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In This Issue
January 2010 - Departments
- Up Front
- Top gripes: What bugs America most?
- Claim check: Purex 3-in-1
- Products directed at women cost more than those for men
- Where there's smoke: 4 myths about chimney care
- Time to stock your emergency kit
- Eight ways to beat winter bulge
- Five excellent wines
- Reduce indoor air pollution
- What a lifetime warranty really means
- Recalls & Safety Alerts
- CR Money
- How to sail into retirement tax-free
- CR Health
- When cold weather hurts
- Plus: Can a supplement relieve ringing in your ear?
- Viewpoint
- Toward safer food
- From our president
- Energy stars and duds
- Selling It
- Your Letters
- Ask Our Experts
- Browse issues
- Best cell service
More than 50,000 readers help you pick the best carriers. - Are prepaid plans really worth it
- Cell phones
Exclusive tests of more than 70 phones. - Cell phone Ratings
- Smart phone Ratings
Features
Why some packages are half-empty.
CR Investigates. Most of the birds we tested were contaminated with bacteria that can make you sick.
Lab Tests 
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GPS
New device shines in our tests. -
Toasters
Versatile meal-makers for less. - More Tests: Looking back, New Year's resolutions, Treadmill trouble, and Latest electronics
Cars
The top car for owner satisfaction changes for the first time in six years, our survey results show.
Road tests of the Buick LaCrosse, Ford Taurus, Hyundai Azera, Lincoln MKZ, and Toyota Avalon. Plus the Kia Forte.
Road tests of the Buick LaCrosse, Ford Taurus, Hyundai Azera, Lincoln MKZ, and Toyota Avalon. Plus the Kia Forte.
Consumer Reports January 2010 provides recommendations, expert buying advice, and Ratings on hundreds of consumer products. Consumer Reports is one of the most trusted sources for information and advice on consumer products and services, with more than 7 million
print and online subscribers. It conducts the most comprehensive testing programs of any U.S. publication or Web site, and
the magazine's experts have decades of experience in testing and reporting. To become a subscriber, consumers can call 1-800-234-1645.
Updated information and reports from the magazine can be accessed online at www.ConsumerReports.org.
