Gear

Day hiking packs come in a nearly endless array of shapes and sizes, with everything from ultra-minimalist frameless packs to 35-liter monsters with separate sleeping bag compartments. The best day hiking backpack for you will depend on what you’re doing, but after thousands of trail hours, here are some things …

And the ingredients are trimmed to bare essentials. The aforementioned risotto is a nine-ingredient, one-pan, veggie-only recipe whose flavor accents are pared down to lemon and garlic. A pork chop dish one-ups this with just seven ingredients, none of which is a starch, with fresh rosemary and garlic doing the …

Since the graphical settings here are basically turned all the way down already, if you want to play the latest games, you’ll have to compromise by dropping the resolution. I didn’t find the medium option of 1,600×1,000 that compelling, and a few games didn’t support it at all. At 1,280×800, …

Every night for three months, I strapped a futuristic-looking device onto my face—something like a Stormtrooper mask designed by a spa technician from the year 3000. Depending on my mood, I toggled through the vibration therapy settings. Some nights I meditated; most nights I just lay there, scrolling through TikTok …

Honorable Mentions There are so many coffee subscriptions out there, and honestly, a lot of them are very good. This list would need to be three times as long to capture every one of them at the least! I have way more subscriptions I’ve loved than I have space to …

VistaPrint specializes in custom physical and digital marketing products for small businesses, like brochures and promotional products, along with personal products like invitations, t-shirts, business cards, or even posters to meet any print and online personalization needs you may have. Fortunately, you don’t have to pay an arm and a …

A good night’s sleep is worth every penny. But it sure is nice to get more for that penny, especially when you’re leveling up for a new mattress and bedding. Investing in a new mattress, pillow, or even just a quilt and sheets isn’t cheap—at least, not for the stuff …

The mesh backrest is wide enough, from the shoulders to the love handles, cradling my body just right. I wouldn’t call it comfortable, but I felt decently supported, and I haven’t experienced any back pain. (It has a 275-pound weight capacity.) I wish there were more adjustment options for the …

When you have three different floors in your house, like I do, using a cordless stick vacuum is the key ingredient to keeping them clean. It’s easy to carry around to different areas, compact enough to vacuum two staircases without pulling a muscle, and still wide enough to vacuum an …

When I test a mechanical keyboard with “Pro” in the name, I expect it to be the best of the best, with no compromises over its non-Pro variant. Razer has this figured out: The BlackWidow V4 Pro is better than the original V4 in every way, and it proves that …