A good budget smartphone in is no longer a placeholder you tolerate until something better comes along. The tier has compressed so much that a phone at the cheap end of the shelf now gives you an OLED panel, 5G, a multi-day battery and a camera that handles daylight well, and the gap to a … Read more
The best Android phones in are not all the same shape of phone, and that is the point. A buyer who wants the sharpest camera system, a buyer who wants two full days on one charge, and a buyer working to a fixed budget are all shopping from the same shelf, but only one of … Read more
The best STEM robot kits turn a box of parts into a working machine a child can program, debug and rebuild. The Sillbird 12-in-1 Solar Robot Kit leads our list for sheer build variety, the Klutz LEGO Gear Bots win on mechanical depth, and the Makeblock mBot is the clearest route from block-based coding into … Read more
Last updated for . There is a specific kind of LEGO problem that almost every parent recognizes. The pile outgrows the coffee table, the pieces go into a heap, and a brand new set gets built once and then quietly dismantled into spare parts for something else. The best LEGO sets for kids are not … Read more
The best LEGO Star Wars sets in fall into three very different families, and the one you actually want depends on what you will do with it. Our top pick, the Luke Skywalker’s X-Wing Fighter 75301, pairs 474 pieces of faithful movie detail with an opening cockpit, retractable gear and switchable attack-mode wings, and it … Read more
LEGO Technic is the one theme where the build is the point. Every set in the range is designed around a mechanism that has to work once it is finished: a differential that lets the inside wheel turn slower through a corner, a V8 with moving pistons, a crank that drives three separate orbits at … Read more
The best baby bouncers in give an infant a safe, semi-upright spot to play while you free your hands for a few minutes. After living with ten of them side by side, the Ingenuity Keep Cozy 3-in-1 is the one we kept reaching for, because it bounces, rocks and then becomes a chair your toddler … Read more
A bottle sterilizer and dryer does two jobs that pull in opposite directions. It pushes hot steam through everything you load to kill germs, then pushes filtered hot air through the same load so nothing comes out sitting wet. Get the drying half wrong and you have traded a dirty bottle for a damp one, … Read more
The best overall automatic baby formula maker is the Baby Brezza Formula Pro Advanced. It dispenses 2 to 10 ounces in 1 ounce steps, blends powder and water without clumps, and offers three temperature settings, which is why it takes the top slot in our lineup. If your budget runs the other way, the Dr. … Read more
Short answer: the best retractable baby gates are the hardware-mounted, mesh-on-a-spring models that roll completely out of the doorway when you walk through, and there is a specific pick for almost every opening. A pressure-mounted gate is never safe at the top of a staircase, no matter how good the reviews look. We have been … Read more