Comment by crazygringo

I don't know... it works for me?

I understand how all of those could be problems in theory. But when I actually spend a couple minutes reading the reviews with less than 5 stars, it quickly becomes apparent if there are genuine problems with the item, or just people who don't understand why their cast iron pan rusted when they put it in the dishwasher. Finding the signal in the noise is pretty easy?

If you read the reviews with critical thinking and a good bullshit detector, and stick to items with at least 100 reviews (preferably several hundred), it works great for me. It's invaluable really -- don't know what I'd do without Amazon reviews.

> Strangely, AFAIK Amazon does not provide a possibility to filter those out.

You can always limit reviews to the single item/color/size etc. It's the filter option. I do that all the time when I want the reviews e.g. just for the spatula not the masher or ladle. Or when I want photos of the item in just the one particular color.