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Samsung’s latest smart appliances are all about the screens.
In our notification-heavy world, there is still one activity where you might just miss that buzz on your phone or ping on your smartwatch – while you’re vacuuming. Thankfully, Samsung has a solution. Its newest cordless stick vac, the new Bespoke AI Jet Ultra ($1,099), now has an LCD display control panel that, along with standard features such as power…
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The Best Ways to Prevent Countertop Appliances From Damaging Your Kitchen
We may earn a commission from links on this page. The kitchen tends to be the heart of the home—it’s where we gather to share meals, nibble on snacks, and talk about our day. It’s also a pretty dangerous place. Aside from open flames, slippery floors, and flammable gas that is literally pumped into our homes, the innocuous little appliances…
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Best Energy-Efficient Kitchen Appliances – Consumer Reports
For example, Energy Star certified refrigerators create less heat and use less energy than regular refrigerators, allowing them to run more efficiently while still keeping food cold with improved insulation. According to Energy Star, when you properly recycle your old refrigerator and replace it with an Energy Star certified fridge, you can save more than $160 and reduce your carbon…
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My Favorite Deals on Tech and Appliances From Best Buy’s Presidents Day Sale
We may earn a commission from links on this page.Deal pricing and availability subject to change after time of publication. Credit: Product image courtesy of Best Buy. Presidents Day is not until Feb. 17, 2025, but as is often the case, retailers have started their sales well in advance. Best Buy has the best sale I’ve seen so far, with…
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The Easiest Way to Clean Under Appliances and Furniture
We may earn a commission from links on this page. Do you want to haul out your fridge every time you clean under it? I’m not strong or motivated enough to do all that. Frankly, I’m lazy enough to avoid even moving shelving or furniture unless I absolutely have to. This trick from TikTok allows you to clean under larger…
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Best Places to Buy Large Appliances
These stores, as well as independent retailers and websites, earned top marks in the most recent Consumer Reports survey of appliance retailers, conducted from the winter of 2023 through the spring of 2024. The survey responses were from 9,721 CR members who shared their experiences shopping for 12,970 large appliances between January 2023 and May 2024. Overall, 17 of the…
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Best Places to Buy Small Appliances
While mega-retailer Amazon.com outperforms most of its competitors in Consumer Reports’ latest ratings of small appliance retailers, Chicagoland’s Abt takes the top spot for overall customer satisfaction. Its strong performance also bumps QVC.com—the top shop in our 2022 survey—down to fifth place. The family-owned retailer, in business since 1936, also earned the top position in our ratings of large-appliance stores,…
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Best Small Kitchen Appliances of 2024
Each year CR’s market analysts research and select hundreds of new countertop appliances to test, and we deploy a team of secret shoppers to buy each one to ensure we’re getting the same products you’ll find at retail. Our test engineers put each model through rigorous tests to see how well it performs and how convenient it is to use.…
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Smart Appliances Could Expose Your WiFi to Hacking Risks
Earlier this year, Consumer Reports researched how long appliance companies like GE, LG, and Samsung tell their customers they’ll keep their appliances’ software updated. This is important because security experts are constantly finding and fixing vulnerabilities in software—along with supplying new features—that’s why your phone and laptop get regular updates for years after you buy them. The CR researchers looked…
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How to cook without an oven: 5 alternative kitchen appliances you need right now
There are many reasons why you might be stuck without an oven. Perhaps your electric range has broken and you’re waiting for it to be replaced or repaired. You could be having a new kitchen fitted, and are having to ‘make do’ with a small makeshift cooking space in another room. You could even be living in a small apartment…
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