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Annke FCD600 security cam review: Strictly for the pros
The camera offers 180-degree coverage with multiple types of motion detection, but its complexity could be frustrating for casual users.
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Ecobee Smart Thermostat Enhanced review: Best in class
Opting for the middle of Ecobee's smart thermostat line means giving up a few features, but you can add the most important one—a remote sensor—later.
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IQAir’s Atem X is a unique and powerful air scrubber
Designed for high-end environments and priced accordingly, the IQAir Atem X boasts unparalleled performance.
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Soundcore Rave Party 2 Bluetooth speaker review: Versatile and very loud
Anker's large Bluetooth speaker sounds great and can double as a karaoke machine or even a public address system.
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Eve Light Switch review: Very attractive, but difficult to install
This HomeKit compatible, Thread-supporting on/off switch is pretty to look at but squeezing its oversized caboose into an electrical box is a chore.
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Dreo's Macro Max S Air Purifier is a quiet air-scrubbing giant
With three-stage filtering, app control, and automatic operation, this purifier can scrub the air clean in a big room.
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Audiolab 6000N Play music-streamer review
This high-end audio streamer delivers amazing high-res music to your home audio system, but it comes with some serious caveats.
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Eufy's smart garage door controller packs a security cam, too
This clever device retrofits your old garage door with smart features and provides a bird’s eye view of the room.
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Creative Sound Blaster X1 DAC & headphone amp review
You can use this tiny DAC/headphone amp combo with almost any device, but you’ll want to use it with a Windows PC or Mac to unlock its full potential.
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Govee's Smart Air Purifier is great for small spaces
Slim, quiet, and smart, this air purifier fits well into Govee's affordable smart home ecosystem.
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SVS Prime Wireless Pro: Audiophile streaming
Best known for its killer subwoofers, SVS is now on its second generation of affordable wireless, powered, hi-fi speakers built for the streaming age.
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The Roborock Q5+ robot vac is self-emptying, but not fully autonomous
3D mapping and cleaning customizations set this mid-priced cleaner apart from similarly priced vacuums, but it requires too much manual intervention.
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Displace TV says its wireless OLED smart TV runs on batteries
No cords, not even for power. No ports. Build custom sizes with snap-together panels. It sticks to the wall through suction. And airbags deploy should it ever fall.
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Victrola Stream Carbon turntable review: Play your vinyl on Sonos
This mid-range turntable offers seamless integration into your Sonos setup for vinyl playback, but that convenience comes at a stiff price.
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Philips Hue's Festavia string lights have smarts to spare
If you're looking for LED string lights that fit seamlessly into the Hue ecosystem, look no further.
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Govee Smart Air Quality Monitor review: An inexpensive tracker
This very inexpensive instrument can trigger Govee's smart appliances—space heaters, humidifiers, and air purifiers—in response to environmental conditions inside your home.
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Dyson Purifier Cool Formaldehyde TP09 review: Short on power
This stylish air purifier’s formaldehyde sensor delivers a unique filtration feature, but it's not as powerful as the competition in its price range.
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Bowers & Wilkins Px8 review: Steak and sizzle, too
These impeccably luxurious cans offer superb sonic performance with very good active noise cancellation.
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Creative Muvo Go review: The focus is on the high end—frequencies, that is
This small water-resistant portable speaker renders the top end with unusual clarity, but its low end is relatively weak and it plays only via Bluetooth.
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Belkin's Power Cube delivers just enough to be useful
Three AC outlets, three USB-A power ports, and a 5-foot cord make for a compact power strip that won’t consume a lot of space on your desktop, but there’s no surge protection.
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Sensibo's Elements is an air quality monitor that can react
If you also have one of Sensibo's air purifiers, this new air quality sensor can trigger it in reaction to poor indoor air quality conditions.
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Tronsmart's Bang SE is a sonorous, attractive Bluetooth speaker
This full-featured, weather-proofed speaker sounds good, pairs in stereo with others of its ilk, and offers an RGB light show–all for a relative pittance.
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Electrohome Montrose turntable & McKinley speakers review
This budget-priced home audio system is very easy to set up, remarkably easy to use, and delivers great stereo imaging.
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Carrier Smart Air Purifier XL review: Powerful, but not so smart
Carrier's Bluetooth and Wi-Fi-connectable air purifier can quickly clean the air in very big rooms, but the app designed for this smart appliance leaves much to be desired.
