Meet Jerry Somerfield: He Did the Research. Buckle Up.

So here's how this started.

I was standing in the middle of a big box store — I won't say which one, but their rotisserie chickens are legitimately one of the great underrated joys of modern life, and their paper towels pay for the membership every single year, don't @ me — staring at a TV that was "on sale" for a price that blew my socks off.

And I thought: someone needs to look into this.

That someone, as it turns out, is me. It has always, apparently, been me.

My name is Jerry. I have two teenagers, a mortgage, and what my family generously describes as "a lot of opinions about things you can buy." My kids have named the look I give products that claim to be "worth every penny." They do impressions of it at dinner. I consider this a success.

Here's the thing about being the guy who does the research: it's actually fun. I know that sounds like something a person who has lost touch with fun would say, but I mean it. Finding the thing that genuinely delivers — that's a good day. No, it's and A-MAZING day! And finding the thing that is dressed up in premium packaging with a premium price tag and turns out to be a slightly heavier version of the dollar store version... that's also a good day, actually. Different kind of good. More storytelling potential.

I cover tech and home products. I will always tell you what I actually found. And I promise to make the debrief worth your time — because if I have to read the manual, it's already losing points, and I'll have feelings about that that I'll need to process with you.

Come find out what's actually worth it. I've been in the store. I have notes. There may have been a tangent involving the Kirkland taco dinner pack with the creamy cilantro sauce. It's relevant. And worth it. Trust me.

-- Jerry