Reviews & Articles

Shedding light on the most durable (and shoddy) products. Read our independent reviews, advice on living a calmer, less wasteful life, plus the latest news about our mission to end throwaway culture.

What gifts will you love for life?

To capture the beauty of buying for life, we reached out to our amazing Buy Me Once community to ask about the things they’ve kept, used and loved forever.

2 December 2021

Why we love the ROK manual espresso maker

We wrote this piece on the benefits of no-electricity coffee from ROK.

9 June 2021

Buy Me Once Kitchen: Spotlight on 360 Cookware

360 Cookware is not your ordinary run-of-the-mill pots and pans, and you can tell from the very first unboxing. We look at their extensive range closely and find out what makes them a Buy Me Once brand.

21 October 2020

Buy Cheap, Buy Twice? This is How Buying for Life Could Save you Money

Most of us are well aware that it makes good sense to ‘buy once and buy well.’ However when it comes to prising the hard-earned cash from our hands, suddenly it’s a very different story. Logic goes straight out the window. Wego straight back to the comforting embrace of budget high street stores.

30 January 2018

Spotlight: Manduka Sports Apparel

To echo Manduka’s own sentiment, does the world really need another line of yoga apparel? According to the US Environmental Protection Agency, around 15 million tonnes of used textile waste is produced in the US each year, about ten of which end up in landfill. An astounding statistic.

9 January 2018

Head to Head: BuyMeOnce puts the best knife brands to the test

A few months ago, we decided to finally take on what could be our toughest quest: to find the perfect kitchen knife.

17 November 2017