Best for most people
Alienware
Alienware AW2725QF
Two monitors in one: 4K when you want pixels, 1080p at 360Hz when you want to win.
$589$400–$1,000
Best stuff right now
Every current winner
One page, every live recommendation, each with the label that says who it's for. When a verdict changes, it changes here first.
16 picks
Best overall
The default answer. If you don't want to think about it, buy these.
Best for most people
LG
LG C5 77" OLED
If you want the best television most normal humans should actually buy, this is it.
$2,196$1,000+
Best for most people
Mac
Mac MTH-80 8" Chef Knife
Buy this once, learn to sharpen it, and never think about knives again.
$175$150–$400
Best for most people
Apple
MacBook Air M5 13"
The laptop to buy unless you have a specific, articulable reason not to.
$1,099$1,000+
Best for most people
Best for most people
Olight
Olight Arkfeld Ultra
Flat, pocketable, absurdly bright, and it will make you insufferable about flashlights.
$119$50–$150
Best for most people
Oral-B
Oral-B iO Series 3
The cheapest brush with the good motor. Everything above it is dentistry-flavoured theatre.
$79$50–$150
Best for most people
Outdoor Research
Outdoor Research Foray 3
Full-length pit-to-hem zips, so you can ventilate instead of marinating.
$229$150–$400
Best for most people
Panasonic
Panasonic Arc5
The fastest, closest electric shave available, and it sounds like a small aircraft.
$189$150–$400
Best for most families
Puro
Puro BT2200s
Actually enforces the volume limit it advertises, which most kids' headphones do not.
$99$50–$150
Best for most people
Roborock
Roborock Q7 Max+
The cheapest robot vacuum that actually finishes the job and comes back.
$599$400–$1,000
Best for most people
Sony
Sony WH-1000XM6
The default answer for the sixth time running, which is either boring or useful depending on your mood.
$429$400–$1,000
Best for most people
Steelcase
Steelcase Series 2
The chair you buy when you have finally accepted that you sit down for a living.
$749$400–$1,000
Best for most people
Travelpro
Travelpro Platinum Elite 21″
The bag flight crews actually buy, which is the only endorsement that matters.
$299$150–$400
Best for most people
Tushy
Tushy Classic 3.0
Ninety-nine dollars, installs in eleven minutes, and improves your life more than most $900 purchases.
$99$50–$150
Best for most people
Viofo
Viofo A329
Reads number plates at night, which is the entire point and where most dash cams fail.
$249$150–$400
11 picks
Best value
Where the sensible money goes. Usually 80–90% of the winner for much less.
Best value
Asus
Asus Zenbook 14 OLED
An OLED screen at a price that suggests someone made a mistake.
$849$400–$1,000
Best value
Eufy
Eufy RoboVac 11S Max
No map, no app, no dock. Bumps around, picks up dog hair, costs $180.
$179$150–$400
Best value
Garmin
Garmin Dash Cam Mini 3
Smaller than a key fob and you will never think about it again.
$149$50–$150
Best cheap big screen
Hisense
Hisense U7Q 75"
A 75-inch television for the price of a decent mattress, and it's fine. Truly fine.
$798$400–$1,000
Best value
JBL
JBL JR460NC
Noise cancelling for children, which is either kind or cruel depending on the flight.
$59$50–$150
Best value
LG
LG C4 77" OLED
Last year's winner, still excellent, and now the smartest money in the room.
$1,596$1,000+
Best value
Best value
Philips
Philips Sonicare ProtectiveClean 4100
Forty dollars, two buttons, three weeks of battery. Fine forever.
$44Under $50
Best value
RovyVon
RovyVon Aurora A5x
The size of a house key, brighter than your phone, thirty-nine dollars.
$39Under $50
Best value
Soundcore
Soundcore Space One Pro
Two hundred dollars cheaper and nobody on the train can tell.
$199$150–$400
Best value
Victorinox
Victorinox Fibrox 8" Chef Knife
Forty-five dollars. Used in more professional kitchens than anything else here.
$45Under $50
6 picks
Money is no object
Better in a specific way, at a price we are contractually obliged to raise an eyebrow at.
Money is no object
Beyerdynamic
Beyerdynamic Aventho 300
For the person who cares more about music than about airports.
$599$400–$1,000
Money is no object
Breville
Breville Smart Oven Air Fryer Pro
Not an air fryer. A small oven that also air fries, which is what most people actually wanted.
$449$400–$1,000
Money is no object
Herman Miller
Herman Miller Aeron
Still the reference, and still overpriced new. Buy it refurbished and feel clever.
$1,795$1,000+
Money is no object
LG
LG UltraGear 27GX790A
OLED contrast, 480Hz, and a burn-in warranty you will hopefully never use.
$999$1,000+
Money is no object
Roborock
Roborock S9 MaxV Ultra
Does everything, costs like a used car, and you will still sweep the corners.
$1,599$1,000+
Money is no object
Sony
Sony Bravia 9 75"
The best picture processing in the business, attached to the worst price in the comparison.
$3,498$1,000+
6 picks
Specialist pick
Beats the winner at exactly one thing. If that thing is your thing, buy it.
Best-looking
Best pure noise cancelling
Bose
Bose QuietComfort Ultra (2nd gen)
Quieter than the Sony in raw cancellation, and less pleasant to listen to for four hours.
$449$400–$1,000
Best for sensitive skin
Best quiet one
Best for bright rooms
Samsung
Samsung S90F 77" QD-OLED
Brighter and punchier than the LG, and more annoying to live with.
$2,397$1,000+
Best Windows laptop
Lenovo
ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 14
The one to buy if your job runs on Windows and your hands have opinions.
$1,649$1,000+
1 pick
Best weird thing
Cheap, strange, and disproportionately good. The soul of this publication.
Best weird thing
Frogg Toggs
Frogg Toggs Ultra-Lite2
Twenty-five dollars, weighs nothing, looks like a bin bag, keeps you completely dry.
$25Under $50