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Door Lock Buying Guide

Shopping for a door lock or smart lock? Read about types, features, and other must-know topics in our door lock buying guide to make an informed choice.

Best Deals on Laundry Detergent, Paper Towels, and Other Household Goods

These are the best deals on everyday items like paper towels, dish soap, laundry detergent, and more that perform well in Consumer Reports' tests.

A hand wearing a cleaning glove holding a microfiber cloth.

Best Cyber Monday Deals on Household Goods

These are the best Cyber Monday sales on household goods like paper towels, toilet paper, cleaners, laundry detergent, and more.

Collage of household items including tissues, a spray bottle, and paper towels with festive accents.

Best Holiday Deals on Household Goods

CR is tracking the early best Black Friday deals on dish soap, laundry detergent, cleaning wipes, paper towels, and other everyday essentials.

Best Everyday Products at Your Local Drugstore, Tested and Reviewed

A roundup of the best everyday household and personal care products that you can find in your local drugstore based on CR's tests and reviews.

Coppertone Every Tone Sunscreen Lotion SPF 50, Real Techniques Everyday Essentials Makeup Brush Kit, Irish Spring Bar Soap, Skura Style Skrubby Sponge, Cottonelle Ultra Clean, Method All-Purpose Cleaning Wipes

How to Clean Your Bathroom

Consumer Reports offers some less-than-obvious tips for spring-cleaning your bathroom.

Hand with glove and spray bottle in bathroom setting with blue background.

Best Glass Cleaners

To find the best glass cleaners, CR evaluated cleaners from brands including Invisible Glass, Sprayway, and Windex.

From left to right: Windex Original Glass Cleaner, Zep Streak-Free Glass Cleaner, Sprayway Glass Cleaner, Windex Vinegar Glass Cleaner, and Invisible Glass Glass Cleaner

Does Your Home Have Hard Water? Here's What to Know About Water Softeners...

If you have hard water and are considering your options, here's everything you need to know about whole-home water softeners.

How to Age-Proof Your Home

In this primer on age-proofing your home, Consumer Reports offers strategies that can help keep you comfortable and safe for years to come.

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How to Organize the Cabinet Under a Sink

We turned to the experts for tips on organizing the cabinet under a kitchen or bathroom sink. Here's how to transform a messy space into a storage haven.

view of cabinet under a kitchen sink with two white bins filled with cleaning supplies and rubber gloves

Best Organizational Staples for an Under-Sink Cabinet

Keep the cabinet under a bathroom or kitchen sink organized with these helpful staples and space-saving tips.

grid of Home Basics Cabinet Door Organizer and Container Store Plastic Storage Bin with Handles on beige backgrounds and Seville Classics 2-Tier Expandable Under-the-Sink Organizer under a sink with bathroom supplies

How to Make Your Home Safer for Someone With Mobility Challenges

CR's expert has compiled these tips, hacks, and products to make your home more accessible. You shouldn't struggle to move about at home.

Clockwise from left: home interior showing the top of a stair well with a stairlift and a cane leaning on a wall, three triangular wedges, bright orange grip.

Best Grout Cleaners

We evaluated grout cleaners from brands such as Black Diamond, Clean-eez, Clorox, Zep, and more to see which ones are the best.

Seven grout cleaners on a white tiled surface

We Tried It: Helio AirBroom

For this review of the Helio AirBroom, CR tested the popular floor cleaner on liquid and solid messes. We even cleaned windows with the AirBroom.

Helio Air Broom with mini broom and dustpan with spilled milk and cereal

These Are the 6 Things You Can Safely Clean With Vinegar

Vinegar is a natural cleaner that's super effective at descaling a handful of household items and not much else.

Sponge, showerhead, window, coffeemaker, and vinegar bottle with check mark on it

Best Valentine's Day Gifts Under $50

These products from Consumer Reports' tests and at-home evaluations will make great Valentine's Day gifts under $50 for your No. 1 person.

Slip sleep mask, HAW plant mister, Bathing Culture soap, Compartes chocolates Lego flowers, Tocolo massage gun

Do UV-C Hearing Aid Cleaners Really Work?

Cleaning hearing aids can keep them working for longer, but do expensive UV-C cleaning devices really help? We tried two popular models and talked to an expert.

person holding cochlear implant above hearing aid cleaning kit with battery charging dock next to cleaning kit

Best Concentrated Cleaners

CT evaluated Blueland, Mr. Clean, Zap, and several other concentrated cleaners to find out which make cleaning easier, are affordable, and reduce plastic waste.

10 concentrated cleaners on a purple background

Shop the Issue: January/February 2026

Shop the January/February 2026 issue of Consumer Reports Magazine.

LG Gram 17” laptop, Kirkland Signature Organic Balsamic Vinegar of Modena, Fini Organic Balsamic Vinegar of Modena, GreenPan Stanley Tucci Ceramic Nonstick Cookware Set, and Burst Pro Sonic

Make Sure You Have Good Air Circulation While Styling Your Hair, Experts Say

It's important to have good circulation while styling your hair because tools like flat irons and hair dryers release ultrafine particles into the air.

Woman styling her hair with a straightener

7 Cleaning Products to Help Keep Your Dorm Less Gross This School Year

Headed off to college? Don't forget to bring a Swiffer PowerMop or some Mr. Clean Clean Freak Mist, and other easy-to-use cleaning products.

Dish soap, microfiber cloths, Swiffer Power mop, cleaning wipes and Mr. Clean Clean Freak multipurpose spray.

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