Scratches Included is about things we actually do: travel, cars and motorbikes, and the workshop with its 3D printer, tools and half-finished builds. The name is a promise. Real things get real wear, and we show the wear.
Things should serve us, not the other way round. So we judge them after real use: long-term reviews instead of unboxings, builds that failed next to the ones that worked, and trips with the blisters left in.
Who writes
Now and then a friend writes about something they really did; the guests are with us on the authors page. Every post is published under the name of the person who wrote it, and a post from a shared trip can have both of us.
Scoring
Reviews and travel posts end with a score and a one-line verdict. The score is one of five words: ok ✓, good ★, great ★★, exceptional ★★★, and avoid ✕ for the really bad ones. Everything starts at ok, and stars have to be earned. How we score, and why not out of ten.
A few rules we keep
- Every review is written after real use, never after a first look. It says how we got the thing (bought with our own money, gifted or lent), how long we have had it and how much it has been used: kilometres, hours or prints.
- What went wrong gets a place in the post. The #failed tag collects the builds, repairs and prints that did not work out.
- Photos are taken where things are used: on the workbench, on the road and on the trail.
Contact
The easiest way to reach us is a message on Instagram, @scratchesincluded (opens in a new tab).
Opinions are our own.