Most people buying a home theater do it backwards. They spend weeks on the front left and right speakers, then pick whatever center channel the box happened to contain. Three months later the movie is playing, the explosions sound incredible, and nobody in the room can follow the plot. That is what the best center … Read more
Most desktops do not come with speakers. You get a thin pair of drivers bolted to the monitor or a laptop with a grille on each side, and after a few hours of music, a game, or a video call you go looking for the real problem. The best powered speakers for desktops fix that … Read more
I’ve spent the last three months testing and researching tankless water heaters in real homes, from a 1,200 square foot condo to a 3,400 square foot family property with five bathrooms. I watched my utility bills, measured actual hot water delivery, and talked to the licensed plumbers who install these units every day. The best … Read more
The best gaming headset for PC right now is the HyperX Cloud II, and the reason is not glamorous: it has been sold for years, it has accumulated more owner reports than any other headset on this list, and owners repeatedly describe five to ten year service lives. It is also completely wired, so there … Read more
Earbuds die at the gym in a very specific way. They do not break because you dropped them, and they rarely short out on the first session. They fade over months: the silicone tip stiffens, the seal goes, the buds shift a millimetre with every burpee, and by month five you are shoving them back … Read more
Choosing the best smartwatches under 200 dollars used to mean accepting a fitness band with a small monochrome screen. That is no longer the case. The current generation puts AMOLED displays, built-in GPS, downloadable maps, sleep apnea detection and two weeks of battery life on wrists for less than the cost of a nicer dinner … Read more
A phone in a back pocket on a framing site is a liability. One wrong step into a puddle of mud and you are buying a new screen, and nobody on a jobsite has time to stop work to fiddle with a touchscreen wearing wet, concrete-dusted gloves. That is the whole argument for the best … Read more
The best GPS running watch for marathon training is the Apple Watch Series 11 if you want the most polished all-in-one experience, the Garmin Forerunner 265 if you want the deepest running metrics, and the COROS PACE 4 if you want the most training for the least outlay. All three record a full marathon in … Read more
The best smart locks for front doors are the ones that open fast, keep a real key as backup, and still work when your phone does not. We spent weeks comparing ten of the strongest options on the market right now, from a full fingerprint deadbolt to a keypad-only model that needs no app and … Read more
If you only read one paragraph of this roundup, read this one. The DXPICR 4G Kids Smart Watch (B0H1PPGGBZ) is the best smartwatch for kids with GPS overall, because it combines real-time GPS, safe-zone geofencing, two-way video calling and an SOS button with the largest review base of any watch we tested. Our runner-up is … Read more