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Send a tool for review.

Juan's Tools keeps kit lists for framers, trim carpenters, drywall hands, electricians, plumbers and remodelers. If you make a tool one of them would carry, here's how to get it to us and what happens after.

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Review unit

[Brand] sent us this [tool] at no charge. We kept it after the review. [Brand] did not see this write-up before it ran.

[Brand] lent us this [tool] and we sent it back after the review. [Brand] did not see this write-up before it ran.

[Brand] sold us this [tool] at a discount. [Brand] did not see this write-up before it ran.

The line that sits at the top of any write-up of a tool we got free, on loan or at a discount. The wording follows which of the three it was.

How to send one

Ask before you ship, and please do not send a unit until we write back. We may not reply to every request, and a unit that arrives unannounced may sit in a box until someone works out what it is.

  1. Tell us about it

    Use the form below, or email hello@juans.tools: the tool, the trade it's built for, and whether it's a loan, a unit to keep, or a discount.

  2. Hear from us first

    If the tool fits a kit we cover, we reply by email and say what happens next. We don't promise a reply to every request, so do not send a unit on the strength of this form alone.

  3. It goes into a kit

    If we take it on, the tool can join the list for its trade, next to the tool it would replace. Nothing gets called a review until it has been used.

How we write it up

A review on this site says what was done with the tool. Anything less is a buying note, and it's labeled that way. We don't commit to writing up every unit we are sent.

  • Against the kit it would join. What it replaces, what it weighs, and where it rides: belt, bag or tailgate.
  • Used before it's reviewed. A write-up called a review says what the tool was used on and for how long. If we only handled it, the page says that, and it's a buying note, not a review.
  • No stars or scores. A plain verdict: who should carry it and who shouldn't.
  • You don't approve the copy. The brand doesn't see a write-up before it runs. Send a correction of fact and we'll fix it.
  • The review-unit line. Any tool we got free, on loan or at a discount says so at the top of its write-up. That's the material-connection disclosure the FTC's Endorsement Guides (16 CFR Part 255) call for.

Send the details

Tell us what the tool is and who it's for. Sending this doesn't commit you to ship anything or us to cover it.

Requests come to us, the people who publish Juan's Tools.

Review unit request