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'We Focus on Only the Best Things'—

Wirecutter is a list of the best gear and gadgets for people who want to save the time and stress of figuring out what to buy. 'Whatever sort of thing you need—tableware or TV or air purifier—we make shopping for it easy by telling you the best one to get.'— Wirecutter

Recommendations are made through vigorous reporting, interviewing, and testing by teams of veteran journalists, scientists, and researchers.

Wirecutter's best-of list for everyday things; a curated gallery filled with only interesting, useful objects; a thank-you note to the designers and engineers who create the stuff that makes lives better; a geeky friend with next-level research skills who tests everything they buy so you don’t have to. following rigorous journalistic standards and ethics, maintaining an editorial independence from their business operations.

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by Wirecutter Staff We put in another year and tens of thousands more miles of travel to test the best travel gear-and we stand by last year's choices alongside a few new picks. With summer coming, it's time to dust off your bike-or gear up with a new one.
A Focus on Only the Best Things
Wirecutter: We look for what we think is best for most people. We don’t look for the most feature-packed gadget, or the finest finishes in home goods. We pick the things that will fit best into the lives of everyday people who are shopping for it—and that’s what takes work.

The choices we’ve made here with our team took weeks or months of research and years of experience with a wide variety of gear. In addition to our own expertise, we include interviews and data from the best editorial sources around. We also employ the help of engineers, scientists, and other subject-matter experts. And we pore over customer reviews to find out what matters to regular people. Most gear we choose here isn’t top-of-the-line models that are overpriced and loaded with junk features; we aim to recommend items that are of high enough quality to warrant the price, but not items that cost more for extra features you’ll rarely use.

These are the same gadgets we’d recommend to our friends and family, and these are the same things we’d choose for ourselves. — Wirecutter

Before Testing:
'Wirecutter starts with research into existing literature from the best sources. We frequently reference a number of well-respected publications, including The New York Times (our parent company), Ars Technica, AnandTech, CNET, DPReview, Good Housekeeping, and many others. We’ve also found that, among sites with paywalls and subscriptions, Consumer Reports and America’s Test Kitchen/Cook’s Illustrated are some of the most wonderful places for deep testing. We have much respect for their work, so if you can afford to support them by subscribing, we recommend it.'
—Jacqui Cheng (Editor-in-Chief) and Brian Lam (Founding Editor)


If you need help figuring out a particular buying problem, you can Email or tweet at Wirecutter. Wirecutter's staff will investigate to address the issue.

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