Consumer Reports takes a look at cell phone based GPSGPS was a huge gift this year for the holidays.' CR noticed GPS via cell phone is starting to become a bigger player and decided to dig into if the hype lives up.' Cell phone GPS allow you to eliminate a standalone device and turn your phone into an accurate, voice-enabled navigation device.' CR uncovered several pros and cons and as an avid GPS
A little birdie in the wind told me that Consumer Reports is working on an article that involves debt settlement services. This person said they got the impression that the article was going to not be supportive of debt settlement companies, and in many ways, that’s a shame.
Settling your debts for less that you owe [...]
According to the new car owner quality survey, issued by Consumer Reports, Korean vehicles (Hyundai and Kia) now rank right up there with the Japanese automakers! And results of their 2008 car reliability survey reveal that Japanese and Korean brands are the one that build the most reliable cars.
Last week, Consumer Reports posted it’s annual [...]
Consumer Reports List of Used Cars To Buy This is the Consumer Reports Used Car Guide. In this article I am going to reveal the used cars that are GOOD BUYS. These reliable models have consistently performed well and above average in the COnsumer Reports road test over the past several years. These cars have many years of better-than-average Used Car Verdicts, with fewer problems than most models
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Rechargeable hand held vacuum cleaners can be very handy. From cleaning out your car, to vacuuming hard to reach places, to quick pick-ups in the kitchen, cordless hand vacuum cleaners are extremely useful. One of the most popular hand vac’s has been Dirt Devil’s Kone, and Kurv models. Half piece of art, and [...]
In the redesigned October issue of Consumer Reports (www.ConsumerReports.org), there is a report about the American's best and worst credit cards. This result is based on a complete study of hundreds of credit cards and actually only a small portion of them is named. In this report, consumer experts indicates 12 credit cards that are worthy of consumers' consideration and 3 to stay away from.
In the August issue of Consumer Reports that went on sale July 1, 2008 CR rated the Subaru Forester “Excellent” among small SUV’s. This “Excellent” rating is better than the previous winner the Toyota RAV4. The Forester was rated along with 6 other small SUV’s which include; Subaru Forester 2.5x, the Mitsubishi Outlander [...]
Here is a recent article from Consumer Reports, that mentions APWagner.
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The quality of a company’s repair service and warranty were top criteria for retailers for fewer than 10 percent of respondents. But many scorned customers don’t hesitate to post their fury on the Internet. Adding to the challenge of competent problem [...]
Consumer reports has posted the results of a poll in which that ask a variety of questions. Namely
what in your kitchen? and then the one that got my attention, was the one where small appliances were
named as the chief culprit of cluttered kitchens.
The article covers everything from Dinner, Cooking & Cleanup, Entertainment, Appliance and Green
Kitchens
Its [...]
As gasoline prices top $4 a gallon, Consumer Reports hits the newsstands in July with a cover story on gas-saving cars. The cover auto is a redesigned Toyota Corolla that got 32 miles per gallon in the magazine’s tests. The magazine rates 31 new small sedans and 21 top used cars with the best mpg.
Consumer Reports’ survey includes Hyundai, Toyota, Ford, Chevrolet and Subaru.
And who topped the
Consumer Reports isn't known for completely trashing cars in its reviews. In fact, the publication is more often criticized for going too easy on them and finding something to like in everything that passes through the CR garage. But dang if they didn't just tear apart the 2008 Chevy Aveo sedan, going so far as to say its big-bro Cobalt is an all-around better car and better deal for bargain shop
More fuel-efficient cars aren’t necessarily cheaper to own. With four-dollar-a-gallon gas now a reality and many considering a move to more fuel-efficient vehicles, the auto experts at Consumer Reports have developed a new figure for consumers to compare a vehicle’s cost effectiveness.
