Battles.

Gear, compared out loud. Real New Zealand prices from a named shop on a stated day, the specs that shop publishes, and a verdict we are willing to put our name to. Nothing here is sponsored and no link here pays us.

THE BATTLES
How we check

One shop, one day, one shelf price each — this is a comparison you can check in a click, not a survey of the whole country. Each battle says the day its prices were read; we re-read them by hand about monthly, and the shelf is what updates nightly.