Samantha Reed

Shopping for the best garden tractors can feel overwhelming when every brand claims to be the top choice. After spending weeks comparing riding mowers from EGO, Greenworks, Ariens, and other manufacturers, I found that the right garden tractor depends heavily on your property size, terrain, and how you plan to use it beyond just mowing. … Read more

Our team spent eight weekends clearing snow with eight different two-stage snow blowers so we could tell you which ones actually deserve a spot in your garage this winter. After pushing 12 tons of wet March snow and fluffy December powder across paved and gravel driveways, we narrowed the field to the eight machines below. … Read more

Three-stage snow blowers use a center induction accelerator between the augers and the impeller to chew through deep, wet, packed snow up to 30 percent faster than two-stage models in standardized testing, which makes them the go-to choice for heavy lake-effect snow and tall plow piles. If you live in a heavy-snow region and want … Read more

Looking for the best single stage snow blowers to replace your shovel this winter? After weeks of clearing my own 4-car paved driveway with eight different single-stage machines, I narrowed the list to the picks that actually finish the job in light-to-moderate snow without leaving you gassed and exhausted. A single-stage snow blower uses one … Read more

The best cordless snow blowers in are the EGO POWER+ 24-Inch Self-Propelled 2-Stage SNT2400, the Ryobi-class VOLTASK 48V 20-Inch brushless, and the EGO Power+ SNT2122 21-Inch single-stage. These three models deliver 25 to 50 feet of throw distance, 30 to 60 minutes of real-world runtime, and gas-competitive power for typical suburban driveways. I spent the … Read more

Spending a Saturday afternoon pounding oak rounds with an 8-pound maul is how I learned to respect a good gas log splitter. By the second cord, my back was barking and the wood pile barely shrank. The next weekend I borrowed a neighbor’s 20-ton unit and processed a full cord in 90 minutes. That experience … Read more

After a windstorm took down three oak limbs on our property last spring, I spent a weekend hauling out an old, unreliable chainsaw and wishing I’d upgraded sooner. That frustration led our team to test the best chainsaws on the market today, comparing power, weight, noise, and runtime across ten models from Husqvarna, Stihl, EGO, … Read more

I have spent more weekends than I care to admit pulling a heavy mower uphill, and the day I switched to a self-propelled model was the day my Saturday mornings got longer. A self-propelled lawn mower drives its own wheels with a gas engine or electric motor, so the only effort you put in is … Read more

After three winters of testing on driveways from a 1-car Chicago walkway to a 4-car Cleveland lot, our team settled this guide on the best electric snow blowers for . The category has exploded in the last three seasons, with two-stage cordless models now throwing snow 40+ feet and competing head-to-head with small gas engines. … Read more

If your driveway is loose stone instead of blacktop, you already know the pain of clearing snow in winter. The auger chews into the gravel, rocks fly into the lawn, and a single-stage machine can launch a chunk of limestone hard enough to crack a window. Our team spent six weeks testing machines on real … Read more