editorial Policy
How we decide what to write, how we test it, and how we keep ourselves honest.
Website: Repair Habit (repairhabit.com)
Contact email: [email protected]
Last updated: 3 June 2026
This is the document we share when readers, advertisers, or fellow publishers ask us how Repair Habit works. We are a small, independent publication, but small is not the same as informal. The rules below shape every guide we publish.
Who writes our content
Every article on Repair Habit is written by a named human contributor. We do not publish anonymous work, ghost-written work, or articles generated by a language model. Our author bios link to other articles by the same person and, where relevant, list the lived experience that qualifies them to write on the topic.
How we choose what to cover
We cover the things our readers actually own and the problems they actually have. We pull topic ideas from: reader letters, the comments on our existing guides, the search terms that bring people to the Site, and our own experience as the kind of people who quietly fix things on weekends.
We do not write articles to chase trends. We do not write articles because a brand asked us to. We do not write articles purely to rank for a high-volume keyword if we have nothing useful to say about it.
How we test what we publish
For repair guides, the writer must have personally performed the repair on the kind of item described, at least once. For maintenance guides, the writer must have used the technique for long enough to know whether it works. For “things to avoid” articles, we either describe mistakes we have made or document failures that other people have told us about and that we can verify with at least one independent source.
Where we cite specific products, tools, or chemicals, we have either used them ourselves or read at least two independent reviews from people who clearly have. We do not copy product blurbs.
How we handle corrections
If we get something wrong, please tell us. We will fix the article, and we will add a short note at the bottom of the article that explains what changed and when, unless the change was a typo or formatting fix.
We will not silently rewrite guides to hide mistakes. We will not delete published guides to make it look like we never made a mistake.
How we handle commercial relationships
We accept affiliate revenue from a small number of retailers when readers buy products we have already recommended. Affiliate relationships do not influence which products we recommend.
We do not publish sponsored articles. We do not accept payment in exchange for a positive review. We do not accept free products from manufacturers in exchange for coverage. If a brand sends us a sample, we either return it, donate it, or disclose it clearly at the top of any article that mentions it.
How we handle reviews
If we publish a review, the reviewer has used the product for at least 30 days in a real home, on a real task. We share the price we paid (or the price the product retails for if it was loaned). We describe what we did not like as carefully as what we did like. We do not give scores out of ten, because we do not think that is how anyone really decides what to buy.
How we update old guides
Maintenance is a moving target. Products change, model numbers refresh, instructions improve. We re-read our most-read guides at least once a year and update them when the underlying facts have moved. When we update a guide, we change the “last updated” date at the top.
Reach us
If you spot something that contradicts this policy in practice, please write to us at [email protected]. We mean what we say above.