Top pick Brightly reflective, personalized, and backed by Orvis’s satisfaction guarantee, the collar comes in a variety of colors and sizes. The Orvis Personalized Reflective Collar is personalized with your pet’s information, so they can still be identified if their tags get lost. It’s also reflective enough to be seen day or night, easily attaches…

It’s complicated. It’s no one’s fault. It’s everyone’s fault. How can there be value in anything if the value of everything is nothing? “The secondary market mitigates the wastefulness, but also it allows for more wastefulness, because what we keep doing is just figuring out ways to get rid of more and more of this,”…

What we like: Our top pick for the best portable power station. Durable, easy-to-use, and packed with plenty of power. Wide array of outlets and charging ports make it convenient to use no matter what devices you need to run. Pure-sine-wave inverter makes it safe to use with most electronics, including critical devices such as…

Connie Park/NYT Wirecutter Top pick This frame stands out for its easy setup, vivid display, pleasing design, and virtually nonexistent pillarboxing. The Aura Carver combines attractive hardware and simple software to create a digital photo frame that is especially simple to set up and operate, and quite reasonably priced. The quality of its screen is…

Teenagers get a bad rap. Yes, they can be moody, and they still have a lot to learn. But most of the time, they are funny, smart, hopeful creatures who are loads of fun to be around. Shopping for teens, however, probably does deserve its bad rap. It can be hard to keep up with…

Marki Williams/NYT Wirecutter Top pick Certified to remove chlorine from tap water, this model improves its taste, and it comes in a variety of leakproof designs. But, like all filtered bottles, it needs upkeep and is difficult to drink through. The BPA-free plastic Brita Premium Filtering Water Bottle is our pick among the filter bottles…

Even with a well-orchestrated plan, Thanksgiving hardly ever goes off without a hitch. Either the mashed potatoes are frigid by the time everyone finally sits down to eat, the gravy is too thin, or, heaven forbid, the stuffing is underseasoned. But perhaps the most troubling part of any Thanksgiving celebration — aside from making sure…

Fahlo These stone- or glass-bead bracelets come with a QR code and an app, so the recipient can follow one animal as it swims, sprints, or journeys through life for about a year. Via its app, the Fahlo Bracelet will allow your teen guy to follow the journey of one animal (from among nearly 20…

Michael Hession/NYT Wirecutter An excellent value in ski gloves Our only touchscreen-compatible ski gloves pick will keep your hands toasty even when you’re texting. They’re almost as warm as our top pick, and they keep snow out. They’re a great option if you’re new to skiing or snowboarding, or you go infrequently. These are the…