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Review · Tech & Gadgets
Apple AirPods Max Review: Under an Hour If You Wear Glasses
One lab scored comfort 4.6 out of 10 and found glasses cut wearable time to less than sixty minutes. Everything else about them is very good, which is the frustrating part.
6.7/10
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AirPods Pro 2 Review: Three Labs, Three Different Battery Numbers
Measured runtime came in at 5 hours 43, 6 hours 03 and 8 and a half hours depending on who ran the test. The noise cancelling has a hole in it at 1kHz that only one of them looked for.
7.5/10
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Beyerdynamic DT 770 Pro Review: Every Part Replaceable, Including the Driver
One reviewer calls the frequency response impressively flat. Two others measured a V shape with a treble peak they recommend cutting by 5dB. The cable is soldered in either way.
8.3/10
Review · Home & Kitchen
Bissell SpotClean Pro Review: Fresh Spills Yes, Set-In Coffee No
A mud stain came out in under a minute. Set-in coffee needed a pre-treatment and still left a mark. That boundary is the most useful thing to know about it.
7.3/10
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Bose QuietComfort Earbuds II Review: 42 dB in the Mids, No Multipoint
One lab measured almost 42 decibels of reduction through the midrange, and another found them beating full-size Sony headphones between 800 and 2,000 Hz. Then the feature list runs out.
7.0/10
Review · Home & Kitchen
Hario V60 Review: One Hole, and It Is Entirely Your Fault
The single large opening means the dripper controls nothing and you control everything. That is the reason it makes the best cup in this catalogue and the reason it makes bad ones.
7.9/10
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Instant Pot Duo Review: Ten Safety Features and No Canning
It is not rated for pressure canning low-acid food, which is the one thing worth knowing before you trust it with anything. Everything else it does well enough to replace four appliances.
7.8/10
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JBL Charge 5 Review: The Bass Stops Growing at 60 Percent
It gets louder past that point but not deeper, and distortion arrives instead. Everything else about it is built to be thrown in a bag and forgotten.
7.8/10
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JBL Flip 6 Review: The Tweeter Is the Upgrade
The Flip 5 had no dedicated tweeter. This one does, and it is the difference you can actually hear. The twelve-hour battery claim is the part to discount.
7.5/10
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Logitech Brio 4K Review: It Forgets Every Setting When You Unplug It
Two independent reviewers found the same fault: the camera does not store its configuration between sessions. The 4K image underneath it is genuinely sharp.
6.9/10
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Shure SM58 Review: An SM57 With a Ball on It
One source calls the two microphones the same product with a different grille. That is close to true, and it explains both why this costs so little and why it lasts so long.
9.0/10
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Sonos Era 100 Review: Two Tweeters, One Disputed Midrange
One reviewer says the mids are more transparent than the speaker it replaces. Another says they lost the clarity the old one had. Everyone agrees the bass got bigger.
7.8/10
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Sonos Move 2 Review: Portable the Way a Cast Iron Skillet Is
Three kilograms, a carry handle, and a battery Engadget could not run flat in 23 hours. This moves between rooms, not to the beach.
8.1/10
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Sonos Roam 2 Review: One New Button, and Nothing Else Changed
Same drivers, same battery, same codecs as the original. The upgrade is a Bluetooth button that lets you pair without the app, and for some people that is worth the whole purchase.
7.6/10
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Sony WF-1000XM5 Review: The Microphone Is the Weak Point
Two labs that tested calls came away unimpressed, one scoring them 5.1 out of 10. The noise cancelling, meanwhile, is measured at over 30 dB and is genuinely class-leading.
7.6/10
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Sony WF-C700N Review: One Lab Says the Noise Cancelling Does Nothing
SoundGuys measured no difference between the cancelling switched on and the seal alone. Two other reviewers found it effective. The N in the name is doing a lot of work.
7.0/10
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Sony WF-C710N Review: 9h25m Measured, and a 14 dB Hole at 10 kHz
SoundGuys beat the claimed battery by nearly an hour and found a deep treble dip. A second reviewer, measuring nothing, described exactly the sound that dip would produce.
7.7/10
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Sony WH-CH720N Review: 192 Grams, and an Argument About LDAC
Two sources say these support only AAC and SBC. One says LDAC is in there too. What nobody disputes is that they are the lightest noise cancelling over-ears you can buy.
7.8/10
Review · Home & Kitchen
Vitamix 5200 Review: Perfect Scores on Everything Except Ice
One reviewer gave it ten out of ten on smoothies, protein shakes and nut butter, then measured 19 percent of a load of ice still unblended. Two others say it turns ice to snow in seconds.
7.6/10
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CalDigit TS4 Review: Eighteen Ports and No Bandwidth Excuses
Most docks give you the ports and quietly share the bandwidth between them. This one runs every USB port at full speed at once, and charges the laptop at 98W while doing it.
8.2/10
Review · Home & Kitchen
Victorinox Fibrox Pro 8-inch Review: Soft Steel, Long Career
The knife professional kitchens buy by the box. It goes blunt faster than expensive steel and that turns out to be the point, not the problem.
8.3/10Guide · Home & Kitchen
How to Buy an Espresso Machine Without Wasting Your Money
The four specifications that actually determine whether you get good coffee, the three marketing numbers you should ignore entirely, and the purchase most people get wrong before they buy a machine at all.
