Despite their popularity, French-door refrigerators as a group are not very reliable. Except for the high-end brand Fisher & Paykel, most French-door brands received a middling or worse score for predicted reliability in our latest member survey. Those results also reveal that Kenmore and LG French-doors are more prone to having compressors that break or…
As soon as you want to hear the same music in multiple rooms, you understand why so many people love Sonos. When it comes to set-it and-forget-it multiroom audio, the company makes the hardware and software experience easier than anyone. From speakers to soundbars (and even turntables and networked amps), Sonos has taken over the…
A 2023 review published in the journal Osteoarthritis and Cartilage Open found that regular activity improved pain and function for people with hip OA. With your doctor’s okay, opt for low-impact activities such as walking and cycling. Swimming and water aerobics are also good ideas, says Ilda Molloy, MD, a hip specialist at Yale Medicine…
A good car insurance policy should give you all the resources you need to get your life back on track if you’ve damaged your vehicle or injured yourself or others in a crash. A bad policy could leave you in the lurch when you’re at your most vulnerable. You don’t want to be chasing down…
CR’s advice for anchoring furniture has always been: Find the stud. Don’t just anchor it into a hollow stretch of drywall, even with those expanding plastic plugs that are specifically meant for this wall material. Those are fine for hanging art because it pulls against the anchor only with a downward force. But they won’t…
We rate refrigerators based on their thermostat control, temperature uniformity, noise output, ease of use, and efficiency. Every refrigerator we test gets wired with 15 temperature sensors. We then monitor these thermocouples for more than a month in one of three temperature-controlled chambers. These results tell us how well a refrigerator maintains a set temperature…
Recalled Vehicles• 2023-2025 Acura Integra and 2024-2025 Acura Integra Type S sedans• 2022-2025 Honda Civic and Civic Hatchbacks and 2023-2025 Honda Civic Type R coupes• 2023-2025 Honda CR-V and CR-V Hybrid SUVs and 2025 CR-V Fuel Cell SUVs• 2023-2025 Honda HR-V SUVs• 2025 Honda Civic Hybrids and Civic Hatchback Hybrids The problem is due to a manufacturing defect…
Just like QLED TVs, QD-OLED sets start with a blue light source and use quantum-dot material to produce red and green light. But because they are OLEDs, the light source, in this case, is each individual pixel. Because these TVs don’t use color filters in front of the light source, QD-OLED TVs have the potential to…
There are so many wonderful TVs now available, there’s a good chance even those that didn’t make our top picks could be a fantastic option for you. Here are some of our favorites that just missed the cut. Samsung S95C: As noted above, the S95C (8/10, WIRED Recommends) remains a fantastic choice. It may even…
The dealer will have the factory original parts for your vehicle, as well as technicians trained by the manufacturer to be familiar with repairs specific to the brand. Dealerships are also equipped with expensive factory diagnostic computers. According to CR’s repair shop survey, satisfaction ratings for dealer service departments range from very good (Acura, Lexus,…