Many major retailers will adjust the price of an item if a customer can show it’s available elsewhere for less when they check out. A number of popular stores, however, do have policies for post-sale considerations, whether you find a better price elsewhere or the item goes on sale where you bought it. Some may…
Having more than one baby in the family can be a handful when it comes to all the gear you need for outings: diaper bags, more snacks, more juice boxes, and more toys. A double stroller can make smooth work of toting both babies and accessories around. Designed to seat multiple infants and/or toddlers, double…
In a nationally representative January 2023 CR survey (PDF) of 2,088 U.S. adults, 12 percent said that one of the three most important features for them when buying a mattress is whether it comes with a label stating that its materials are not harmful to humans. But labels about chemicals in mattresses can be confusing,…
When you buy a midsized or large suitcase—the kind of luggage you check before boarding—you want it to get you through dozens or even hundreds of excursions, by air, land, and sea. When we surveyed more than 20,000 of our members about their experiences with luggage brands, nearly half said they’d kept their most-used bag…
The bean just wants to knit. With their back to me, Poe, the name I gave the animated brown bean in the Focus Friend app, is stitching up a little storm that will eventually become socks—if I can leave them alone. Unfortunately, I need to check my texts. I cancel the timer after six minutes,…
Other Ebikes We Like Bike Friday All-Day Photograph: Adrienne So Bike Friday All-Day for $5,600: Bike Friday bills the irresistibly tiny All-Day (7/10, WIRED Review) as the world’s lightest Bosch-powered ebike, and it’s true. You can customize all the colors and components of this folding electric bike, and it has a surprisingly powerful motor for…
When I was finally able to experiment with Auto Browse (for real this time), I took Google’s suggestions of digital chores as my starting point and picked online tasks that could be helpful in my own life. Whenever interacting with generative AI tools, a healthy sense of skepticism—and caution—is critical. Google even includes a disclaimer…
If you want to improve the taste and the purity of your tap water without cluttering your countertop or attaching a bulky appendage to your faucet, an under-sink water filter may be the answer. In addition to being out of sight and generally improving the taste of your water, many under-sink water filters can remove…
Every audio system requires amplification. In a traditional hi-fi set-up, the loudspeakers are always “passive”—which is to say, they don’t produce their own power. Instead, they must receive an amplified audio signal from an external source, aptly called an amplifier, in order to do their thing. Even in a more modern, self-contained audio system (like…
These guidelines, based on our experience shopping for a dash cam, will give you a head start and save you time (and maybe even money). Determine your needs. In what situations do you think a dash cam would be useful? Will you need to use it at night? Do you want it to record inside the…