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What we learn between one test and the next. Buying guides, honest diaries and the small details that decide whether something ends up used every day or forgotten in a drawer.
The travel tech a frequent flyer actually packs, and what stays home
Seven gadgets, 1.8 pounds, 71 flights. Our frequent flyer shows what earns a place in her carry-on and what she stopped hauling around.
Posture at a desk job: what a posture corrector can and can't do
A posture corrector won't rebuild your back. Used the right way, it can teach you to notice the slouch. Our physiotherapist explains the difference.
How to stay cool outdoors in a heatwave without AC: what our thermometer showed
We clipped a thermometer to the fence and measured neck fans, mini coolers and simple habits through a heatwave. Some numbers surprised us.
11 kitchen gadgets, 30 days: the ones we stopped using and the 4 we kept
Eleven gadgets went on the counter on August 3. A month later, four were still in use. A repair technician's diary of what stuck and what didn't.
Why heat wakes you at 3 a.m., and what fixed it in our 45-night test
Hot nights have a pattern: you fall asleep fine, then wake at 3 a.m. stuck to the sheet. We logged 45 nights to find what actually keeps you asleep.