Consumer Reports Magazine

Pros: Reader friendly, comprehensive, great index.
Cons: You have to subscribe to access their website.

Pros: Good, unbiased product research
Cons: Impersonal; some reviews don't go in- depth enough

Consumer Reports is a monthly publication from Consumers Union, a non- profit organization that was founded in 1936 with the mission to “test, inform, and protect”. This organization buys all sorts of consumer products, tests them for...

Pros: the information given is accurate, very helpful and very detailed
Cons: none

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I'm not sure this publication would be considered a travel...

Pros: Few advertisements.
Cons: Magazine could use more articles, confusing ratings, unreliable advice.

Buying a used or new product, whether it be a microwave or a new car can be quite the gamble, fortunately there are sources such as Consumer Reports magazine that are supposed to help us better our decisions. I have never subscribed to ...

Pros: Automobile issue, head-to-head comparisons
Cons: Laboratory tests don't equal day-to-day use

Everyone has heard of Consumer Reports. It is the magazine that invented the idea of reviewing products for the masses and reporting on their quality. They’ll take any number of items in the same product category and test them then they publish...

Pros: informative, easy to understand
Cons: not a wide variety of individual products

A few years ago my husband and I started receiving Consumer Reports as a subscription. At first we were alarmed to why we were receiving the magazine, only to find out later that my father in law had subscribed this to us as a Christmas gift. We...

Pros: Well-written, helpful articles.
Cons: None.

I have been reading Consumer Reports since about 1994. During that time I have flip-flopped from subscribing, not renewing my subscription, buying the magazine at the grocery store, to subscribing again. This magazine used to be my number one ...

Pros: readable, palatable information on a range of topics, provides good basic understanding and gives the consumer some idea of what to look for in a product, in essence trains the consumer to be more thoughtful and critical
Cons: self-righteous, endless self-promotion, some of their special reports are scams, advice may be suspect sometimes... are they all that different from the companies they critique?

Ah, image is everything. Consumer Reports magazine has to be respected on two fundamental levels. Most noteworthy, it has an almost cultlike following that gives their decisions staggering importance. They do understand the tricks of...

Pros: various products are featured; graphs, articles and charts; reference guide
Cons: articles get very wordy; have to wait for the product you're interested in

My mother in law who lives out of state subscribes to Consumer Reports magazine. When I visit her, I enjoy skimming through this magazine and reading up of the best products to buy for the money. I thought that I might get around paying the $26...

Pros: Comprehensive, objective reviews for all imaginable products
Cons: Low creativity points for the writing and layout, lack of detail on complex products like cars and computers

Being a consumer is the consummate American experience - the country that invented the Wal-Mart is obsessed with acquiring material goods at an alarming rate, all the while searching for the best values. Advice abounds, some from cheapskates who tell you...

Pros: Keeps You Informed Of Recalls On Products, Shows You Their Life Expectancy, Average Cost, Which Brands Have The Least Amounts Of Repairs
Cons: None

Have been subscribing to Consumer Reports now for over 7 years and have found it to be very reliable with it's in depth reports and helps you make a great buying decision with what ever product your looking for after you read more about it. Consumer...

Pros: Lots of product testing and review; Attempts to stay objective by requesting tax-deductible contributions; Reviews and test you can use
Cons: Depends on individuals' contributions (Is objectivity in question?)

Way before a bunch of guys decided to come up with consumer-driven, consumer-monitored, and consumer-written reviews on epinions, I used to go to Consumer Reports for all kinds of information on products and services. I will be the first one to...

Pros: Objective testing of a wide variety of products
Cons: testing doesn't take real-world variation into account

I subscribe to Consumer Reports, and will probably renew my subscription when it runs out. There is not question that the magazine tries hard to provide objective information about a wide variety of consumer products. I have found, however, that there...

Pros: wealth of information
Cons: do I really need to pay for information I can find elsewhere (like here on epinions?)?

Consumer Reports Magazine is a great source of information. We have faithfully subscribed to it for almost three years. I just received a renewal form in the mail and have decided against renewing. Why, you ask? Simple-epinions.com.

Don't get...

Pros: Still completely ad-free, a fairly comprehensive resource...
Cons: ...fairly comprehensive only if you read and save every issue

Consumer Reports faithfuls have a really religious-like quality to them, not making any moves unless they're sure it's okay vis-a-vis The Magazine. This is sort of unsurprising, since the way to get the most out of CR is to subscribe,...