This page sets out how articles on Home Clean Manual are researched, written, and corrected. It exists so you can judge how much weight to give what you read here.
Where the information comes from
Home Clean Manual is a research-led publication. Nothing here is tested by this site, and no article claims hands-on use of a product. What the site does instead is open the sources most cleaning content never touches: manufacturer service manuals and parts diagrams, trade training material and cleaning standards, repair channels where the same failures surface again and again, and technical documentation in other languages — German and Japanese appliance material and EU standards are consistently more specific than anything published in English.
That research is the reason this site exists. It is also its limit: documentation tells you how a machine is built and what it was designed to do, not how it feels to push around a room. Where that distinction matters, the article says so. It is a desk method, not one operator’s experience in one region, not a laboratory.
How products are assessed
- Recommendations rest on published specifications, service documentation and independent standards, never on claimed hands-on use. Where a product has not been handled, the article states that directly and explains what the assessment is based on instead.
- Every recommendation names a limitation or a failure mode. A list where every product is excellent is a list that has not been thought about.
- Long-term durability matters more than first impressions. A machine that performs well for six weeks and fails in year two is not a good recommendation.
- Availability of replacement parts and consumables is treated as part of the product, because it determines what ownership actually costs.
What this site will not do
- Invent test results, hours of use, or numbers of products compared.
- Accept payment for a review, a ranking, or a place in a roundup.
- Publish a photograph of a client’s home. Client privacy is absolute.
- Recommend a method that would damage a surface or void a warranty without saying so where you will see it.
Safety
Cleaning involves chemistry that can cause real harm. Where a combination produces toxic gas, damages a material permanently, or invalidates a manufacturer warranty, that warning appears in the body of the article at the point it becomes relevant, not buried at the end.
Corrections
Articles are updated when they turn out to be wrong or when a product changes. Substantive corrections are noted on the page rather than quietly edited away. If you have found an error, please say so — it will be checked and fixed.
How the site is funded
The site is intended to be funded by display advertising and affiliate commissions; it currently earns neither, as set out on the affiliate disclosure page. Funding does not influence what is recommended.