About

This site publishes practical guides on car maintenance, tools, home repair, and household appliances.

Who publishes this

The Sensible Post is an independently run reference site. Guides are compiled from manufacturer service documentation, published standards, and established trade practice, and are edited by a person before publication. They are general reference rather than first-hand test reports: where a guide describes something we did or measured, it says so. Specifications vary by model, so check any figure against the manual for your own vehicle or appliance.

Articles are published under the site's name rather than an individual byline. If you want to raise something about a specific guide — a correction, a figure that looks wrong, a step that is unsafe — use the contact page and it will be dealt with.

How we research

These guides are compiled from manufacturer service documentation, published standards, and established trade practice. They are general reference rather than first-hand test reports — where an article describes something we did or measured ourselves, it says so, and where it does not say so, assume we did not.

Specifications vary by model, so check any figure against the manual for your own vehicle or appliance before relying on it. The full detail is in our editorial policy.

How we make money

This site is funded by display advertising. Ads are labelled and are served by third parties; advertisers have no influence on our recommendations or on which products we cover.