The July issue of Consumer Reports magazine features a list of vehicles with the best price per mpg,
One more reason why we should be angry with Hyundai India.They are keeping away from us the car which even beat rivals like Honda Civic and the Toyota Corolla in the latest ranking by Consumer Reports,USA for the best car in the USA in its segment.Hyundai have been gaining steadily on the Japanese rivals and there is not much to choose between the two now[an i10 owner could vouch for that].They ha
The Detroit News reports, “Consumer Reports said it awarded the Volkswagen Eos the top score in its test of seven convertibles.” VW’s little convertible “narrowly beat out the BMW 328i, with both earning ‘very good’ scores. The Saab 9-3 and the Volvo C70 also scored within the ‘very good’ range.” Consumer Reports itself comments, “Folding hard tops are the latest trend in convertibles.” Five of the seven cars tested featured hard tops. “But noise and weather isolation have more to do with individual vehicle design than whether the top is hard or soft, we found in our tests. The folding hard tops of the Pontiac and Chrysler, for example, tended to sq
Celebrations, happiness and enjoyments play an important role in our life. It makes us remember those moments for ever. But many would like to share those things when they meet their relatives or friends. Such moments can be captured and shared with the help of digital camcorder, miniDV etc. But where you can you get these camcorders at low price. The answer is expotv. Expotv.com has been serving people from many years. Here people can read the reviews of different types of digital camcorder and many other electronics. Camcorder reviews and the product rating help people know which is the best in market. Besides selling digital camcorders expotv.com also sells many other things which you can check by visiting their website. They sell different types of camcorders like JVC camcorders, So
Consumer Reports, everyone's favorite independent rating organization, came out with their annual "American Top Picks" list. The criteria to be on the list includes them having reliability data for the car, stability control must be available and the crash tests...
The best cars you can buy in the United States are made by Honda, according to Consumer Reports. The is the second year in a row the Japanese automaker has been given the distinction.Honda (HMA) cars and trucks scored an overage of 78 out of a possible 100 points in Consumer Reports' various tests. Toyota (TM) came in second with 75 points followed by BMW, Mazda, Nissan and Volkswagen. (After rounding, Nissan and Volkswagen tied with 71 points.)"Honda earned the top score because it builds cars that are well-rounded, have excellent reliability and perform very well," the magazine, published by the not-for-profit Consumers Union, said in an announcement.
Toyota quality is slipping, and Consumer Reports says it’s due in large part to the new Tundra. Evidently, Consumer Reports has found that the new Tundra, specifically the V8 4×4 model, has “below average” reliability. Even more astounding, the new Camry V6 model was also found to have “below average” reliability. Because of the poor showing of these two new models, Consumer Reports has decided that they will no longer automatically recommend new Toyota models as they have in the past. Instead, Consumer Reports says that they will now wait for a full year of survey data before making a recommendation.
Before anyone decides to return their new Tundras, we’d like to clear the air.
1. Consumer Reports shouldn’t automatically recommend any model. Ever.
While it’s great that Consumer Reports had enough confidence in the Toyota design team to automatically recommend everything Toyota made, isn’t the idea of an “automatic recom
Consumer Reports magazine is taking renewed aim at a popular air purifier made by The Sharper Image two months after it fended off a libel lawsuit filed by the machine’s retailer.The magazine reports in its latest issue hitting newsstands Tuesday that Sharper Image’s Ionic Breeze Quadra Silent Air Purifier and four other similar machines fail to significantly clean the air — but also release potentially unhealthy levels of ozone. Read More...Need accurate, verified and unbiased info on this and other topics? Visit e-SmartLiving.
Consumer Reports magazine is taking renewed aim at a popular air purifier made by The Sharper Image two months after it fended off a libel lawsuit filed by the machine’s retailer.The magazine reports in its latest issue hitting newsstands Tuesday that Sharper Image’s Ionic Breeze Quadra Silent Air Purifier and four other similar machines fail to significantly clean the air — but also release potentially unhealthy levels of ozone. Read More...Need accurate, verified and unbiased info on this and other topics? Visit e-SmartLiving.
Nos dice Consumer Reports que los virus, spyware y otros malware le están costando al ciudadano estadounidense promedio cerca de $7 billones en los pasados dos años. A esto se suma que el 25% de los usuarios de computadora en la nación probablemente será víctima de algún “cibercrimen” este año. Estos son los resultados de su encuesta “State of the Net“, que contó con una muestra de 2000 encuestados. Esta encuesta ha vuelto a poner de relieve la falta de conocimiento básico de computación entre los consumidores. Para muestra, basta un botón: Se estima que 3.7 millones de usuarios de banda ancha no utilizan un “firewall”. Otros resultados:
El spam parece haber disminuído
38% de los encuestados reporta haberse infectado con un virus en los pasados dos años
20% reporta haber tenido problemas a causa de los virus
9% reporta problemas relacionados a spyware
1 de cada 81 consumidores ha sido afectado por el “phishing&rdquo
On the june 2007 issue of consumer reports, the “money lab” evaluated 19 major online brokers that are accessible to investors using a standard webbrowser.
consumer reports gives each an overall score, and categorizes things such as trading, minimun trade fee, mutual funds, NTF funds, banking and asset management, research and education, and customer support. [...]
