Trek Fetch+ 2 Review: A Solid, Though Expensive, Cargo Ebike

[ One of the things that can be intimidating about buying a cargo ebike is how unfamiliar they feel. Whether a bike is designed with weird geometry and wheel sizes or odd features for heavy hauling, every ride can feel unfamiliar. For traditional cyclists who want to haul a grocery store trip’s worth of groceries … Read more

GE Café Specialty Drip Coffee Maker Review: Only So-So

[ In my mind, GE is a manufacturer of big, boxy appliances. They’re the folks for reliable and relatively affordable stoves and the manufacturers of the monolithic silver Monogram-line fridge  that I once carted across town with my brother-in-law. That kind of thing. I don’t usually think of them as Mr. Coffee’s competitors, yet their … Read more

Rad Power Bikes Radster Road Review: Safety First

[ There’s eight gears, five levels of assistance, a twist throttle, and also a zero assist mode. Rad now has a new torque sensor which makes it feel infinitely better and so much more natural to pedal. It’s also much quieter. I previously put Lectric’s bikes in a similar category of affordable direct-to-consumers, but my … Read more

Nothing Ear and Nothing Ear (a) Review: Third Time, Still Charming

[ Not everything needs to reinvent the wheel. Iterating on products year over year has produced some of the best wireless headphones money can buy, and that’s precisely the route Nothing is going with its latest earbuds, the Nothing Ear and Nothing Ear (a). Sure, at its founding the company vowed to do so much … Read more

Asus ROG Strix Scar 18 (2024) Review: Portable Powerhouse Gaming

[ The Mini LED display is the primary differentiator between last year’s Strix Scar 18 model. Both can be upgraded to the RTX 4090, and both come with 32 GB of DDR5 RAM (though the 2024 model’s is a bit faster). The 2024 model has a slightly newer 14th-generation Intel Core i9-14900HX processor. Based on … Read more

Rolser Wallaby Tweed 2-Wheel Foldable Shopping Trolley Review: Practical Good Looks

[ Some of the greatest icons of the streets of Paris are les dames d’un certain âge pulling their grocery trolleys down the sidewalk. In my mind, theirs always seem to be rickety things, giant wire baskets on cheap plastic wheels all holding a tarp-like bag into which they can put wine, cheese, leeks, and … Read more