An engineer shows off features he's building into the speaker testing room. Consumer Reports testers are passionate about the products they test. For instance, many of the car testers also race themselves on weekends. A good number of employees come to Consumer Reports after working on the industry-side. When you're involved in the production, if you say this lawnmower blade needs to be half an inch shorter, putting that into place could require a major overhaul. But at Consumer Reports, they can say that and focus on how things really are or aren't, without compromise.