To be honest I've lost faith in most all the established "big names" simply because they lost what made them good, IMO.
They were good because they were approaching everything from our side, the normal vaper. Not as an "industry person" Now that the shift has taken place they are company men. I'm not going to accuse them of no longer being honest, but their perspective simply doesn't match the perspective of an average vaper. When you have a garage stuffed full of free stuff, relationships with manufacturers and vendors, a loyal horde of vapers following you, you simply are not going to be coming from the same place as you used to be. Either consciously or subconsciously.
A good example would be Phil's new provari vid, obviously he is privy to a lot of information he doesn't share, because the manufacturer doesn't want him to. Now, say he were to come along that information
through other means, he still isn't likely to share it, where as not having a connection with a company there is no reason to avoid talking about subjects that interest vapers. Just using this as an example to show potential conflicts of interest that come up when it comes to this type of thing.
I don't blame them at all, it is what it is. Additionally, with the amount of time they've been in the game, and the opportunities they have to learn the really fine points of this stuff, they mostly all still make some pretty obvious mistakes when it comes to rebuilding, things related to circuits, machining, etc. I'm not talking about preferring a method or product I dislike, I mean they say things that are not factual and rarely get called on it (unless it's grim, he definitely gets called on it)
Hopefully that doesn't come off too negative, I have absolutely nothing against any reviewers as people, the whole youtube vid thing just seems to have lost nearly all it's credibility IMHO. You can find far more thorough and accurate information on forums.