What a uniquely modern pleasure it is to keep a whole pizza on hand, ready to be brought to life at a moment’s notice.But frozen pizza can be pretty polarizing. For some, it’s a welcome blast from the past, catapulting you back to childhood or college days when it was the easiest thing to cook for yourself. For others, it’s a pale imitation...

Ask Wirecutter, an advice column written by Annemarie Conte, explores the best approaches to buying, using, and maintaining stuff.Dear Wirecutter,I’m moving into a house with a modern HVAC system, and my husband claims that means we’ll no longer need my beloved Coway Mighty air purifier. Is this true? How do I know when I need to use an...

We’re not sure what’s worse: seeing an actual mouse in your home, or just finding their poop in your cupboards. Either way, if there’s a mouse in your walls, you want to get rid of it asap. After more than 25 hours of research and interviews with industry experts, and a combined 15 hours of baiting, setting, and detonating mousetraps,...

Respirator masks can protect adults from wildfire smoke, air pollution, and the dust and fumes of some home-renovation projects. After 50 hours of research and testing, we’re confident that the comfortable, durable, widely available 3M 8511 and 3M 8210 disposable N95 respirators are the ones to get.Dismiss

Spring traditionally offers a chance to refresh your space to go along with some hopefully better weather—which is a nice way of saying that you’re supposed to clean up a winter’s worth of clutter. The problem is that spring cleaning requires a lot of work and time and patience. (Did we mention time?) Now, April is gone and spring is almost...

If you love cold drinks, a countertop ice maker might make your day. These machines tend to be more alike than different. But whether you want to chill a tumbler of lemonade, fill a cocktail shaker, or ice enough drinks for a party, the straight-forward Magic Chef MCIM22/HNIM27 and the compact Igloo IGLICEBSC26 do the job well.If you prefer...