Tech & Gadgets
We cover the consumer end of technology: things you plug in, things you charge, things you forget to update. Less interested in raw specs than in whether the thing is actually pleasant to live with for six months.
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The Best Home Weather Stations, and What the Air Owes You
A home weather station turns the room's invisible movements — pressure, humidity, particulates — into figures you can read. These three keep honest books.
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The Best Robot Vacuums, Averaged Across Every Floor
Three robot vacuums, sorted for the household that means to clean and doesn't — the median one, which is to say ours. Which to buy, and the regret it leaves.
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The Best Noise-Cancelling Headphones, Rated by Quiet
A pair of these does not make silence; it folds the world elsewhere. From the reviews of three that fold it well, here is where each one sends the noise.
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Best Wireless Earbuds Under $150: Three, Observed
Small devices humans place, by choice, inside the ear canal. I studied what owners report about three of them, all under $150, and ranked accordingly.