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Best Toilet Bowl Cleaners – Consumer Reports
The ones that top our ratings effectively remove solid waste, bringing a shine back to your bowl. We note in our ratings which cleaners should be safe for homes with septic systems, based on their ingredients. Septic systems have sensitive bacterial biomes that can be disrupted by harsh chemicals like bleach or ammonia. And you can also see which cleaners…
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Best Self-Tanners – Consumer Reports
Still, self-tanner is widely considered a safer alternative to tanning in the sun and tanning beds, both of which cause exposure to harmful UV radiation and increase the risk of skin cancer and premature aging. It’s also a go-to product for some people with deeper skin who turn to self-tanner to even out their skin tone and create a more…
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Best Patio Coolers – Consumer Reports
Patio coolers are larger-capacity coolers on wheels that can be kept outside throughout the summer season. CR has reviewed small coolers and wine fridges and regularly tests full-sized refrigerators, so we decided to evaluate outdoor cooler carts, too. After setting up three patio coolers in our lab, recording the temperature inside each cooler for 26 hours, spending several hours assembling…
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Best Small Coolers – Consumer Reports
With a small cooler in hand, I can take all of them to the beach or a picnic in the park without lugging a heavy trunk with me. Heck, a personal-sized cooler even sits perfectly atop my paddleboard, so I never need to oar back to shore—or share. But as with all things, I needed to know whether I was…
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Best Store-Brand Multipurpose Cleaners – Consumer Reports
But we wouldn’t be CR if we didn’t get in the weeds and get our hands (and houses) dirty to discover the distinctive differences among these cleaners so that you can make an informed shopping decision. We defaced mirrors with red lipstick, spilled vegetable oil on a stovetop, marked stainless steel appliances with greasy handprints, coated a bathroom sink with…
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Cleancult Household Cleaners Review – Consumer Reports
The name “Cleancult” is a play on words; it’s a cleaning product brand, yes, but it also implies that the products themselves are “clean”—i.e., made without, nor producing, harmful substances or chemicals. The brand aims to “help more people switch from a bad plastic habit to a cleaner ritual” by encouraging consumers to refill their reusable containers rather than use…
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Best Packing Cubes – Consumer Reports
Each packing cube set was judged on the following criteria. Capacity: I looked at whether the cubes were able to accommodate all of the items on my packing list, and if they did, whether they were a comfortable fit or a tight squeeze. I also measured the capacity of each cube using packing peanuts. Organization: Did the cubes organize the…
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Best Paper Towels – Consumer Reports
Whether you’re cleaning up spills or messes, you want a paper towel that is strong and absorbent. But with so many options lining grocery store shelves, which ones actually deliver the best clean-up power for the price? To answer that question, we evaluated six of the most popular paper towels in our lab. Some of the qualities we considered were…
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Best Bike Radar Taillights – Consumer Reports
Taillights: One of the devices that we tested but don’t recommend, the Garmin Varia RVR315, is just a rear-facing radar unit. It does a very good job picking up cars and seeing them at an average of 450 feet behind the cyclist, and has a number of audible and visual warnings for the rider. But the RVR315 doesn’t have any…
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Consumer Reports Price Tracker Helps You Shop Smarter
Here are a few things to keep in mind as you shop: Don’t panic-shop. It’s easy to get caught up in the fear of rising prices, but don’t lose your cool and buy things you’ll later regret owning. Don’t hold off on the items you already planned to purchase. If you’ve been gearing up to buy a new refrigerator, doing…
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