The Samsung Chromebook Plus V2 360 is the best Chromebook for kids overall in . It folds into a tablet, ships with a stylus, weighs 3 pounds and carries more than 2,300 owner reviews. Below that: the HP Chromebook 14 if battery life matters most, and the Acer Chromebook 315 if your child needs a […]

The best laptops for engineering students are not the machines with the longest spec sheets. They are the ones that survive a four-year engineering degree without choking on a 40,000-element CAD assembly at 2am, without a battery that dies between lectures, and without a keyboard that makes you want to throw it out of a […]

The best lightweight laptops for travel are the Apple MacBook Air 13-inch at 2.71 pounds, the Acer Swift Go 14 at 2.8 pounds and the Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 13 at 2.4 pounds. Those three are the picks I would hand to someone carrying a laptop through an airport every other week. Before you […]

The best gas grills are the ones that give you two independent heat zones, a firebox that will not rust in three seasons, and a warranty that outlasts your enthusiasm for backyard projects. We spent weeks cooking on a dozen portable and cart-style propane grills, reading the long-form owner reports on r/grilling and r/BBQ, and […]

If you are standing in a yard full of wet leaves right now, the best leaf blowers on the market in fall into four very different groups, and only one of them fits most people. Our all-round pick is the EGO POWER+ LB5302, which moves 530 CFM at 110 MPH, runs about 75 minutes on […]

If you are standing in waist-high weeds wondering why the mower quit, you have already learned the difference the hard way: light lawn equipment is not built for thick growth. The best gas string trimmers for thick weeds are the ones where engine displacement, cutting swath and blade compatibility all line up with the vegetation […]

If you want one direct answer: the best cordless string trimmers for tall grass are the ones that pair a 40V-class or higher platform with a cutting swath of 15 inches or more and a head that accepts 0.095-inch line. That combination shows up in the EGO POWER+ 16-inch ST1623T, the Greenworks 80V ST80L210, and […]

If you only read one section of this guide, read the one that matches your property. The WORX 20V 12 inch 2-in-1 WG163 is the string trimmer I recommend to most people in , because two batteries come in the box, it converts to an edger without tools, and it weighs 5.5 pounds. If you […]

The best push mowers for seniors are self-propelled cordless models with a push-button start, a lightweight deck, and single-lever height adjustment, because they remove the shoulder-straining pull cord, the thumb fatigue of squeeze controls, and the oil and gas maintenance of a petrol engine. For hilly ground, choose rear-wheel or all-wheel drive; for a very […]

Most manufacturers rate a standard riding mower for slopes up to 15 degrees, which is a 27% grade. Machines built for rough ground or all-wheel drive reach 20 to 30 degrees. The number on the spec sheet is the ceiling, not a target. Slope changes the physics of mowing. Going uphill or downhill, weight shifts […]