Green Kids Crafts, our former runner-up craft subscription box for kids ages 5 to 8, lives up to its “hands-on STEAM” promise. It has a small-business, made-with-love feel that I enjoyed as a parent. Green Kids Crafts offers two subscription options: the Junior Box, aimed at ages 3 to 5, and the Discovery Box, for…
This is not a comprehensive list of all the machines we’ve considered. It includes models we’ve tested that are still available. We liked the look of the stainless steel, red-knobbed Wolf Gourmet Programmable 10-Cup, and its ability to brew a 10-cup pot in a quick six minutes. It turned out a creamy, nuanced cup, and…
Chances are, you can stop reading this article right here. If you follow the steps above, and all the plumbing in your home runs through interior walls or up through the floors, and your home is reasonably well weatherized, “the risk of frozen pipes is very low,” Abrams says. That’s true even in chilly parts…
We tested three new knives from Bosch—the H11-11100-1 Folding Utility Knife, the H11-13000-1 Retractable Utility Knife, and the H11-12100-1 18mm Snap-Off Utility Knife. All three are excellent knives, but they don’t have the speed and ease of use that mark the Fastbacks. Milwaukee has a number of other Fastback knives, all of which are excellent….
Dave Gershgorn/NYT Wirecutter Upgrade pick The big sibling to our top pick, this printer adds an enclosed print space, a tougher nozzle, and other features for printing engineering-grade materials. The Bambu Lab X1-Carbon doesn’t make faster or higher-quality prints than our top pick, but it does have a larger and enclosed print bed for people…
Although AirHood doesn’t make significant claims about the machine’s ability to substantially impact air quality, it’s important to understand what this kitchen tool can’t do: eliminate all air pollution in your kitchen. According to the company, the AirHood 2 is ETL-certified as a “Portable Air Cleaner.” ETL certification signifies compliance to North American safety standards,…
Friedman explained that there aren’t many hard-and-fast rules for travel day, other than those imposed by airlines (these are often general provisions about wearing clothes that aren’t offensive to others). But you should consider the reality of being in a shared, public space. “That doesn’t mean you have to look fancy,” she told me over…
BioLite Headlamp 325: You’ll need a long session with the manual to memorize the taps needed to get to each function. During our battery tests, this was the first light to go out (on its highest setting) after just three hours. BioLite Headlamp 425: Like other BioLite options we’ve tested, the clicking configurations are complex….
Photo: Michael Murtaugh Top pick This inexpensive Dutch oven aced every test, and its design rivals that of pricier models. For the best value in a Dutch oven, get the Lodge 6 Quart Enameled Cast Iron Dutch Oven. It cooks foods just as well as other, much pricier Dutch ovens we’ve tested, and it’s one…
Apple announced a new version of the Mac Studio, its high-powered desktop mini PC that’s traditionally competed with computers many times larger. The new Mac Studio has the M4 Max chip that’s currently found in the MacBook Pro, and a new M3 Ultra chip that Apple says will be nearly twice as fast as the…