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A set of high-end garage doors painted with the best paint for garage doors.
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The Best Paint for Garage Doors to Upgrade Your Home’s Look

By Tony Carrick

A selection of the best mutitools
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The Best Multi-Tools Tested and Reviewed in 2024

By Glenda Taylor

A person using a roller brush to apply the best water-based polyurethane for floors option
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The Best Water-Based Polyurethanes to Protect Floors Throughout Your Home

By Tom Scalisi

Best Ratcheting Wrench Set Options
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The Best Ratcheting Wrench Sets for the Garage

By Bob Beacham

Close up of a screwdriver drill bit set
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The Best Screwdriver Bit Sets for Your Cordless Drill

By Mike Bruton

Dremel 4300 rotary tool on white counter with included accessories and black storage case
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The Dremel 4300: A Comprehensive Review of This High Performance Rotary Tool

By Glenda Taylor

A large lineup of Hart Tools together on a workbench before testing.
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Hart Tools: Is Walmart’s New Tool Line a Game Changer?

By Glenda Taylor

Best Step Stool Review
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Get a Leg Up: A Review of the HBTower Folding Step Stool

By Glenda Taylor

The Best Pocket-Hole Jig Options
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The Best Pocket-Hole Jigs for Woodworking

By Tony Carrick, Mark Wolfe

The best roof rake option in action pulling snow off a roof.
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The Best Roof Rakes to Keep Your Home Safe from Heavy Snow, Tested

By Glenda Taylor, Timothy Dale, Zach Lazzari

A person taking the cap off the Eclectic Products E6000 Craft Adhesive before testing the product.
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The Best Glues to Repair Your Most Treasured Ceramics, Tested

By Emily Blackwood, Debbie Wolfe

A selection of the best cordless ratchets
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The Best Cordless Ratchets for Your Projects

By Timothy Dale, Tom Scalisi

A person wearing chainsaw chaps and sawing a tree
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The Best Chainsaw Chaps to Wear While Operating Power Tools

By Tony Carrick

Snow Joe Telescoping Snow Broom & Ice Scraper Review right for you
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The $20 Car Tool Every Driver Needs This Winter

By Zach Lazzari

The Best Heated Vest Options
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Best Heated Vests To Beat the Cold, Tested

By Glenda Taylor, Bob Beacham, Amber Guetebier

The Best Log Splitter trailer in use splitting firewood with a large stack of split wood in the background.
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The Best Log Splitters for Cutting Firewood

By Glenda Taylor, Bob Beacham

A person using the best dovetail jig to begin cutting a dovetail joint on a light piece of wood.
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The Best Dovetail Jigs for Woodworking

By Tom Scalisi

A set of the best fireplace tools on a wood floor next to a built-in fire place.
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The Best Fireplace Tools to Keep Your Fireplace Clean—and Stylish

By Bob Beacham

A person wearing work gloves while spraying the best fire extinguisher.
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The Best Fire Extinguishers to Keep Your Home and Family Safe

By Tom Scalisi, Jasmine Harding

The Best Fire Escape Ladder hanging out of a window and extending several stories down.
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The Best Fire Escape Ladders to Keep Your Family Safe in an Emergency

By Tom Scalisi

A person wearing a mitten and using the best ice scraper to clear a snowy and icy windshield.
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The Best Ice Scrapers to Keep You on the Road This Winter

By Glenda Taylor, Kat Hodgins

The best hot plate option with one burner cooking two eggs in a pan and the other holding a stock pot.
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The Best Hot Plates for a Limited Space

By Alisa Martin

A collage of the Best Power Tool Set Options on white backgrounds.
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The Best Power Tool Sets for Your Needs and Budget, Tested

By Timothy Dale, Mark Wolfe

Best Tool Brand Options
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The 14 Best Tool Brands for DIYers and Pros

By Bob Beacham

The Best Candle Making Kit Options
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The Best Candle-Making Kits for Crafting at Home

By Glenda Taylor, Savannah Sher

A person using the best jointer to smooth and flatten the face and edge of a piece of stock lumber.
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The Best Jointers for DIYers and Pros

By Tony Carrick

The Best Power Tools and DIY Products Options
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The Best Power Tools & DIY Products Tested in 2023

By Michelle Larson

The best jigsaws next to each other on a shelf before undergoing extensive hands-on testing.
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The Best Jigsaws of 2024, Tested and Reviewed

By Tom Scalisi, Sal Vaglica

A group of the best winter work gloves on a picnic table before testing.
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The Best Winter Work Gloves, According to Testing

By Tom Scalisi

A person holding the included universal coupling attached to the Hromee ¼-Inch 25-Foot Polyurethane Recoil Air Hose.
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The Best Air Compressor Hoses for All Your Building and Repair Needs

