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Free ice-cream, glowing skin and camping wins: Filter UK writers reveal the unexpected perks of product testing

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Free ice-cream, glowing skin and camping wins: Filter UK writers reveal the unexpected perks of product testing

Our testers reflect on a year of discoveries, from family game nights to fewer chores • Don’t get the Filter delivered to your inbox? Sign up here It’s our birthday! So to celebrate turning two, we asked our contributors to reflect on their year of testing pretty much everything – from beauty products to video doorbells .

It turns out they’ve had some unexpected wins along the way.

Some managed to tick an extra thing off their to-do list.

“After six months of testing IPL devices , epilators and then IPL devices again , I had no need to book in for my usual pre-beach wax this summer,” says Lise Smith .

Rachel Ogden says testing toasters has meant knowing her smoke alarm “works just fine”.

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