For those looking to clean grout, it’s important to know which products will actually remove dirt and grime and which ones will hardly make a dent. To find the best grout cleaners out there, we evaluated seven products, including recommendations from our social media users. It should be noted that among the grout cleaners we…
In our tests, door-in-door refrigerators perform just as well as fridges without door-in-door components, and even occupy some of the top spots in our roundups of the best French-door and side-by-side refrigerators. “The door-in-door design doesn’t really affect refrigerator performance,” says Breann Chai, who leads refrigerator testing at CR. “The feature really just offers convenience.”…
Tonal is a high-tech slab of ambition—a gym in a mirror for those wanting to trade dumbbells for algorithm-powered gains. Tonal 2 is sleeker, sharper, and somehow even more expensive than before. At $4,295 (plus several add-on costs), it’s both a statement piece and a serious financial commitment. I wanted to know if Tonal could…
It chose a restaurant, but then couldn’t complete the process as the spot it chose required a credit card to confirm a reservation, at which point the user had to take over. You can be flexible in your query—in another example, asking it to book a “highly rated” restaurant meant it would look at reviews…
Power: We assess how much pressure each model can produce in pounds per square inch (psi). Those with a higher psi earn a higher score. We then time how long it takes for each pressure washer to strip paint from painted plastic panels. Models with a higher pressure output tend to perform better on this…
If you, like a majority of Americans, tend to drive less than 40 miles a day, you could end up visiting the gas pump just a few times a year. According to a 2024 survey of CR members, 80 percent of those who drive 2022 or newer PHEVs say they typically start their journeys on…
“These smaller models gained more visibility in retail stores in recent years, likely due to changing consumer preferences from the many millennials entering the appliance market. But most major brands only offer one to three models, with limited color options,” says Nish Suvarnakar, senior market analyst for refrigerators at CR. “Nearly all also lack some…
Alphabet’s “moonshot factory,” known as X, has long cultivated craziness in its edgy projects. Perhaps the most outlandish was Loon, which aimed to deliver internet via hundreds of high-flying balloons. Loon eventually “graduated” from X as a separate Alphabet division, before its parent company determined that the business model simply didn’t work. By the time…
By looking at how cars performed in our tests when new and reviewing detailed reliability data, CR can point car shoppers to models that promise the best overall ownership experience. But it’s important to note that great new cars don’t always make great used cars, especially when factoring depreciation and long-term reliability. We pick a…
Nursing bras provide support while allowing baby easy access to their food source. Nursing bras are designed so that the flap covering the breast can be unclipped or slid aside while the rest of the bra stays in place, which can be helpful while nursing on the go or in more public places. They’re also…