A photo printer is the final step of your digital darkroom, capable of transforming your image from an idea into a tangible, gallery-worthy art piece that can last a lifetime. For photography enthusiasts who are looking to create professional-quality prints at home, we recommend the Epson SureColor P700. This inkjet printer consistently delivers great results using long-lasting pigment inks. The P700 can print on all types of media up to 13 inches wide, and it was the fastest printer we tested.
A lot has changed since the first Amazon Prime Day was held in 2015. The event has gone from being a relatively small, one-day sale for Prime members to a deal holiday spanning a few days, offering thousands of items on sale—not only from Amazon but also from a variety of retailers trying to nab a piece of the action. In 2020, in response to the pandemic, Amazon pushed Prime Day from its traditional July date to October. This year, Amazon has moved the date again, and we now anticipate a June event. The Wirecutter Deals team has been covering Prime Day since its inception, and we’ve learned a thing or two during that time. These are our tips to help you get the most out of this year’s Prime Day.
Unless you’re an entomologist, you’re probably not excited about having bugs in your house. Whether they’re spiders, flies, roaches, or centipedes, your first instinct is likely to get rid of them immediately. To find the best bug-killing gear available, we turned to experienced exterminators and entomologists, and we interviewed a Caltech aeronautics professor who has spent more than 15 years studying the evasive flight behaviors of houseflies. For two years, we’ve tested flyswatters, bug vacuums, and an assortment of bug traps to make our recommendations.
Fewer people need a universal remote control these days, which explains why the category is dying and great options are hard to find. But if your home-entertainment system is more complex than the basic media player–TV–soundbar combo, and you’re looking for one remote to control all your gear, the SofaBaton U1 Universal Remote Control is the best option we’ve found. It has some notable flaws, but this model can control a wider variety of home-entertainment devices, and it has a better physical design than its competitors.
Picture this: As you wait in line to check out at a drugstore, the person in front of you pulls out a huge stack of coupons from their wallet. The cashier scans each one into the system, and you watch the total decrease with each beep. The customer pays $5 for $50 worth of stuff. The next day, at a different drugstore, you watch another customer redeem the bajillion points they have on their rewards card to pay only $10 out of pocket for a drugstore haul that ordinarily would have cost five times as much.
A smart thermostat does the thinking you don’t want to do. It can learn your schedule, turn itself down when nobody is home, and balance temperatures around your home to make you comfier while using less energy (talk about win-win). Our extensive testing shows that the Google Nest Learning Thermostat is the best smart thermostat because it manages your home with the least amount of input, it’s simple to use, and it has the best design of all the thermostats we’ve tested.
It’s an ugly truth of using modern computers: The rush toward thinner and lighter designs has meant sacrificing the number and types of ports on everything from MacBooks to all-in-one desktops. If you want to plug in anything with a connection other than a USB-C cable, the most efficient option is a USB-C hub, which provides multiple types of ports in a relatively compact package. Our favorite hub is Vava’s 8-in-1 USB-C Hub (VA-UC020). In addition to having all the right ports, it’s one of the very few hubs with an HDMI port that supports a proper 60 Hz refresh rate on 4K monitors so that animations and movements on screen are nice and smooth—almost every other hub maxes out at 30 Hz, which results in a frustratingly laggy experience.
