Editorial standards
How viblii researches, tests, and writes
Articles on viblii are written and reviewed by Ryker Stone, lead author at viblii. This page sets out, plainly, how that work gets done and the commitments behind it.
How we test products
Every product viblii stocks is tested by the viblii team before it is listed for sale. “Tested” means run in real use over weeks, in UK households, against the problems the product claims to solve. If a formula doesn’t earn its place, it doesn’t go on the site.
Manufacturer claims are not taken at face value. Safety Data Sheets (SDS) and ingredient disclosures are requested and reviewed before any product is listed, and again whenever a formula is revised.
How we source information
Articles draw on three sources, roughly in this order of priority:
- Authoritative UK bodies. Which?, gov.uk, NHS, Consumer Council for Water, Defra, Water UK, British Standards Institution, and WRAS. When a factual claim can be backed by one of these, it's linked.
- Manufacturer documentation. SDS, product data sheets, and technical specifications supplied directly by formulators.
- First-hand testing. What actually happens when the product is used over weeks by the viblii team. Opinion is marked as opinion.
Wikipedia, content-farm aggregators, and unsourced blog claims are not used as primary sources. Where a statement is opinion or experience rather than sourced fact, it is framed as such.
Conflict of interest
viblii sells cleaning products. Many articles on this site link to viblii products where they are relevant to the topic. This is a commercial website and we are upfront about that.
We do not accept paid placements, sponsored sections, or affiliate commissions from other brands. When a competing product is mentioned in a comparison, the mention is unpaid and based on the author's own assessment against publicly available information.
Corrections and updates
If you spot a factual error, something out of date, or a claim that doesn't hold up, email hello@viblii.com. Corrections are made promptly and the article's "Updated" date is bumped when a material change is made.
Minor edits (typos, formatting, small rewording) do not trigger an Updated date change. Substantive changes — new information, corrected facts, reworked advice — do.
Author
All articles are written by Ryker Stone, lead author at viblii, unless an explicit co-author byline is shown. viblii does not syndicate or accept guest content from outside the business.