consumer reports

Product evaluation publications

Consumer Reports is a nonprofit American magazine and organization that tests and reviews products and services.

The publication accepts no advertising, funding its evaluations through subscriptions and donations to maintain independence.

I always check Consumer Reports before buying a major appliance.

The name has become shorthand for thorough, unbiased product comparisons: She did her own consumer reports on local daycares.

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