In reply to Sean Kelly:
For lenses, I tend to go to https://www.lenstip.com/. Also find that in subjective reviews, what some would consider 'good', I (and others) rate as 'poor', particularly when using them for atypical subjects (e.g., stars). Then you have to find recommendations in more specialist groups/sites.
For bodies, I tend to be steered by whatever lens & software I want to use (and it's 'UI') which narrows the field considerably. It's generally easier to judge a body from specs (including 3rd party sensor specs) + play in shop than is the case for lenses.