About
About Best in Slot
Best in Slot is a running list of the single best thing I’ve found for each slot in my life. Every slot is a specific need, from the keyboard on my desk to the wallet in my pocket, and each one holds exactly one pick. I’m Emiliano (@Emilianooo on X), and I build and run the site.
How I pick
- One pick per slot. On my side of the site there are no runner-ups.
- I only write about things I actually use. That takes time, so a verdict may be months away.
- When something better shows up, the old pick comes down. The new pick’s page says what it replaced, and the slot’s part number goes up: TBIS-01.1 is the first pick to hold slot 01, TBIS-01.2 whatever replaced it.
Every pick gets a 1, 2 or 3:
- 3/3
True Best In Slot
- A true best in slot. There is no real alternative to this, and I don't think anyone could make a better version in the relative near future.
- 2/3
Almost Best In Slot
- I know of something better out there, or there's something I don't like about it and there are no current alternatives.
- 1/3
Not Best In Slot
- It's a good product, but it's nowhere near best in slot.
Community picks
My picks are one side of the site. The other is everyone else’s: switch between them with “Editor’s picks | Community picks” at the top of the page.
- Anyone can put a product forward for any slot: paste its link, rate it 1, 2 or 3, and add a few words if you like. Its name, price and photos are read from the link, and it goes live in that slot.
- Anyone can rate a community pick 1, 2 or 3. They are ranked by everyone’s ratings, weighted so one early rating can’t decide it, and a pick is only called #1 once someone besides the person who suggested it has rated it.
- They’re visitors’ picks, not mine. Mine is the editor’s pick on each product page.
How the site makes money
Best in Slot is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program. As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. Links on this site are affiliate links, which means I may earn a commission if you buy something — at no extra cost to you. It does not influence what gets picked. Nothing here is sponsored and no brand has ever paid to appear.
Amazon links on community picks carry my tag too. That never decides what’s listed: visitors and their ratings do.
- Nothing here is paid, and nothing ever will be. There is no rate card, and there is no arrangement under which a pick can be bought.
- Sending something buys nothing. Most of what arrives will not appear on the site, because most things are not the best in their slot.
- If I keep something I was sent, I say so on the item's page.
Contact
contact@thebestinslot.com, or the form on the contact page.