Coil & Ground editorial team

Editorial team

We put together the comparisons on this site: we read the specifications, track what changes between model years, and write the scoring so the reasoning is visible rather than asserted.

We focus on entry-level machines, where the gap between what a spec sheet promises and what a first-time buyer experiences is widest.

How I score

Five weighted criteria, applied the same way to every machine, from published specifications and the documented behaviour of the technology involved. This is a desk comparison and the site says so on the methodology page - I would rather be useful and checkable than sound authoritative about a field test that did not happen.