Ron Kirk

FaceTime set the standard for video calling on iPhones, but it has one big limitation: it only works between Apple devices. If you have friends or family on Android, or you just want more features than FaceTime offers, you need a solid alternative. The good news is that several free apps deliver video call quality … Read more

I spent the last 60 days living with 10 different refrigerators in my garage test kitchen, and I’ll be honest, I went in skeptical about whether a through-the-door water and ice dispenser was worth the extra cost. After filling more water glasses and crunching more ice cubes than I care to admit, I came away … Read more

I tested 12 routers across 30 days, pushing 4K Netflix, 8K YouTube, Twitch streams, and three simultaneous Netflix queues to find the best routers for streaming in . The winners below deliver buffer-free playback, support multiple devices at once, and use smart QoS to prioritize video traffic when your household is online. A streaming router … Read more

Finding the best printers for Chromebook used to be a real headache. Back when Google Cloud Print was the only path, you were stuck with whatever Google decided to whitelist. That service shut down in 2020, and I remember the panic on Reddit and the Chromebook support forums – teachers especially were scrambling for replacements. … Read more

I have been building and testing compact gaming rigs for over a decade, and the best small gaming PCs available in are more powerful than ever. The days of trading frame rates for desk space are long gone. After spending 45 days benchmarking ten compact desktops in my home office, running Cyberpunk 2077, Fortnite, Baldur’s … Read more

If you run more than two heavy apps at once, you already know the pain of a slow CPU. Browser tabs crawl, OBS drops frames, and your video render stutters whenever Discord pings. I spent six weeks testing 10 of the strongest multitasking processors on the market, and the difference between a budget chip and … Read more

Finding the right cheap graphics card for gaming used to mean settling for slideshow frame rates and muddy textures. That is no longer the case. Our team spent over three months testing 12 budget GPUs across dozens of games, benchmarks, and real-world scenarios to find which ones actually deliver playable performance without draining your wallet. … Read more

I spent the last six weeks testing RTX 5060 Ti cards across three different systems, running Cyberpunk 2077, Alan Wake 2, and Blender renders until my office sounded like a wind tunnel. The short version: the 5060 Ti hits a genuine sweet spot for 1440p gaming, and the 16GB models are the ones to buy … Read more

Finding a reliable fitness tracker that does not drain your wallet used to mean settling for inaccurate step counters with terrible battery life. That is no longer the case. Our team spent weeks comparing 12 of the most popular budget fitness trackers on the market to see which ones actually deliver accurate health data, comfortable … Read more

I’ve been testing Samsung Galaxy Watches for over a decade, and the lineup is the most competitive yet. Our team spent 90 days rotating between 10 different Samsung watches, logging 1,200+ miles of tracked workouts, sleeping with each model for at least a week, and pushing them through everything from triathlon training to daily office … Read more