Affiliate, Sponsorship & Independence Disclosure

Yottatable does not currently earn commission from any link on this site, and we do not currently publish sponsored content. We do not accept gifts, hospitality or travel from brands in exchange for coverage. If we ever change any of this, the change will be disclosed at the top of the affected page rather than buried in a footer.

• Affiliate links: none active on this site at the time of publication.
• Sponsored articles: none published at any time.
• Sponsored rankings: not used. There is no paid placement in our gear records, comparisons or calculator results.
• Brand-supplied samples for testing: we use retail-purchased samples for long-form testing. Press samples may be accepted for first-look coverage where the test period is short, and any such coverage is clearly labelled.
• Display advertising: not used on this site.

If Yottatable begins to use affiliate links, sponsored placements or display advertising, the following will happen before any such content appears:

• The affiliate disclosure and editorial-policy pages will be updated with the date and nature of the change.
• A banner will appear on the affected page for at least 30 days, identifying the content as commercial.
• The editorial team will operate an explicit firewall: the person making the editorial decision about a product will not be the person negotiating commercial terms with its maker.
• Our corrections policy will not change as a result. A commercial relationship will not lead to a more favourable review than the evidence supports.

Press samples of small value (a consumable, a sticker, a leaflet) may be accepted and retained. Press samples of significant value (a full garment, a tent, a sleeping bag) are reviewed only where the test period is short and the review is clearly labelled as a first look rather than a long-form test. Long-form testing always uses retail-purchased samples.

Where a commercial relationship exists, the editorial decision about what to publish, when to publish it and what to say is made independently of the commercial team. If a brand objects to a finding, our response is described in the Editorial Policy.

Yottatable's preferred funding model, where funding is needed, is direct reader support through donations, memberships or subscriptions — mechanisms that do not create a conflict of interest with the editorial product. If we add such a mechanism, the relationship between reader support and editorial independence will be disclosed here.

Commercial enquiries should be directed to [email protected]. Editorial enquiries should go to [email protected]. We will not discuss editorial coverage on a commercial thread.