Legal · Last updated September 19, 2026
Terms of use.
Short, because the site is simple. Using ironmakomedia.com means you accept these terms. Each portfolio site has its own terms, because each one carries affiliate links and this hub does not.
Who this covers
Site: ironmakomedia.com
Operator: Iron Mako Media, owner-operated by Mike M.
Contact: mike@blackironathletics.com
The privacy policy explains what the site collects. The affiliate disclosure explains how the portfolio sites earn.
What this site is
ironmakomedia.com is the brand homepage for Iron Mako Media, an owner-operated network of gear review websites. It lists the sites in the portfolio, publishes the editorial standards they share, and gives you a way to reach the owner. It sells nothing. It carries no product links, prices, advertising or affiliate links.
Using the content
The text, layout and images on this site belong to Iron Mako Media or are used under license from their photographers. You may read, link to and quote short passages from this site with a link back to the page you quoted. You may not republish whole pages, reproduce the images, scrape the site to build a competing directory, or present any of this material as your own. For anything beyond a short quote, email mike@blackironathletics.com and ask; the answer is usually yes.
The name Iron Mako Media, the names of the portfolio sites and the wordmark on this site are trade names of Iron Mako Media. Do not use them in a way that suggests endorsement or affiliation that does not exist.
Links to portfolio sites and other sites
This hub links out to the live sites in the portfolio. Those sites are owned and operated by Iron Mako Media but are separate websites with their own terms, privacy policies and affiliate disclosures. A site marked “launching soon” has no live link; if you see a link, the site is live.
The site also links to the Federal Trade Commission’s endorsement guidance and to Google’s privacy documentation. Those pages are not controlled by Iron Mako Media and may change without notice.
Accuracy and what the site does not promise
The information on this hub describes the network, the standards and the owner, and it is kept accurate in good faith. The list of sites, their status and their coverage change as sites launch. Product recommendations do not appear on this hub; they appear on the individual sites, each of which labels whether a pick is hands-on or researched.
The site is provided as-is. Iron Mako Media does not promise that it will always be available, error-free, or fit for any specific purpose. If you find an error, the corrections policy tells you how to report it and how it will be fixed.
Contact form
The contact form is for genuine messages: corrections, affiliate program verification, ownership questions and the like. Do not use it to send unsolicited marketing, automated submissions, or anything unlawful, threatening or abusive. The form includes basic anti-spam checks and a per-visitor submission limit; messages that trip them are discarded.
Limitation of liability
To the fullest extent permitted by law, Iron Mako Media and its owner are not liable for any indirect, incidental or consequential loss arising from your use of this site or from anything on the sites it links to. Nothing in these terms limits liability that cannot be limited under applicable law. If any part of these terms is found unenforceable, the rest still applies.
Changes and contact
These terms may be updated. When they are, this page changes and the date at the top changes with it. Continuing to use the site after a change means you accept the updated terms. Questions about these terms go to mike@blackironathletics.com.