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Thinking about making an Amazon Echo, Google Home, or Apple HomePod part of your life? There’s more to these devices than music and trivia, and we’ll help you figure out what you need and how to make your smart home work for you.
Electronics
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The Best Portable Power Stations
We tested top power stations to find the best one for car camping, working outdoors, or staying powered in emergencies when a generator isn’t practical.
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The Best iPad Pro Cases
OtterBox’s Symmetry iPad Pro cases are the only cases that offer full protection, plus a flap for the Apple Pencil that tucks away when you don’t need it.
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The Best True Wireless Headphones
The Jabra Elite 65t true wireless earbuds deliver all the performance and comfort you expect from standard Bluetooth earbuds with the bonus of no wires.
Home & Garden

The Best Snow Blowers
After 150 hours of research and tests of the most promising snow blowers, we’ve found the Toro SnowMaster 724 QXE is the fastest and easiest to use.
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The Best Showerhead
The Kohler K-22169-CP Forte Multifunction is the showerhead we’d want to use every day.
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The Best Cotton Sheets
After testing 53 sets over four years, L.L.Bean’s Pima Cotton Percale Sheets and JCPenney Home’s 400 TC Wrinkle Guard Sateen Sheets remain our favorites.
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The Best Comforter
After testing dozens of comforters, we’d buy L.L.Bean’s Baffle-Box Stitch Down Comforter (Warm) for its warmth and quality construction.
Kitchen & Dining
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The Best Espresso Machine for Beginners
After over 60 hours of research and testing on nine espresso machines, we think the Breville Bambino Plus makes it easiest for beginners to learn the ropes.
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The Best Waffle Maker
After 70 hours of researching and testing waffle makers, we’ve found that the Chef’sChoice WafflePro 840B delivers beautiful, golden brown waffles every time.
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The Elements of Brunch
We spent 25 hours of research, consulted entertaining experts for brunch ideas, and threw three meals to find the best kitchen, bar, and serving tools for brunch.
Money

The Best Ways for Immigrants to Build Credit
Even if you have great credit back home, you may need to start from scratch on building credit in the US.
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The Best Airline Credit Cards
The best airline credit card isn’t an airline credit card. Most airline cards have little to offer, and you’re better off with a general travel card instead.
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The Best Credit Cards for Groceries
Does a grocery rewards card deserve a spot in your wallet? The answer comes down to how much and where you spend.
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Bloody Marys and Massages: A Visit to an Amex Centurion Lounge
The Amex Centurion Lounge upended the airport experience, but is access to the lounge worth getting a $550 credit card?
Travel
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Our Favorite Briefcases
If you wear a suit or jacket for work, one of these briefcases will meet your style and budget needs to carry everything you need for a day on the job.
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The Best Travel Rewards Credit Cards
Our favorite travel cards cater to frequent flyers, folks who can get big value out of an annual-fee card, and those who want rewards with no scary annual cost.
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The Best Travel Toiletry Bottles
After shaking and squeezing eight sets of travel toiletry bottles, we’ve decided Sea to Summit’s Travelling Light Bottles are the ones we want in our bags.
Office

The Best Desktop Organizers
After comparing 16 organizers side by side, we found the Innovative Storage Designs Desktop Organizer is the best way to quickly bring order to your workspace.
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The Best Standing Desks
After testing eight standing desks for more than two months, we believe the Uplift Bamboo Stand Up Desk with 1″ Thick Desktop and V2 Frame, is the best standing desk for most people.
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The Best Tax Software
We prepared 14 fake returns on seven different online tax-prep sites to find the best ways to file your 2018 taxes.
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The Best Online Fax Services
If you want to send a short document, FaxZero is the simplest, fastest free online service for sending a high-quality fax.
Appliances
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The Best Washing Machines (and Their Matching Dryers)
After hundreds of hours of research, we found that front-loaders are still the best washers for most people, and the LG WM3770H is the best of the bunch.
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The Best Dishwasher
After over 120 hours of research into 230 models over four years, we think the Bosch 300 Series SHEM63W55N is the best dishwasher for most people right now.
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The Best Electric Stoves and Ranges
We’ve spent more than 100 hours researching electric stoves. Read on to see what we recommend.
Health & Fitness

The Best Women’s Razors (for Every Body)
The Venus Original is the best body razor for most people because it’s functional, easy to maneuver, and doesn’t clog as easily as five-blade models.
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The Best Thermometer for Kids and Adults
After more than 10 hours of research and extensive temperature-taking tests, we think the Vicks ComfortFlex is the best thermometer for most people.
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The Best Folding Bike
After 60-plus hours of pedaling, shifting, folding, and unfolding, we’re convinced that the Dahon Mariner D8 is the best folding bike for most commuters.
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The Best Commuter Bike Lights
The Light & Motion Urban 500 headlight is the best way to see and be seen without spending a fortune.
Baby & Kid
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The Best Diaper Bag
After a month taking a dozen diaper bags on nearly 50 outings, we’re sure the Skip Hop Duo Signature is the best diaper bag for most parents.
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The Best Diaper Pail
We logged 250 diaper changes using nine different diaper pails and determined that the Ubbi Steel Diaper Pail has the best balance of ease of use and stink control for most families.
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The Best Strollers
We traveled over 120 miles with 11 strollers and found that the Baby Jogger City Mini offers the best combination of features and performance.
Outdoors

The Best Hand Warmer
After testing nine new hand warmers we think the Human Creations EnergyFlux Enduro is the best way to keep your hands warm this winter.
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The Best Multi-Tool
The Leatherman Skeletool CX multi-tool delivers the essentials with no filler, lasts a long time, and is easy to carry daily.
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The Best Sports Bras
After having a 20-person panel try 22 options in a variety of styles and sizes, we have recommendations to help kick-start your sports bra shopping.
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The Best Running Gear
After 90 hours of research and testing with the most passionate runners on our staff, this is the running gear we’d recommend.
Pets
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What to Buy Before Adopting a Cat
If you’re adopting a cat, you’ll need more than just a litter box and some food—here are the things you should have before you bring your kitty home.
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The Best Dog Toys, According to Our Pups
The dogs of Wirecutter share their favorite toys for chewing, fetching, food dispensing, and destroying. These will keep your dog engaged longer than the rest.
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The Best Water Fountain for Cats and Dogs
After testing nine pet water fountains (and having one turned into a chew toy), we think the Catit Flower Fountain is the best for most cats (and some dogs).
Hobby & Crafts

The Best Acoustic Guitar for Beginners
We had music teachers, students, and a tech test seven guitars, and we think the easy-playing, great-sounding Fender CC-60S is the best for beginners.
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The Best Label Maker
We printed dozens of labels while testing the top seven label makers to find the best one to organize your office, kitchen, media cabinet, and more.
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The Best MIDI Keyboard Controller for Beginners
Our digital-music experts found that the Arturia MiniLab MkII is the best way to get into computer music production affordably—no instrument skills needed.
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The Best Ukulele for Beginners
We considered more than 50 ukuleles and had experts and students test 16, and we found the Donner DUC-1 to be the best all-around buy in a beginner’s ukulele.
Cars
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The Best Ice Scraper and Snow Brush
The Hopkins SubZero 80037 is the best ice scraper we’ve found.
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The Best Dash Cam
The Garmin Dash Cam 55 is the best for most drivers thanks to its sharp image quality, ease of use, and compact size.
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The Best Wireless Car Phone Charger Mounts
After 100 hours testing wireless phone-charging car mounts, we think Scosche’s StuckUp Qi is the best for most drivers. It’s fast, solid, and Qi certified.