The reviewers
Each of our reviewers has a defined beat and a disclosed background. Bylines, prior bylines, and areas of expertise are public on every author page.
Eleanor Rhys
Beat: Cross-category
Eleanor Rhys leads the editorial direction of The Review Bench. She has covered consumer technology for more than a decade with bylines across major tech publications, and previous…
Senior ReviewerTobias Asher
Beat: Audio & Smart Home
Tobias Asher reviews audio gear and smart-home products for The Review Bench. His background is audio engineering — he spent five years in studio production before moving into cons…
Senior ReviewerNina Volkova
Beat: Fitness & Wearables
Nina Volkova covers fitness tech, wearables, and the apps that connect them. Her background is competitive endurance sports — she raced cyclocross at the elite amateur level for se…
Senior ReviewerDev Patel
Beat: AI Software & Networking
Dev Patel reviews AI and machine-learning software for consumers, and the networking gear that runs underneath it. His background is infrastructure engineering — he spent years wor…
ReviewerAlma Konstantinou
Beat: Kitchen & Appliances
Alma Konstantinou reviews kitchen and home appliances for The Review Bench. She is a former cookbook author and recipe developer who shifted into appliance testing in 2019. Her tes…
ReviewerMarcus Reidberg
Beat: Gaming & PC Hardware
Marcus Reidberg reviews gaming peripherals, PC hardware, and the games that run on them. He competed at the top regional level in fighting games for several years, which informs hi…
ReviewerHugo Bellamy
Beat: Privacy & Crypto
Hugo Bellamy covers privacy tools and consumer cryptocurrency / fintech products for The Review Bench. He has a background in security research and applied cryptography, and writes…
ReviewerSam Iyengar
Beat: Laptops & Monitors
Sam Iyengar reviews laptops, monitors, and personal-computing accessories. They joined The Review Bench out of journalism school and lead our long-term reliability tracking project…