Nathan Reynolds

Last year, the US Postal Inspection Service logged more than 463 billion dollars in stolen goods across the country, and garage break-ins made up almost one in ten reported burglaries. After our team spent three months testing eight Wi-Fi and battery-powered cameras in attached and detached garages, one model kept coming out on top for … Read more

A smart door lock with a built-in camera is a keyless deadbolt that combines electronic access (fingerprint, keypad, app, or Apple Home Key) with an integrated video doorbell, usually 1080p or 2K, letting you see, hear, and speak to visitors while recording footage from the same device that secures your door. After testing 10 of … Read more

If you rent an apartment or a condo, the dream of unlocking your door with your phone, a code, or even your fingerprint usually hits the same wall: your lease. You cannot drill new holes, you cannot swap out the deadbolt, and you definitely cannot lose your security deposit. I have spent the last three … Read more

After three months of swapping controllers in our shared bedroom studio and running every pick through Ableton, FL Studio, Logic Pro, and a beat-up iPad, our team put together the best MIDI keyboards for home studios you can buy in . We mapped keys to drum racks, ran chord-mode drills at midnight, and measured each … Read more

After spending three months swapping ten controllers through our test rig – one Launchpad for finger drumming, a Keystation for sketching on the train, an APC Mini on a friend’s hip-hop setup – our team landed on a clear shortlist for the best MIDI controllers for Ableton Live. The Ableton ecosystem rewards hardware that speaks … Read more

I spent six weeks rotating eight pairs through my commute, work calls, evening playlists, and weekend coffee shop sessions, and one set stood out for genuinely all-day wear: the Bose QuietComfort Headphones. They combine class-leading active noise cancellation with the kind of comfort that disappears on your head after an hour. If you want the … Read more

If you typed “best smart trainers for indoor cycling” into a search bar, you already know why this matters. A smart trainer turns a basic stationary setup into a fully interactive indoor cycling experience that responds to virtual terrain, controls power targets during ERG-mode workouts, and pairs over ANT+ or Bluetooth with apps like Zwift, … Read more

Hardwood floors make every spec of dust and pet hair obvious, and dragging out the mop every night feels like a second job. After spending more than three months rotating ten of the newest robot vacuum and mop combos through a 1,400-square-foot apartment with engineered oak, LVP, and tile, our team picked the models that … Read more

I have tested robot vacuums in homes with shedding golden retrievers, crawling toddlers, and three different floor types, and the single upgrade that changes daily life most is the self-emptying base. The robot still does the cleaning, but you stop touching a dusty bin every day. A self-emptying robot vacuum is a robot vacuum paired … Read more

Our team spent three months testing ten of the best audio mixers for home recording across analog, digital, and USB categories – tracking vocals, dialing in podcast mixes, and routing synths through each console. We measured preamp noise, USB latency, build quality, and how easy each unit was to live with day after day. The … Read more