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In This Issue
August 2011 - Departments
- Up Front
- Six summer wines to savor
- Best brownie mixes
- Claim check: Can a pan guarantee perfect brownies?
- By the numbers: Home exercise machines
- Trading in a gas guzzler may not make cents
- What the drug labels don't tell you
- Can you trust the Better Business Bureau?
- Five overlooked vegetables that deserve a second chance
- Recalls & safety alerts
- CR Health
- The doctor will Skype you now
- Claim check: Ensure against muscle loss?
- CR Money
- New cards can ding your credit
- Viewpoint
- Stop phone-bill shock
- From our president
- A worldwide family
- Selling It
- Your Letters
- Ask our experts
- Browse issues
- Repair or replace it?
Our expert advice on when it pays to fix 33 products—appliances, electronics, and more. Plus, the most reliable products and brands.
Features
Readers and staffers share savvy tips on shopping and saving.
Some of the biggest names are losers in our survey of more than 36,000 readers.
Lab Tests 
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Blenders
Newest models are mixing it up with soups, drinks, and more. -
Digital cameras
You need a real camera, not a phone camera, for the best pictures.
- More Tests: Home repairs and Blu-ray players
Cars
How to read the new EPA gas mileage stickers to find a fuel miser.
Road tests of the Dodge Charger, Dodge Durango, Chrysler Town & Country, Dodge Journey, Chrysler 200 and Dodge Avenger, and the Jeep Patriot and Jeep Compass.
Road tests of the Dodge Charger, Dodge Durango, Chrysler Town & Country, Dodge Journey, Chrysler 200 and Dodge Avenger, and the Jeep Patriot and Jeep Compass.
Consumer Reports August 2011 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.
