High-efficiency top-loading washers usually offer several advantages over front-loaders, including faster wash time. But not the Frigidaire Affinity HE top-loaders Consumer Reports just tested. They took almost two hours. That's twice as ...
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If one your goals for 2013 is to expand your wine collection—maybe with a case of Shafer Vineyards' coveted Relentless Napa Valley 2008—then you may also want to invest in a new wine chiller. Uniform temperature is key to ...
In Consumer Reports' latest blender Ratings, featuring a dozen new models and a slightly revised scoring system, a $60 blender and one costing $450 are tied for first place, ahead of eleven other recommended models. We also reveal a number ...
Typically, double-oven ranges feature one large oven and one smaller chamber. But the new Frigidaire Symmetry Double Oven ranges have, as the name implies, two same-sized ovens. Consumer Reports tested two of the 30-inch electric smoothtop ...
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With manufacturers touting double-oven ranges for their flexibility, Consumer Reports has been testing more electric smoothtop and gas ranges with two ovens. Of the 21 models in our labs, five performed so well that we recommend them. But ...
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Anyone shopping for a dishwasher these days knows they typically don't come cheap. The 90 tested models in our Ratings sell at an average price of more than $950. True, some brands aim for value rather than dazzling performance, and a few ...
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This week, Home Depot and Lowe's both announced new additions to to their major appliance lineups. Home Depot, the nation's largest home improvement chain, will begin selling appliances from Samsung on Sunday. Number two Lowe's will start ...
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What if a front-loader is great at getting your laundry clean and its capacity is large enough that a comforter fits comfortably--would you buy it? This front-loader costs less than most, is stingy with water, and extracts a lot of it so ...
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Lubrication management systems from Industrial Innovations have been implemented by Electrolux on its stamping presses at its new North American Cooking Products manufacturing center opening in Memphis, TN. Industrial Innovations, ...
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SAINT JOHN, New Brunswick -- Regional powerhouse Lounsbury Furniture has opened its first ever store here, the fifth in the chain and the first it has opened in many years. Nancy Bartlett, left, manager of Lounsbury Furniture's new ...
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