The sweet spot for lawn mower value is between $350 and $500. Even at prices below that range, you’ll find a few very good gas or battery push mowers in our ratings, some with helpful features like folding handles and the option of upright storage. Among the three gas and four battery models featured below—all…
That said, wipes are excellent for cleaning your hands, nether regions, and other body parts. Significant differences exist among them regarding tensile strength (because the last thing you want is a soiled wipe to rip in your hands), how well they clean, how easily they dispense (you don’t want to have to stuff extra wipes…
The risk: The pressure-cooking lid can be opened during use, causing hot contents to escape, posing a risk of burn injuries to consumers. Incidents/injuries: SharkNinja has received 106 reports of burn injuries, including more than 50 reports of second- or third-degree burns to the face or body. Where and when sold: Amazon, Costco, Sam’s Club,…
Consumer Reports’ process goes something like this: Every year, our market analysts identify hundreds of new pieces of outdoor power equipment. We deploy a team of secret shoppers to buy each model we test to ensure that we’re getting the same products you’d find at retail. Even after we test the tools, we’re still not…
While there are fewer washers in this price range than there were a few years ago, you can still find all types at a good price. The cost of front-load washers often tips the scale higher (prices for front-loaders have risen about $100 in the last five years), but 51 percent of these washing machines…
In our portable air conditioner tests, we measure how long it takes a unit to lower the temperature of a test chamber from 90° F to 85° F. That takes an average of 20 minutes. By comparison, the best window air conditioners can cool the room by 10° F in about 15 minutes or less….
Main theme: The podcast panel filmed this episode on the floor at the 2025 New York International Auto Show (NYIAS). This year marks the 125th anniversary of the show, which originated at a time when owning a car was not a given for most families. Today’s show featured vehicles ranging from 1900s classics to the latest…
It’s difficult to make a fair head-to-head comparison between, say, a six-year loan and the standard three-year lease. At the point the lease ends, the bank borrower still has three years of payments to go, but the lessee has to look for another car—or perhaps take the lease’s buyout offer. A lease can also be…
Haut is a 21-story timber-hybrid high-rise completed in Amsterdam in 2022. It was designed by the British engineering collective Arup and Team V, a Dutch architecture firm. Haut has 55 apartments, a bicycle parking area, an underground parking garage, and an urban garden. It was the first residential building in the Netherlands to receive certification…
Yet again, Speed Queen sits atop our rankings and is the only brand to achieve a top Overall Score (though it makes appliances for only two product categories, washers and dryers—see chart below). And once again Viking landed at the bottom of our chart, joined this year by another elite brand, Dacor, which also received…