Best Portable Generators of 2024

While safety is essential, our performance testing ensures that a generator will work as promised when you need it most. To do that, our expert engineers load up every model we assess with a variety of essentials you might want to power during an outage, like a space heater, refrigerator, or window air conditioner. (Check…

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Cars, SUVs, and Trucks With the Best Fuel Economy

The lists below highlight the vehicles by category that got the best fuel economy in Consumer Reports’ latest tests. Rather than display every tested vehicle here, we have selected miles-per-gallon cutoffs that are relative to each category. For example, a vehicle that gets 21 mpg wouldn’t be a standout among wagons, but it would be…

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3 Reasons to Choose a Hand Mixer Over a Stand Mixer

Once you decide a hand mixer can be your go-to for baking to-do’s, take note of its features. Some are more important than others.  Attachments: Hand mixers typically come with wire beaters, and some also include whisk or dough hook attachments. Whisks have even thinner wires than the standard wire beaters and are designed to…

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