Our only job is to report accurately what gear pros use. These are the rules we follow to do that.
Independence
- No brand pays to be listed, or to change how its products appear.
- Affiliate links, when we have them, are added after the facts are recorded and never affect them.
- Affiliate and sponsored links are marked so search engines know about them, and we disclose them on every page.
Sourcing standards
- Every filled-in value has a link to its source.
- We prefer, in order: the manufacturer or player, official tournament stringers, then established gear publications and specialist retailers.
- When reputable sources disagree, we use the most recent established source and note the disagreement on the entry.
- We never fill gaps from guesswork or memory. Missing information is shown as Unknown.
Full details are in our methodology.
Keeping things current
Players change equipment often. Every entry shows the date it was last verified, and each page shows when it was last updated. When a player changes gear, we update the entry and record the change in the player's gear history.
Mistakes
If we get something wrong, we fix it. See our corrections policy.