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Wyze Cam v3 Pro review: This outdoor cam gets a quality boost
With a high-performance outdoor security camera that costs just $50, Wyze continues to earn its place as a smart home leader.
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Sony's Bravia XR A95K OLED is the best 4K TV we've tested
Excellent color, lots of peak brightness, lush blacks, excellent processing, and superior sound make Sony's Bravia XR A95K likely the best 4K UHD TV on the market. It's also the priciest top-of-the-line OLED out there.
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Jabra's Elite 5 ANC earbuds deliver great design, good sound
Jabra focused on the total package with its Elite 5 earbuds, balancing a wide range of features with solid audio quality.
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RME Audio RME ADI-2 DAC FS review: Outstanding D/A conversion
This desktop DAC delivers audiophile quality and a wealth of options, but you’ll encounter a steep learning curve while mastering it.
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The Samsung M8 is a smart TV/monitor hybrid
This 32-inch monitor doesn't need a computer to stream TV entertainment, but its curious connectivity limitations will be a turn-off for some.
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Airrobo P20 review: An impressive yet affordable robot vacuum
This budget robot vacuum offers only essential features, but that doesn't hamper its cleaning performance.
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Audeze MM-500 headphone review: Pro audio for audiophiles
Created in collaboration with Grammy-winning audio engineer Manny Marroquin, this headphone offers a delightful high-res listening experience.
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Proscenic P11 Smart review: A super-sucking stick vacuum
This cordless vacuum offers enough power to take care of most household debris.
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Austere VII Series Power 4-Outlet review: Compact surge protection, USB power
This multi-outlet surge protector focuses on noise reduction and clamping down on surges.
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1More Sonoflow review: LDAC audio quality for the masses
Sonoflow designed this headphone to compete with premium models, but cost a lot less. They succeeded.
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The affordable Vizio M213AD-K8 puts Dolby Atmos in your bedroom
This attractive, affordable all-in-one soundbar from Vizio makes it easy to add Dolby Atmos sound to a second room.
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Google Pixel Buds Pro review: A revelation—for Android users
Google delivers a user experience rivaling the one iPhone users get with AirPods.
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The DreameBot L10s Ultra is a floor-cleaning dream machine
This robot vacuum/mop hybrid operates with true autonomy, albeit at a premium price.
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Toshiba's air purifier is pretty effective, definitely not pretty
This smart air purifier offers plenty of power, but you’ll want to hide it behind a large house plant.
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SwitchBot Blind Tilt review: Hack your way to a smart mini-blind
It feels like a beta product, but smart-home diehards might find it workable.
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Speaqua's Barnacle X Bluetooth speaker is thumpy and floaty
Speaqua's Barnable X offers good waterproof sonics for your yacht. Don't have such a boat? It's still a unique and good-sounding speaker with lots of thump–and an understated light show.
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Hisense's AX5100G soundbar is disappointingly mediocre
Even with its affordable price tag, Hisense's 5.1-channel Dolby Atmos soundbar is a sub-par disappointment.
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Edifier W240TN review: A true value in true wireless ANC earbuds
These Edifier earbuds deliver good sound and excellent active noise cancellation at a competitive price.
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The Philips S7807 is a rugged Bluetooth speaker with great sound
The revival of a legendary audio brand culminates in an outstanding portable Bluetooth speaker.
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ZimaBoard DIY media server review: Svelte, versatile, affordable
Icewhale Technology's ZimaBoard is tiny, expandable, and fast. Compatible with just about anything available for the increasingly popular Docker modular application host, we configured it as a media server, but it can fill many other roles, too. It's surprisingly affordable, and dare we say it, a lot of fun–in a geeky kind of way.
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The best home security products of 2022/2023
From video doorbells and security cameras to DIY alarm systems, these are our top home security product recommendations.
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Blink Mini Pan-Tilt Mount review: Give your camera new features
This affordable accessory brings remote pan-and-tilt capability to Amazon's flagship camera.
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Ring Spotlight Cam Pro review: Buy one, but not for its Bird's Eye View feature
This latest addition to Ring’s strong home security offerings is a great combo, but we found its most hyped feature—Bird’s Eye View—to be its least compelling.
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The AirPods Max deliver stellar sound, plus typical Apple caveats
For Apple fans, the noise-cancelling AirPods Max are sublime, but these stylish Bluetooth cans aren’t without their flaws.
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Wyze's affordable Air Purifier is big and loud, but also powerful
The inexpensive but bulky Wyze Air Purifier is powerful enough to clean the air in a large room.
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