6.7/10
Tech & Gadgets
Apple AirPods Max
One lab scored comfort 4.6 out of 10 and found glasses cut wearable time to less than sixty minutes. Everything else about them is very good, which is the frustrating part.
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7.5/10
Tech & Gadgets
Apple AirPods Pro 2
Measured runtime came in at 5 hours 43, 6 hours 03 and 8 and a half hours depending on who ran the test. The noise cancelling has a hole in it at 1kHz that only one of them looked for.
8.3/10
Tech & Gadgets
Beyerdynamic DT 770 Pro
One reviewer calls the frequency response impressively flat. Two others measured a V shape with a treble peak they recommend cutting by 5dB. The cable is soldered in either way.
7.3/10
Home & Kitchen
Bissell SpotClean Pro
A mud stain came out in under a minute. Set-in coffee needed a pre-treatment and still left a mark. That boundary is the most useful thing to know about it.
7.0/10
Tech & Gadgets
Bose QuietComfort Earbuds II
One lab measured almost 42 decibels of reduction through the midrange, and another found them beating full-size Sony headphones between 800 and 2,000 Hz. Then the feature list runs out.
7.9/10
Home & Kitchen
Hario V60 Dripper
The single large opening means the dripper controls nothing and you control everything. That is the reason it makes the best cup in this catalogue and the reason it makes bad ones.