I have tested more mud flap kits than I can count over the past few seasons. After three winters of driving chip-sealed mountain roads, two summers of towing a travel trailer, and one memorable off-road weekend in Colorado that ate half my paint job, I learned a hard truth. The best mud flaps are not … Read more
Looking for the best soft roll up tonneau covers for your truck in ? I have spent the last three months mounting, rolling, and stress-testing ten different vinyl roll-up bed covers on a Ford F-150, a Chevy Silverado 1500, a Ram 1500 Classic, and a Super Duty F-250. My goal was simple: find the soft … Read more
Choosing the best trolling motor for your boat comes down to matching thrust, voltage, and shaft length to how you actually fish. After spending weeks on the water with ten of the most popular 12V motors on the market, our team pulled together this roundup to save you the guesswork. A trolling motor is the … Read more
Last summer, I watched my buddy’s handheld phone GPS bounce him 80 feet across a chart while we were running a center console through a fog bank off Cape May. By the time his screen caught up, we’d already drifted past the marker buoy. That weekend, I went home and started testing dedicated marine GPS … Read more
Every weekend I watch the same thing happen at the ramp: an angler with a four-figure setup drifts across a flat that nobody else is fishing, drops a jig, and pulls a limit in two hours. The difference is almost always the electronics. After spending six weeks with twelve different best fish finders on a … Read more
I’ve spent the last three months swapping projectors in my home theater to settle the 3-chip vs single-chip DLP projector debate once and for all. A 3-chip DLP projector uses three separate DMD chips, one each for red, green, and blue, to produce images simultaneously, while a single-chip DLP uses one chip with a rapidly … Read more
I have spent the last three months watching A24 restorations, Criterion Channel deep cuts, and Mubi exclusives on eight different budget 4K TVs to find the best budget 4K TV for watching indie films. Indie cinema lives in the details of its color grading, the warmth of tungsten lighting, and the deep blacks that frame … Read more
If you are building or upgrading a home theater in , the AV receiver is the single most important component you will buy. Every speaker wire, every HDMI cable, and every streaming box funnels through this one box, and the wrong pick will bottleneck your entire system. I have spent the last three months testing … Read more
I’ve spent the last three months testing projectors in my own living room and a basement conversion, and I can tell you this: the best projectors for home theater are the ones that match your room, not the ones with the loudest spec sheets. After watching dozens of films, gaming on five different consoles, and … Read more
I’ve been testing TV mounts for over six years now, mounting everything from compact 32-inch bedroom sets to 90-inch living room centerpieces. When friends ask me to help pick the best TV mounts for their home, the same questions come up: how much weight is too much, do they really need full-motion, and which brands … Read more