19 Gifts for People Who Have Everything

We all have that one person in our life who’s nearly impossible to shop for: They own everything they could possibly need or want, they don’t like tangible gifts, or they’re hopelessly picky (that’s the worst!). Shopping for them can be a daunting task, but we’re here to make things a little easier. We’ve gathered our best recommendations—including consumable treats, gift cards and subscriptions, and small luxuries they may not splurge on themselves—that will surprise and delight even the hardest-to-please recipient.

How to Use Copycat Black Friday Deals to Your Advantage

The Wirecutter Deals team scans the virtual aisles of the internet, searching for great discounts on Wirecutter-recommended products so you don’t have to. In our Deals blog posts (like this one), we highlight the discounts that we think Wirecutter readers will love. For more deals information, check out our Deals page, follow us on Twitter @WirecutterDeals, and subscribe to our daily deals newsletter.

The 15 Best Gifts for Dogs (and the People Who Love Them)

Dogs can’t just hand over a list of the latest gizmos and gadgets they want Santa Paws to bring them during the holidays. That puts added pressure on us, their human friends, to pick out the best toy or treat for our favorite pooches. Whether you’re looking for a luxe puppy bed, a fun chew toy, or something more unusual for the canine who has everything, we’ve gathered the best Wirecutter-tested and staff-recommended gifts for dogs (and the people who love them!).

The 10 Most Popular Stories on Wirecutter

Superfans of Wirecutter know that every month, we publish a list of the top-selling products recommended on our site. Look through enough of them, and you get a glimpse not just of what readers are buying, but how those habits change (readers loved towels last year, but quarantine calls for resistance bands).

The Best Heating Pad

Relieving aches, soothing cramps, warming kittens: These are just a few of the many reported uses for a heating pad. We tested seven plug-in heating pads and found that Pure Enrichment’s PureRelief XL King Size Heating Pad is the best for those who want rapid, reliable heat. It warms up quickly and has twice as many heat settings as other pads, its backlit controller is easier to grasp and operate, and testers preferred the overall experience of using this pad to that of all others we tested.

The Best Handheld Vacuum

Handheld vacuums can go where bigger vacuums can’t. They make it easy to ferret out crumbs from between couch cushions, or dirt from under car seats. We’ve looked at 149 different hand vacuums over more than 100 hours of research and testing since 2013, and we think the Black+Decker 20V Max Lithium Pivot BDH2000PL is the best hand vacuum for most people.

Wirecutter’s 5 Most Popular Picks in October 2020

As the US has suffered in recent months through a viral pandemic and a spate of raging wildfires, air quality has been top of mind for Wirecutter readers: In August and September, air purifiers topped our list of the most-purchased products. That trend continued to hold in October, as two of our air purifier picks landed in the top five. Humidifiers vaulted to the top of the list in the past month, with electric toothbrushes and our nonstick pan pick rounding out the top five.