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Andy Shaw

Andy Shaw has been a professional reviewer for 30 years, starting his career critiquing PC games and rapidly expanding his horizons into all types of computer hardware and software. Since then he’s worked for a broad selection of print magazines and websites, as a writer and editor, both on staff and as a freelancer. Nowadays he applies his well-honed critical eye to reviewing a wide range of products, from vacuum cleaners to printers.

Recent articles by Andy Shaw

Gardena Sileno City review
Garden

The Garden Sileno City is guided by wire, helping it navigate trickily shaped lawns

£699 inc VAT
Dyson Omni-glide: A specialist in hard floor cleaning
Vacuum cleaners

The Dyson Omni-glide is a completely new Dyson design, specifically aimed at small apartments with hard floor throughout

£399 inc VAT
Bissell Multireach Active 21V review: Lean and clean
Vacuum cleaners

The Bissell Multreach Active 21V has a good balance of features for the price, and performed well in our tough cleaning tests

£179 inc VAT
Dyson V11 Outsize: Dyson’s biggest cordless yet
Vacuum cleaners

The Outsize model in Dyson’s V11 range lives up to its name with a bigger cleaning head and more space to hold dust and dirt

£650 inc VAT
Canon Pixma G7050: Tons of features for a high price
Printers

A feature-packed printer that’s pricey to buy but cheap to run

£370 inc VAT
HP Neverstop Laser 1202nw: Super cheap to run
Printers

A stupendously cheap laser printer to run, the Neverstop Laser 1202nw uses refillable tanks to save you cash

£260 inc VAT
Epson EcoTank ET-2750: Great value prints from a quality MFP
Printers

A well-balanced ink tank MFP that offers high quality and low running costs

£260 inc VAT
Canon Pixma G3501: Low on costs, lower on features
All-in-one printers

An affordable printer with hefty ink tanks that keep printing costs low but it can’t do double-sided printing

£200 inc VAT
Lexmark MC3426adw: Fast, feature-packed, expensive
Printers

Rapid prints combine with all the features you need from a small office printer but print costs are too high

£380 inc VAT
HP Envy Pro 6432 review
Printers

A feature-packed and affordable inkjet but costs per page are high if you don’t take out a subscription to HP’s Instant Ink

£99 inc VAT