If were talking quality of advice, I put Sean in the same category as Steve Huff and KR. Where KR is the agitator & tongue in the cheek guy, Steve is the overall nice guy liking 95% of everything tested & the rest 5% isn't half bad either and finally Sean is the neutral guy with analytic mindset.
In the end I respect them all for what they've accomplished, in essence financing their life via blogging about photography. It's not easy getting paid by blogging!
But as for trusting them as single source of judgement for gear choices, none of them qualifies. I read & investigate a lot, including info from these guys as long as it's free.. and then compare that against my current needs (or what I think are my needs, mostly GAS anyway for hobbyist - we don't really have needs, just wishes). As information sources they're not any more reliable than any one post on forum like this. Just one persons findings & opinions, they just have more space to present theirs!
And sorry for mentioning KR, I know he's a red cloth for many - but I like to agitate sometimes as well! ;-)
//Juha