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Inside The Consumer Reports Testing Facility

Ever wonder how Consumer Reports figures out which products to recommend? For one, it takes mad science, like this echo-free room that sits on a different foundation from the rest of the building. I was up at the Consumer Reports HQ yesterday for a planning meeting related to a blogger's conference they're planning for June, and they were nice enough to give me a quick tour of their testing facilities. I snapped some 33 pictures with my cellphone camera. Check them out in the interactive photo essay gallery, inside... More »

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2:10 PM on Wed Mar 19 2008
By Ben Popken
10,859 views, 29 comments

Latest by larry_y: I find CR useful. I go there as a starting point for washers, dryers, lawn mowers, cordless drills, elliptical machines, etc. However, it isn't for computers or electronics. They simply can't keep up. And if you're reading Tom's Hardware more »

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Air Purifiers That Work, And Ones That Don't

Consumer Reports tested 40 air purifiers by locking them in a closed room and filling it with smoke and dust—in other words, they recreated this writer's childhood Christmases when Granny would visit with her angry poodle. Here are Consumer Reports' selection of the best and worst devices. More »

1:14 PM on Fri Dec 7 2007
By Chris Walters
6,737 views, 18 comments

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Consumer Reports: Man Vs. Leaf Blower

Consumer Reports wanted to know if leaf blowers were really worth the money and ear damage, so they marked off a parts of lawn, filled it with leaves and had the ultimate man vs. blower showdown. More »

12:31 AM on Tue Nov 13 2007
By Meg Marco
11,180 views, 43 comments