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Best rice cookers for brown rice come down to one thing: a real, calibrated brown rice program instead of a white rice cycle that guesses. Brown rice keeps its bran and germ, so it needs roughly three times the cooking time of white rice, and many budget cookers simply do not hold enough heat and … Read more

After a season of putting a dozen santoku knives through the same five vegetable tests, the imarku 7 Inch came out ahead as the best santoku knife for vegetables overall. It is light enough to move quickly through a big pile of chopped onion, sharp enough to bite into a sweet potato skin without a … Read more

If your hair reaches past your shoulders, the only spec that matters is the floorhead. The best cordless vacuums for long hair use a mechanical anti-tangle design – comb teeth, a conical anti-tangle screw, or a self-cleaning roller – that physically strips long strands off the brush roll as it spins. Our top three are … Read more

The best kitchen cabinet organizers for pots and pans are the ones that hold cookware upright, keep every rim visible and stop lids from migrating to the wrong pot. The Cuisinel 5-Tier Pan Organizer is our top pick for most kitchens: alloy steel, a 50-pound shelf rating and a footprint of about 12 inches, so … Read more

A portable thickness planer is a benchtop machine with a rotating cutterhead and adjustable infeed and outfeed tables that mills rough, uneven dimensional lumber down to a flat, consistent thickness in a single pass. For anyone buying 2x4s, 2x6s or 4×4 posts by the pallet, that one operation is the difference between lumber that goes … Read more

Yes, robot mowers handle hills, but only a fraction of them handle the hill you actually have. Most garden robots are rated to 25% slope, roughly 14 degrees, which is a gentle roll rather than anything you would describe as a hill. The machines built for real grades start at 45% and go to 80%. … Read more

Short answer first: the best area rugs for dining rooms are low-pile or flatweave, patterned or dark enough to hide spills, and backed with rubber or TPR latex so chairs slide instead of snag. Most of the winners below are machine-washable polyester, because that combination survives food, wine, kids, and pets better than anything else … Read more

Garages swallow seasonal gear twice a year: once in spring when the holiday stuff comes down, and again in fall when it all goes back up. The difference between a painless swap and an afternoon of frustration is almost always the bin. The best garage bins for seasonal storage are lidded, stackable plastic totes in … Read more

Most window air conditioners are sold for bedrooms, not for the room where the whole family sits in July. That is why so many people searching for the best window air conditioners for large rooms end up with a 12,000 BTU box that runs flat out and still leaves the far end of the room … Read more

Short answer first: the Cuisinart 15-Piece Hollow Handle Block Set (C77SS-15PK) is the best knife set under 200 dollars for most people, because it pairs forged high-carbon stainless steel blades with an all-metal handle, an 8-inch sharpening steel, and a lifetime cutlery warranty, and it holds a 4.7 rating from 20,000-plus reviews. If you want … Read more