FAQs and Tips How Do We Test and Choose Blenders? AccordionItemContainerButton Blenders are asked to do a lot; hot and cold, fibrous and crunchy, butters and milks. So we tested all of that. We of course tested each blender’s ability to make a uniform smoothie, filtering the results through a sieve to see how much…
Other Scooters to Consider I’ve tested many scooters. Not all deserve a spot above, but some are still worth considering. Photograph: Julian Chokkattu Navee ST3 Pro for $950: This is the second Navee scooter I’ve tested, and I like it much more than the original. It’s fairly quiet, can hit up to 25 mph, and…
Honorable Mentions Photograph: Kat Merck R+Co Death Valley Dry Shampoo for $37: I loved the landscape label on this generously sized aerosol spray but not the overpowering scent or lack of effectiveness. Divi Dry Shampoo for $28: This brand is best known for its viral scalp serum, but it makes plenty of other hair products…
Small gadgets and handy techy gizmos work great as stocking stuffers or secret Santa gifts for friends, family, or coworkers. In fact, we’ve collected them in our comprehensive list of the Best 40 Techy Gifts under $100—that should give you plenty to parse through. But this list is not that. These are the big tech…
Organic bedding brand Coyuchi recently launched its own organic mattress, combining cotton, wool, and Dunlop latex atop individually wrapped coils. While Coyuchi’s linen sheets are excellent, I was a little nervous to try the company’s first mattress effort. Bedding is not a mattress, after all, and expertise does not always transfer across endeavors. In this…
Compare Our Top Pick Action Cameras The B-Roll DJI Osmo Action 4 Courtesy of DJI Some of our previous picks remain good cameras, though their features lag behind more recent releases. DJI’s Osmo Action 4 Camera for $225: The Action 4 is a fantastic action camera. The magnetic mounting system is the best we’ve tried,…
Under the surface are 11 individually powered speakers, including two five-inch woofers, two midrange drivers, two tweeters, and five “full-range” drivers. The collection includes both side-firing and upfiring drivers to bounce sound off your walls and ceiling for surround sound and 3D audio formats like Dolby Atmos and DTS:X. Around back, you’ll find solid connectivity,…
My kids’ appetite for stickers is endless. I find them constantly, on the mirrors in our house, on their school planners and water bottles, and occasionally stuck to the back of my chair or in the car. Stickers are also an accessible way of supporting independent artists. Maybe you can’t buy a painting or a…
Body scales—like dietary supplements—should be a request, not a surprise; I would only gift one if they’ve explicitly said they want one. Nevertheless, this is for the gym rat who tracks macros in their sleep. If they’re logging every rep, meal, and REM cycle, they’ll love the Runstar FG2015 Smart Scale. Unlike a standard foot-only…
One of my favorite new additions isn’t on the desktop app, though. NordVPN recently introduced scam call protection on Android, with an iOS version planned for the future. I’ve been using it for months, and it has easily flagged more than a hundred spam calls to my phone. It works a treat, even if it’s…