Consumer Reports (http://www.consumerreports.org) has done a water filter comparison report for the May 2007 issue. eSpring (http://www.espring.com) rated as excellent , scoring 5th highest out of 27 filters tested with a score of 87 out of 100, and rating excellent in lead removal ,...
While Consumer Reports' overall Top Picks for 2007 were a Japan-only affair, for the second year in a row, the magazine has compiled a "Top Picks - American Style" list on its Car Blog, in which only US nameplates are featured. The rationale behind this is to help shoppers who are set on buying a vehicle from an American marque only.[Source: Autoblog]Continued- Article, full list of winnersThe rules are pretty simple: a car can't make the list unless it's a recommended vehicle in the April auto issue. With that said, here are CR's selections:Top Picks - American StyleFun to drive: Cadillac CTS-VSmall sedan: Ford Focus ZX4 SESFamily sedan: Ford Fusion/Mercury MilanUpscale sedan: Lincoln MXZLuxury sedan: Cadillac DTSSmall SUV: Pontiac TorrentMidsized SUV: Ford FreestyleMinivan: (None apply)Budget car: Ford Focus ZX3Green car: (None apply)CR notes that the Torrent beats the better Ford Escape because the Pontiac is equipped with stability control, and the Escape, which is not, got up
The April 2007 online edition of Consumer Reports lists Corvette at the top of the list of "Most Satisfying" among Sports Cars and Sporty Cars in reliability.Honda S2000 took second, followed in order by Mazda MX-5 Miata, Mini Cooper S, Porsche 911, Mini Cooper Convertible, Mustang V8, Porsche Boxster, Mini Cooper Hatchback, Pontiac Solstice, Subaru Impreza WRX STi. Last place was reserved for Lexus SC430!In addition, Corvette took second place over all categories of vehicle![ Consumer Reports ]
Every year Consumer Reports makes it “Top Picks” in a number of practical and interesting categories. Each of the top picks are vehicles that have met Consumer Reports’ most stringent requirements in three main areas:
Testing. Consumer Reports has tested more than 250 vehicles and each of the top picks scored at or near the top in its category.
Reliability. Each top pick has a historical track record of scoring average or better in reliability. Reliability data are based on more than 1.3 million responses to the Annual CR Car Reliability Survey.
Safety. Each top pick has performed adequately in overall crash protection as tested by the government or insurance industry. (Refer to our posts on the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety’s “Safest Cars” report here and here.
(NOTE: the vehicle links below take you to detailed vehicle reviews on AutoFigures.com, not directly to Consumer Reports. There is a link to the Consumer Reports article at t
The boys over at ToMoCo NA are not insensitive to the fact that their critics have seized on Consumer Reports' recent reliability downgrade as [alleged] evidence that they've lost their mechanical mojo. So Toyota's released a statement on the PR debacle that assures quality-minded pundits and punters that "we're taking measures every day to continue to sharpen quality and enhance customer satisfaction." Not exactly a major mea culpa, now is it? In fact, the missive is something of an FU to the company's critics, devoting the majority of its editorial space to reminding nay-sayers who's boss around here. "Toyota, Lexus and Scion models collectively led the industry with the greatest number of models, 17, ranked "Most Reliable" in this year's Consumer Reports Reliability Survey. With dozens of models from three dozen makes vying for a spot on the magazine's "Most Reliable" list, only 39 were chosen. Toyota, Lexus and Scion mode
Observers of Consumer Reports' "security through obscurity" 100-point grading system got a peek under the kimono with the arrival of the July 2008 issue. The Hyundai Elantra SE got a class-leading 82 rating, up from the Elantra GLS's 70. How so, without a full model changeover, one asks? Simple, says CR: well-tuned ESC and wider tires = better handling & braking. The re-do r
