Switching to an electric vehicle changes how you think about fueling up. Instead of standing at a gas station in the rain, you plug in at home and wake up to a full battery every morning. That convenience only works if you have the right charger, though. The best EV chargers cut your charging time … Read more
Last February I drove 4 hours through a Wisconsin blizzard with no factory heated seats, and let me tell you, my lower back felt like a block of ice by mile 100. That week I bought three different heated car seat covers and tested them back to back. After burning through my own money and … Read more
Choosing the best trailer hitches for your family vehicle is one of those decisions that matters more than most people realize. A trailer hitch is not just a metal bar on the back of your SUV or truck. It is the connection point between your family’s vacation trailer, that utility trailer you borrowed to move … Read more
When I first upgraded my own truck’s stereo, I spent three weekends comparing specs, watching install videos, and reading forum posts. That’s how I learned what separates a great double DIN head unit from a frustrating one. These days, my team and I install and test aftermarket head units on everything from a 2004 Ford … Read more
If your car stereo sounds thin and lifeless at highway speeds, you are not alone. Factory head units typically push 10 to 15 watts of distorted power, which is why your speakers never reach their potential. Adding a dedicated amplifier is the single biggest upgrade you can make to your car audio system, and finding … Read more
I spent the last three months testing subwoofers in my garage, my truck, and a buddy’s sedan to put together this list of the best car subwoofers you can buy right now. I pulled 15 different models off Amazon, wired them up to matching amps, and ran them through everything from country ballads to hip-hop … Read more
Factory car speakers are usually the weakest link in any vehicle’s audio system. Most manufacturers use cheap paper cones that start degrading the moment they leave the factory floor, leaving you with muddy bass and harsh highs that get worse every year. If you have ever turned up the volume on your favorite song only … Read more
I spent the last three months installing and living with ten different Android Auto head units across two vehicles. My wife started calling the garage “the testing lab” because my 2015 F-150 and her 2018 Civic both had different stereos every other weekend. After 200+ hours of driving, podcast streaming, Waze reroutes, and more wire … Read more
I drove with dim factory halogens for years and never realized how much I was missing. Then I switched to LED headlight bulbs and the difference was night and day, literally. After 90 days of testing eight different LED headlight bulbs across three vehicles (a 2018 Honda Civic, a 2021 Ford F-150, and a 2015 … Read more
Working on a motorcycle from the ground is a fast track to a sore back and busted knuckles. After spending three months testing nine of the most popular motorcycle lifts on the market, our team found that the right lift transforms maintenance from a painful chore into something you actually look forward to. We hauled … Read more