Independent reviews
From everyday tech and home products to lifestyle and specialist gear, each review focuses on practical use, strengths, limitations, and who the product suits.
Running Shoes
The Deviate Nitro Elite 4 keeps the formula that made the Elite 3 a community favorite, dropping weight and widening the upper while staying fast and supportive.
Running Shoes
The Puma Deviate Nitro is a lightweight, energetic non-plated daily trainer with a comfortable fit, strong grip, and a ride that favors control over outright speed.
Running Gear
A fast evening five-mile race proved the ideal setting to put a hyped super shoe and two premium sports watches through their paces.
Running Shoes
Puma's updated super shoe extends its carbon plate past the toe, moves to a new TPU-based Nitro foam, and unifies the ride from heel to forefoot.
Running Shoes
Over 30% lighter than its predecessor and backed by efficiency testing, the Fast-R Nitro Elite 3 is a serious marathon shoe that demands good form in return.
Running Shoes
Two of the fastest carbon racers go head to head on stack, weight, fit, ride and race-day performance, with clear buying advice for marathon and shorter-distance runners.
Running Shoes
Two of the best carbon plate racing shoes go head to head on weight, ride feel, fit, durability and marathon performance.
Running Shoes
Puma's laced follow-up to its laceless rule-breaking racer packs 58mm of stack and three carbon plates. We look at what that means on the run.
Running Shoes
Puma's road-to-trail trainer combines Nitro foam comfort with Puma Grip ATR traction at a friendly price, and it impressed across mixed road, gravel, and light trail conditions.
Running Shoes
A split-foam carbon racer that pushes you onto the forefoot, works brilliantly up to around 15K, but raises questions over marathon comfort and value against the Deviate Nitro Elite.
Running Shoes
After a 100-lap hill event left my legs demolished, the Puma Mag Max 2 proved exactly what kind of shoe it wants to be: a protective, relaxed-pace recovery tool.
Running Shoes
Three testers put early miles into Puma's big-stack Nitro trainer, and the verdicts are genuinely split: lively bounce for some, sluggish weight for others.
Running Shoes
The tallest max cushion non-plated trainer on the market, put through a three-hour long run to find out what it is actually for.
Running Shoes
A first run in the Puma Magnify Nitro 3, a max-cushion daily trainer that leans softer and bouncier than most premium neutral shoes, with a few fit quirks to know before buying.
Running Shoes
A practical guide through Puma's 2023 running lineup: stability, max cushion, lightweight flexibility, women's specific fit, and two race day options.
Running Shoes
Five shoes from Puma's Nitro range tested and compared, with recommendations for one-shoe buyers and multi-shoe rotations.
Running Shoes
A lighter, softer update to one of Puma's best daily trainers, with more Nitro foam, a removed heel clip, and the same friendly price.
Running Shoes
Two of the top value running shoes on the market compared: weights, drops, ride feel, fit, and which one belongs in your rotation.
Fountain Pens
Five refined fountain pens that embody the quiet luxury aesthetic: understated design, fine materials, and superb writing without flashy branding.
Running Gear
Three pieces of running kit put through a tough, hilly 10 mile race to see how they hold up when it really matters.
Running Gear
A windy coastal 10K put three running products through real race conditions: the New Balance SC Elite V3, the Coros Apex 2 Pro, and the Saucony Endorphin Pro 3.
Running Gear
After two months of testing, including a six-hour mountain run with roughly 6,000 feet of vertical, the Raid LF2 running belt proved it can carry a full load without bouncing.
Art Supplies
From a retired Crayola color to brushes made from antique goat hair, five rare art supplies with remarkable stories behind them.
Running Shoes
Two of the best value daily trainers go head to head: Reebok's lighter, firmer Floatride Energy 4 against Puma's softer, bouncier Velocity Nitro 2.
Travel Backpacks
A 28-liter backpack with strong hiking carry comfort and generous organization, plus a few travel quirks to weigh before buying.
Travel Backpacks
The updated REI Ruck Pack 30 adds a real padded laptop sleeve, two harness sizes, and better structure while keeping the price low. Here is how it compares to the older Ruck Pack 28.
Everyday Carry
A well-built crossbar-lock flipper with S35VN steel, and a novelty balisong-style pry tool that doubles as a fidget toy. Here is how they compare.
Wallets
A traditional six-pocket bifold in full grain Wicket & Craig leather, hand saddle stitched in the USA, with modern touches that make it easier to use.
Trail Running Shoes
Rossignol's first trail running shoe impresses with a balanced, precise ride, but a tapered toe box could be a dealbreaker for some runners.
Flashlights
The Rovivon S3 is a pocket-sized EDC flashlight with two LED choices, quick USB-C charging, and a clever UI. Here is how it performs in real use.