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Compare Top 13 Carry-On Suitcases Honorable Mentions We try a lot of bags! Here are others that just did not earn a place in our top picks. Photograph: Martin Cizmar Carl Friedrik Carry-On for $645: This British brand positions itself as a quiet luxury bag. It has a distinctive appearance, with leather accents and typical high-end features like smoothly rolling …

Compare Top 9 Leggings Honorable Mentions Courtesy of Sculpt+Legging Forme Sculpt+Legging for $118: Forme’s Sculpt+Leggings are designed with a multi-panel waistband and layers of tensile fabric that are meant to tug your hips, spine, and core into better alignment. The company claims this design helps activate muscle memory and improve proprioception, with endorsements from physicians for lower back pain, hip …

Top 6 College Laptops Compared Other Laptops to Consider for College iPad Air Photograph: Brenda Stolyar Apple iPad Air for $598: iPads are solid laptop replacements, especially with iPadOS 26. Apple brought real windowing to the iPad, giving it a much more Mac-like feel. These tablets are already great at things like taking notes or reading textbooks, and now, they …

Under the hood, the system features appropriately high-end specs, including an Intel Core Ultra 9 288V CPU, 32 GB of RAM, a 1-terabyte solid state drive for storage, not to mention graphics courtesy of a mobile Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070 GPU. This is one of the most decked-out laptops I’ve tested to date, and performance was solid, though surprisingly and …

These soft and stretchy unders are made from capilene, an insulating fabric spun from 100 percent recycled polyester. The synthetic threads perform about on par with wool. Capilene is also just about as comfortable, all while being light and quick-drying. Patagonia sells the base layers in two thicknesses: midweight and a heavier thermal weight. They come in men’s and women’s …

Back in the day, Verizon proved their expansive reach with the spokesperson who asked “Can you hear me now?” With the spokesman pulling a Benedict Arnold and moving to T-Mobile, Verizon is now called the “Network America Relies On,” proven by their 4G LTE network covering 99% of the U.S. population, and 5G network expanding daily (though hovering around 13% …

Sometimes, eating makes me feel like Sisyphus. Every day, I must toil up the mountain and the rock to figure out what the heck I want to eat for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. I tested Factor meals (6/10, WIRED Review) earlier this year, and they’re a solid option if you’re the type of person that doesn’t want to fuss over …

After living in big cities like San Francisco and New York, when I set foot in Wally World in the Midwest, I heard angels sing. Rows and rows of fluorescent lights highlighted any and every product needed for your house in one place. Screw the mom-and-pop bodega—I missed this level of convenience. If by chance they don’t have what you …

Out of the dozens of services I’ve tested, Home Chef is my favorite meal kit service for beginner cooks. It’s super user-friendly thanks to the detailed instructions and simple, delicious recipes. If you’re experienced in the kitchen, you’ll still love the end results, but this service is especially great for cooks building their confidence. Every dish has a difficulty rating …

If you’re considering a virtual reality headset, Meta is the first place to stop. The Quest headsets have become the de facto choice for casual and even some enthusiast VR adventurers, thanks to their appealing price point, respectable performance, and wide digital catalogue of titles. While you can often find discounts on software, markdowns on the actual hardware are relatively …