By Tony Carrick

The Best Gifts for Woodworkers
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The 42 Best Gifts for Woodworkers, Editor Approved

By Tom Scalisi, Will Briskin

A group of the best sharpening stone options laid out together on a dark surface.
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Testing the Best Sharpening Stones for Knives and Tools

By Tony Carrick, Mark Wolfe

A person using shoe goo repair and protective coating to reattach a sole to a shoe.
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The Best Shoe Glues, Vetted

By Timothy Dale

A young girl painting a medium-size pumpkin black with a watercolor brush.
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How to Pick the Best Paint for Pumpkins This Fall

By Eleanor Chalstrom

The DeWalt mechanics tool set open on a workbench
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This Mechanics Tool Set Delivers the Quality You Expect From the DeWalt Name

By Tony Carrick

A close-up of the best oil for snow blower being added to a snow blower
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The Best Oils for Snow Blowers, Vetted

By Tony Carrick

A person using the best level option to mark a straight line to install a stair railing
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The Best Levels

By Tom Scalisi

The best oscillating tool blade option ready for use on a workbench
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The Best Oscillating Tool Blades, Vetted

By Tony Carrick

The Best Cement Mixer Options
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The Best Cement Mixers for Your Concrete Projects

By Tom Scalisi

A person using the best cordless finish nailer on a door frame
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The Best Cordless Finish Nailers of 2024

By Bob Beacham

A group of the best jump starters with air compressors options on a work table next to a car with an open hood
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The Best Jump Starters With Air Compressors, Tested

By Tom Scalisi

A group of the best pocket chainsaw options together on a picnic table
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The Best Pocket Chainsaws, Tested

By Tony Carrick

The Best Socket Sets Options laid out in their cases on a cement sidewalk
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The Best Socket Sets, Tested and Reviewed

By Timothy Dale, Tony Carrick

Seven jobsite radios on workbenches outside
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The Best Jobsite Radios, Tested and Reviewed

By Tom Scalisi

The Best Floor Jack for Trucks Option in use to jack up a camper
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The Best Floor Jack for Trucks

By Tom Scalisi

The Best Manual Tile Cutter Option sitting on a workbench while positioned to manually cut a tile
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The Best Manual Tile Cutters, Vetted

By Tom Scalisi

A crafter applying hot glue to a faux flower using the best cordless glue gun option
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The Best Cordless Glue Guns

By Carol Benton

Tecovas Work Boots
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I Tried the Tecovas Work Boots: Are They Worth It?

By Tom Scalisi

The Best Paint Sprayer for Cabinets Option
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The Best Paint Sprayers for Cabinets of 2024

By Tony Carrick, Mark Wolfe

The Best Miter Saw Blades Option
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The Best Miter Saw Blades for Fine Cuts

By Bob Beacham

A person using the best asphalt driveway crack filler option to fill a crack
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Vetted: The Best Asphalt Driveway Crack Fillers

By James Fitzgerald

The best siding nailer option in use
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The Best Siding Nailers, Reviewed

By Bob Beacham

The Best Hard Hat Light Options laid out next to each other
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The Best Hard Hat Lights, Tested

By Tom Scalisi

A welder using the best welder option to weld the frame of a basketball hoop backboard
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The Best Welders, Reviewed

By Bob Beacham, Paul Rankin

A person touching a tear on a leather couch, likely considering using the best leather repair kit option
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The Best Leather Repair Kits

By Timothy Dale

The best rolling tool box option next to someone using tools to work on a motorcycle
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The Best Rolling Tool Boxes

By Glenda Taylor, Tom Scalisi

The Best Step Ladder Options
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The Best Step Ladders, Tested

By Glenda Taylor, Mark Wolfe

The best drill bits for metal options next to a close-up of a drill and metal hardware
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The Best Drill Bits for Metal, Tested

By Glenda Taylor, Tom Scalisi

The Best Hearing Protection Options
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The Best Hearing Protection, Tested

By Tom Scalisi, Mark Wolfe

The Best Rechargeable Hand Warmer Options
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The Best Rechargeable Hand Warmers, Tested

By Brittany Varano, Jasmine Harding, Chase Brush

The Best Home Tool Kit Options
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The Best Home Tool Kits, Tested and Reviewed

By Debbie Wolfe, Tony Carrick

The best attic ladder extends from an open attic door in an hallway
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The Best Attic Ladders, Reviewed

By Timothy Dale

The Best Stihl Chainsaw Options
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The Best Stihl Chainsaws You Can Get

By Tony Carrick

The Best Epoxy Resin Options
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The Best Epoxy Resins, Vetted

By Deirdre Mundorf