Category: Home Comfort

Going on a road trip and need to charge phones, tablets, laptops or small electronics? A portable generator is great for road tripping and also camping/RV’ing or as backup power in an outage. We asked the camping/RV enthusiasts among our parent readers for their favorite portable generator brands, to find what worked well in the real world. Then we did 8 hours of additional research, pouring over lab tests on durability and performance. After all that work, we narrowed down the best bets to these choices.

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What is the best cool mist humidifier? To find out, we continuously test popular brands of humidifiers, looking for three key attributes: how easy is it to use? Easy to clean? Most effective at raising the humidity in a room? For this article, we tried out a crop of seven new brands. Here are the ones we think are best.

FYI: We’ve been reviewing and rating products for the home and families since 1994. We don’t take money or freebies from the brands we review. Our work is 100% reader-supported!

What are the best dehumidifiers for the home? We surveyed the parent readers of our books (2.1 million strong!) to find what works best in the real world. Then we did another 15 hours of additional research to compare models, features and reliability. Here are the ones we’d recommend!

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What are the best warm mist humidifiers? To find out, we tested a dozen models to find out which ones were easiest to use—and easiest to clean. Here are the ones we recommend.

FYI: We’ve been reviewing and rating products for the home and families since 1994. We don’t take money or freebies from the brands we review. Our work is 100% reader-supported!

What’s the best furnace filter? If you need a filter that’s 16x25x1, then you’ve landed on the right article. We surveyed our parent readers for their favorites. Then we poured over third-party research, looking at which filters did the best job at filtering out dust, pollen and pet dander. And yes, we also purchased several of these brands (with our own funds) to test them out with our own furnace. Here are the ones we’d recommend.

FYI: We’ve been reviewing and rating products for the home and families since 1994. To keep things independent, we don’t take money or freebies from brands we review! Our work is 100% reader-supported!

If you’ve got a large space to humidify, you need a humidifier with both the capacity and output to handle the job. We torture tested humidifiers in the most severe environment we could find—Colorado in the winter. High-altitude cold temperatures with single digit humidity puts even the best humidifier to the test.

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What’s the best water filter for GE refrigerators? To find out, we asked our parent readers for their favorites. How does the name brand stack up to other choices? Which ones are easiest to install? Here are the ones we would recommend. FYI: We’ve been reviewing and rating products for the home and families since 1994. We don’t take money or freebies from the brands we review. Our work is 100% reader-supported!

What’s the best dehumidifier with pump? To find out, we first surveyed our parent readers for their favorites. Then we poured over third-party research that compared performance, quality and durability. Which were easiest to set up? Here are the dehumidifiers with pumps we recommend.

FYI: We’ve been reviewing and rating products for the home and families since 1994. To keep things independent, we don’t take money or freebies from brands we review! Our work is 100% reader-supported!