[Review] Indigo Xtreme vs. AS5, MX-2, IC Diamond, Shin-Etsu X23-7783D

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There are others that do independent 3rd party for community gain, but from what i see, 90% of those testers are using incompetent/flawed testing methodology resulting in unreliable/unusuable results.
For example fan tests without using it on actual cooler/LC rad show different results then with such extra airflow restriction introduced, that show real life results often different/different arrangement by performance from those tested with no restriction at all, or i've seen that tester compares only to some set rpm-s for unknown reason, even while different fans at same rpm show different performance and noise and rpm number by itself is irrelevant number. Similar for TIM paste roundup .. it's good if testers at least take care of constant ambient temps .. but i cannot close my eyes that they introduce big margin of possible result error by skimping on proper curing in of paste or following only manufacturer recomendations (as Vapor tests shown cure time might differ a lot for both ends of a stick, as in curing existing even for pastes which are marketed as no-cure, or paste cure-in efficiency droping after reasonable time like 12-24h even for pastes with declared long cure times), or not doing several mounts per paste to eliminate mounting error, or simply aplying too big ammount of paste. If you add all those errors, no wonder one can see results like liquid metal being worse then 23 thermal pastes, and if top 20 differ by 0.7C, and possible error sum might be more then 5C, how someone can trust those results at all?
Of course, proper testing takes LOT of time, and with proper testing that roundup of 80 pastes would be impossible to finish in reasonable timeframe (just think of how long took this test of just 5 pastes?), but at least Vapor's results are usuable for objective comparison of TIM efficiency. Theirs - not. Skinneelab FTW!