I'll be honest with you. I have three kids ages 4, 7, and 10, and I have spent the last 90 days testing six of the top-selling kids rain jackets through actual downpours, puddle-jumping sessions, and cold Pacific Northwest school walks. Two jackets leaked within a week. One jacket zipped up beautifully but felt like […]

When my daughter turned four, I bought the cheapest kids life jacket I could find at a big-box store. We were thirty minutes into a pontoon ride when she tugged at the neck and said it felt like a "stiff robot hug." Twenty minutes after that, the jacket rode up over her chin when she […]