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In This Issue
November 2009 - Departments
- Up Front
- Talking turkey (gravy, that is.)
- Laser surgery: Go in with your eyes open
- Claim check: Tide Total Care challenge
- The catch to selling gold
- Tasty lower-fat snacks
- Health-care reform: Who's behind the ads
- Can you trust Web seals?
- 'Shop till you drop' gets the boot
- Recalls & Safety Alerts
- CR Money
- We put three finance ads to the test
- CR Health
- Doctors, admit your mistakes
- Plus, masks might limit swine flu
- Viewpoint
- The costs of a slow Web connection
- From our president
- Two new Consumers Union policies
- Selling It
- Your Letters
- Ask Our Experts
- Browse issues
- 398 top products
Sixteen pages of the very best items in appliances, electronics, fitness gear, home & yard, and more from a year of testing.
Feature
Time to fire your credit-card company? Here's how to win the fight over fees and more.
Lab Tests 
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Cell phones
Models that can take a beating. -
Cordless drills
You can get very good performance for $100. - More Tests: Printer ink, GPS, Household cleanup, and
Carbon monoxide & smoke alarms
Cars
Road tests of the Chevrolet Equinox, Nissan Cube, Subaru Outback, Toyota Prius, and Volkswagen Routan.
Nine car-care myths you should ignore.
Best all-season and winter treads.
Seven CR Best Buys from 60 models we tested.
Nine car-care myths you should ignore.
Best all-season and winter treads.
Seven CR Best Buys from 60 models we tested.
Consumer Reports November 2009 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.
