Zoe Galloway

I’m Zoe Galloway, Head of Telegraph Recommended. In the past few years, we’ve published well over 800 reviews on everything from mattresses to walking boots. These products have been rigorously tested by our experts, including osteopaths, chefs, professional gardeners and personal trainers, as well as by our skilled in-house team.

I’ve loved seeing you, our readers, comment on these articles and share your thoughts ‘below the line’. Now, I’m delighted to say that we have launched the Recommended Community.

When you join, you’ll be able to share your views on products you rate (and those you don’t), engage with other readers, pose questions to our experts and editors, start your own discussion threads, and take part in a variety of surveys and polls. Telegraph subscribers can also volunteer to test the latest products, either at home or at The Telegraph’s offices.

Watch the video below to see a recent testing day, where subscribers trialled cordless vacuum cleaners alongside the Recommended team, as well as Associate Editor and Daily T presenter Camilla Tominey.

Not only have you helped us review vacuum cleaners, but we’ve sent everything from flowers and recipe boxes, to umbrellas and robot legs to readers’ homes to trial and review – and there are plenty more collaborations in the pipeline.

Your test results and feedback – including your pictures and video, if shared – contribute towards articles with our Triple-check Guarantee. This is our guarantee to you that products have been:

• Curated by the Telegraph
• Tested by industry experts
• Verified by readers

The star ratings you see on these articles are a combination of both expert and reader opinion.

Every time you take part in any Community activity, even if it’s just answering a poll or leaving a comment, you’ll earn points that can be redeemed for gift vouchers. There are also monthly prize draws for active members, which offer the chance to win up to £100 worth of vouchers in one go.

If you would like to get involved, follow the instructions below – I look forward to welcoming more of you to the Community soon.

Zoe

How to join the Recommended Community

It’s a five-step process that takes around 10 minutes:

1. Visit contributors.telegraph.co.uk
2. Complete a short eligibility survey which lets us know your age, location, profession and a few characteristics such as your reading habits. This is to ensure we send you the most relevant community activities. Your data will be anonymised.
3. At the end of the survey, fill in your email address. We’ll send a confirmation request. Click this – and you’re in!
4. You can now sign in to The Telegraph Contributors Panel platform and take part in polls, surveys and discussion rooms or, if you’re a Telegraph subscriber, volunteer to test products. Engagement of any sort earns you points toward shopping vouchers and entry into a monthly prize draw.
5. We’ll send you an email whenever there’s an activity we think you might enjoy. You can also log in to the platform any time to see your rewards and the latest activities to take part in.

Let us know at recommendedcommunity@telegraph.co.uk if you have any problems.