Jacob Chambers
Founder & Lead Reviewer, Best Exercise
Home gyms, strength equipment and overall editorial standards
Jacob Chambers is the founder and lead reviewer at Best Exercise. He has spent more than 15 years training, first in commercial gyms and then almost entirely at home, and has built and rebuilt several home setups along the way. In that time he has owned and put serious mileage on a broad range of kit, from budget folding treadmills and spin bikes to rowers, cross trainers, adjustable dumbbells and more supplements than he cares to admit.
That hands-on history shapes how Best Exercise works. Jacob focuses on the things that actually matter once a machine is in your spare room rather than on a spec sheet: how loud it really is, whether the build holds up to daily use, how much floor space it swallows, and whether it earns its price against everything else on the market. Every guide pairs that practical experience with thorough research, reading through hundreds of owner reviews, manufacturer specs and independent expert testing before anything gets recommended.
Best Exercise is funded by affiliate commissions, but it is never led by them. Jacob's rule is simple: if something is not worth buying, the review says so. Ratings and rankings are formed independently, and no product earns a better place for being on Amazon or paying more commission.
Latest from Jacob
- Apple Watch SE 3 Review: The Cheap Apple Watch Finally Stopped Compromising
- Polar Pacer Pro Review: 41g, 139 Hours of GPS and the Best Recovery Data Under £300
- Amazfit T-Rex 3 Pro Review: 38 Hours of GPS for £330
- Viavito LunaRun Fold Flat Treadmill Review (2026)
- FURNIMAT 4D Massage Chair Review: A Lot of Chair for £770
- HYDRAGUN HeatPod Review: The Best Built Sauna Blanket, At A Price
- Sharper Image Portable Steam Sauna Review: A 2.4L Generator and a Chair
- Nebula Cold Plunge Tub Review: 400 Litres for Under £80
- Runitude Portable Sauna Review: The Only Tent That Publishes Its VOC Tests
- SereneLife Portable Infrared Sauna Box Review: Small, Cheap, Compromised
- Bear Crawl: How to Do It, Muscles Worked and Benefits
- Garmin Venu 3S Review: The Small Wrist Garmin That Still Makes Sense
How we research and review
Researched, not guessed
Every recommendation is built from owner reviews, manufacturer specs and independent expert testing, cross-checked across the market.
Honest about trade-offs
We list the downsides as plainly as the strengths. A review that can't say what's wrong with a product isn't a review.
Independent rankings
We're funded by affiliate commissions but never led by them. No product earns a better place for paying more.
Kept up to date
Fitness kit changes. We revisit guides as models are revised, discontinued or replaced, and date every update.
Best Exercise is a participant in the Amazon EU Associates Programme, an affiliate advertising programme designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.co.uk. As an Amazon Associate we earn from qualifying purchases. This comes at no extra cost to you and never influences our independent reviews or rankings.