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This site uses cookies – small text files that are placed on your machine to help the site provide a better user experience. In general, cookies are used to retain user preferences, store information for things like shopping carts, and provide anonymised tracking data to third party applications like Google Analytics or advertising providers including but not limited to Facebook, Bing or Google Ads.

As a rule, cookies will make your browsing experience better. However, you may prefer to disable cookies on this site and on others. The most effective way to do this is to disable cookies in your browser. If you do opt out of using cookies you will not be able to shop online with Expert Verdict as the website functionality is dependent on cookies.

We suggest consulting the Help section of your browser or taking a look at the All About Cookies website which offers guidance for all modern browsers - http://www.allaboutcookies.org/manage-cookies/ The individual cookies we use on the Expert Verdict websites and the purposes for which we use them are shown in the table below:

necessary/performance/analytics/advertisement name(s) description
Necessary __cfduid The cookie is set by CloudFare. The cookie is used to identify individual clients behind a shared IP address and apply security settings. It does not store any personally identifiable information.
Necessary ASP.NET_SessionId Identifies your anonymised user session as you browse.
Necessary B1P To enable us to use mutiple servers to speed up access to the site.
Necessary primedCache To allow your browser to cache previously visited pages and speed up subsequent loads of those pages.
Necessary geoIgnore Allows a relevant regional site to be suggested depending on browser location.
Necessary loggedInStatus To allow site visitors to save a logged in session.
Necessary isStorageSupported To check the support of web storage
Necessary datadome This cookie is used by GlobalE to support localised currency and payment options on our site.
Necessary ex_vib_b_desktop  First party cookie to assist with basic website functionality.
Necessary ex_vsb_b_desktop  First party cookie to assist with basic website functionality.
Necessary Global_E_CT_Data This cookie is used by GlobalE to support localised currency and payment options on our site.
Necessary GlobalE_Data This cookie is used by GlobalE to support localised currency and payment options on our site.
Necessary GlobalE_Full_Redirect This cookie is used by GlobalE to support localised currency and payment options on our site.
Necessary GlobalE_SupportThirdPartCookies This cookie is used by GlobalE to support localised currency and payment options on our site.
Necessary GlobalE_Welcome_Data This cookie is used by GlobalE to support localised currency and payment options on our site.
Necessary JESSIONID General purpose platform session cookie, used by sites written in JSP. This is used to maintain an anonymous user session by the server.
Necessary lastCat Enables the use of the Back To Products button on a product detail page. The cookie remembers your previously visited category.
Necessary OptanonAlertBoxClosed This cookie is set by websites using certain versions of the cookie law compliance solution from OneTrust.  It is set after visitors have seen a cookie information notice and in some cases only when they actively close the notice down.  It enables the website not to show the message more than once to a user.  The cookie has a one year lifespan and contains no personal information.
Necessary OptanonConsent This cookie is set by the cookie compliance solution from OneTrust. It stores information about the categories of cookies the site uses and whether visitors have given or withdrawn consent for the use of each category. This enables site owners to prevent cookies in each category from being set in the users browser, when consent is not given. The cookie has a normal lifespan of one year, so that returning visitors to the site will have their preferences remembered. It contains no information that can identify the site visitor.
Necessary vib_b_desktop  First party cookie to assist with basic website functionality.
Necessary vsb_b_desktop  First party cookie to assist with basic website functionality.
Analytics b_s_id A cookie set by Bronto to assist with email marketing.
Analytics br_t_l_d A cookie set by Bronto to assist with email marketing.
Analytics _gat_UA-xx This is a pattern type cookie set by Google Analytics, where the pattern element on the name contains the unique identity number of the account or website it relates to. It is used to limit the amount of data recorded by Google on high traffic volume websites.
Analytics _gcl_xx This cookie is used by Google Analytics to understand user interaction with the website.
Analytics _ga This cookie is installed by Google Analytics. The cookie is used to calculate visitor, session, campaign data and keep track of site usage for the site's analytics report. The cookies store information anonymously and assign a randomly generated number to identify unique visitors.
Analytics _gid This cookie is installed by Google Analytics. The cookie is used to store information of how visitors use a website and helps in creating an analytics report of how the wbsite is doing. The data collected including the number visitors, the source where they have come from, and the pages visited in an anonymous form.
Advertisement _fbp This cookie is set by Facebook to deliver advertisement when they are on Facebook or a digital platform powered by Facebook advertising after visiting this website.