Wirecutter is now officially behind the New York Times paywall

[TarpitCarnivore]

The thing that makes Consumer Reports leagues better than anyone else, including Wirecutter, is the fact that they purchase all their items they subjected to testing. They're purchased with subscriber revenue. They don't take "gifted" or "donated" stuff for their reviews. It's as close to a true independent unbiased point of view you'll get.

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This is how Wirecutter started, and I think still is unless it changed.

Wirecutter at one point was far superior in some product areas to Consumer Reports, but since they got sold to NYT it's been a slow gradual change. Their lists barely update anymore and when they do many of the recommendations feel more in line with "here's a cheaper item you can find anywhere" than "buy it for life".

 

[BLEEN]

The 14 cup Cuisinart?

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The "3.5" cup Kitchen Aid which goes for $60 but they recommended refurb (or was it open-box?) unit from eBay for $20 shipped which is a steal.

Thing leaks like mad from the top with really any amount of liquid. How hard is it to put a seal or gasket? I gave it away lol Its blade is also pretty weak, imo.

Surprisingly my Magic Bullet/Nutri Bullet has been the best all-arounder. So I'll likely just get that one again. I ended up wearing out the blade on it after a year of extremely heavy use with mainly smoothies. Helped make countless mean tomato sauces, too!

But it was solid other than that.

 

[Faceless_Caesar]

The 14 cup Cuisinart?

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That's the one that I bought and It's built like a god damned tank. Makes really great pizza dough.

 

[RatskyWatsky]

The "3.5" cup Kitchen Aid which goes for $60 but they recommended refurb unit from eBay for $20 shipped which is a steal.

Thing leaks like mad from the top with really any amount of liquid. How hard is it to put a seal or gasket? I gave it away lol

Surprisingly my Magic Bullet/Nutri Bullet has been the best all-arounder. So I'll likely just get that one again. I ended up wearing out the blade on it after a year of extremely heavy use with mainly smoothies. Helped make countless mean tomato sauce, too!

But it was solid other than that.

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Ah that one. For small food processors, I've heard good things about Ninja and Cuisinart, but not so good things about KitchenAid unfortunately. Too bad too, because they have a lot of fun colors that other brands don't bother with.

That's the one that I bought and It's built like a god damned tank. Makes really great pizza dough.

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It's the one I want but it's so $$$ :x

 

[Faceless_Caesar]

When smoke started pouring out of my last food processor I figured by "Harbor Freight tool" rules I figure I should probably splurge on a new one.

 

[BLEEN]

Ah that one. For small food processors, I've heard good things about Ninja and Cuisinart, but not so good things about KitchenAid unfortunately. Too bad too, because they have a lot of fun colors that other brands don't bother with.



It's the one I want but it's so $$$ :x

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I have a Ninja blender and it's amazing. Even found it in the trash lol just kinda unwieldy for most of my purposes which is usually cooking for 2.

 

[RatskyWatsky]

I have a Ninja blender and it's amazing. Even found it in the trash lol just kinda unwieldy for most of my purposes which is usually cooking for 2.

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I'm fortunate enough to have a (refurbished) Vitamix blender and I'm pretty happy with it (even though it's one of their lower tier models and doesn't do everything their top of the line model can do).

 

[PumpkinPieAddict]

Their content is incredible. Sad to see it go behind a paywall.

 

[Nida]

Consumer Reports can be accessed through your local library. Everybody should get a library card as it's quite handy.

 

[mbpm]

Just use the google search of "top 10 (product) of (current year)" to make all purchases.