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The Eufy Omni S2 Robot Vac Matches the Power of My Upright Dyson, and It Even Sanitized My Floors (opens the original)
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I’ve tested a lot of robot vacuums and cordless stick vacs, so I find it hard to get excited about a new release as they all tend to feel the same after a while. So what made me want to get my hands on the Eufy Omni S2 wasn't a number; it was a shape. Nearly every robot vacuum base station I've seen sits low and wide, which means bending or crouching to swap the water tanks. The Omni S2's station stands tall and narrow instead, and that design sold me before I'd seen it clean a floor. Once I had
Portable A/Cs Are Still a Smart Buy Before Fall—Here's Why (It's Not Just Because They're on Sale) (opens the original)
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The calendar says summer's almost over. My thermostat disagrees. I live for the first cool morning of fall, but I've learned not to trust September and October to stay cool. No one likes to start the morning with a crisp fall breeze and end in a sweltering afternoon that still feels like the height of summer. So even as the days get shorter, I'm not putting away my portable air conditioner. In fact, I'd argue this is one of the smartest times of year to buy one. A portable air conditioner isn't
This Zafro Portable A/C Quickly Cooled a 500-Square-Foot Room Without Drowning Out Conversation (opens the original)
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I’m always skeptical of newer, less-established brands promising to go head-to-head with household names. Most can’t pull it off. Zafro was one such brand that I hadn’t heard of, but on paper its portable air-conditioning unit looked good enough to recommend in our best dual-hose portable air conditioners and the best WiFi portable A/Cs roundups. After living with it full-time, I have no regrets. This unit backs up its spec sheet with real performance, and I felt the impressive cooldown within m
This Euhomy Is the Smallest Portable A/C I've Tested, and It Made Quick Work of Cooling My Bedroom (opens the original)
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Many portable air conditioners fall into one of two camps: compact units that struggle to cool small bedrooms or powerful units that take up way too much space. When I saw this Euhomy 10,000 BTU portable air conditioner, I was curious whether it could split the difference. My bedroom window is a tall sliding pane that's given other units trouble, and I needed something that could handle the awkward window and the space itself without dominating the room. While portable air conditioners aren’t as
Single-Hose Portable A/Cs Can Make Your Home Feel Hotter. A Dual-Hose A/C Cools More Efficiently. (opens the original)
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Gear-obsessed editors choose every product we review. We may earn commission if you buy from a link. Why Trust Us? Every portable air conditioner works the same basic way: it pulls in warm air, cools it, and vents the heat outside via a hose through your window. Where single- and dual-hose units part ways is in how they handle the hot exhaust. A single-hose unit pulls in air from the room to cool internal components, then pushes warm air outside. This creates negative air pressure (or a vacuum e
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