1999 Best Buys for Your Home (Paperback)

by The Editors of Consumer Reports (Author)

Editorial Reviews

Product Description
Should I wait to buy a TV now that high-definition TV is showing up in stores? What's the most important thing to consider when I replace my refrigerator? From America's #1 consumer product testing center comes a comprehensive guide to electronic products around the home. This large-format book is full of shopping strategies that demystify the marketplace, with buying advice reliability reports, and brand-name ratings. The 1999 Consumer Reports Home and Electronics Buying Guide tells you what you need to know about choosing the latest, best equipment for your home.

About the Author
American consumers know and trust the CONSUMER REPORTS name when it comes to buying advice and product recommendations. Consumer Reports has evaluated and reported on household products for more than 50 years. Published since 1936 by the nonprofit organization Consumer's Union, Consumer Reports provides customers with unbiased buying reports about products and services, personal finance, health, nutrition and other consumer concerns.

Product Details

• Paperback: 288 pages
• Publisher: Consumer Reports (October 25, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0890439109
• ISBN-13: 978-0890439104
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 2.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #5,240,376 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

Customer Reviews

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great collection of reviews and info, April 19, 2000

By	Chris OLD Crawford (Glen Ellyn, IL USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Consumer Reports Best Buys For Your Home 2000 (Paperback)

Whether or not you like Consumer Report's reviews of products, this book is a great collection of things to look for when looking for appliances or other items for your house. Even if the model you're interested in isn't included in the rankings, the evaluation criteria are still a good starting place for your own analysis. All the material is pulled from the CR magazines over the past year or so.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Doesn't include phones!, August 12, 2001

By	Francella Dell (Seattle, WA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Consumer Reports Best Buys for Your Home 2001 (Paperback)

How the editors of consumer reports could have stunningly failed to include that critical home item--the telephone--is a key failure of this book to deliver what it promises. This guide lands on CD players, recorders, digital video recorders, MP3 players, receivers and even satellite television. Could it be that the editors think the telephone is too basic to list? Yet the book does rank the mundane vacuum cleaners, hand mixers, and even hot-water heaters. The ultimate irony is that the picture on the front cover--in at least one version of this book--shows a mother fixing what looks to be a colorful stir-fry while her son looks on and a football game blares from a television behind them--and despite all this the mother is, yes, yakking on a nameless cordless phone.