Best Nose Hair Trimmers for Men

1 - Philips Norelco 5100 Nose Hair Trimmer

If you’re looking for an all-in-one trimming option, this Philips Norelco model is pretty hard to beat. The nose and eyebrow attachments (with multiple length combs) work well, but it also includes a detailing attachment with a length comb for your beard, too.

2 - Manscaped The Weed Whacker Nose and Ear Hair Trimmer

Expect a brand that reinvented the below-the-belt trimmer to deliver the same technology above your neck. This powerful nose and ear hair trimmer contains a 9,000 rpm motor in this tiny package, protected by a hypoallergenic stainless steel cone that protects your delicate skin from getting cut as you trim. Unlike most of the other nose hair trimmers on this list, it’s rechargeable via USB, so no need to switch out batteries (each charge gets you 90 minutes of trim time). Plus, the tip is angled to allow you to reach even the hardest to reach crevices in your schnoz.

3 - Wahl Ear, Nose, & Brow Trimmer

Another good portable option, this multi-purpose trimmer has three attachments to make it a one-stop detailing shop. The nose hair trimmer is powerful, but the addition of an eyebrow comb and detailer (for sideburns and beards) makes it a great value.

4 - Panasonic Men’s Ear and Nose Hair Trimmer with Vacuum Cleaning System

This is like the Rolls-Royce of nose hair trimmers: expensive, but top of the line. The wet/dry feature makes cleaning it a breeze, but also means you can use it in the shower. Best of all, the built-in vacuum system catches hair inside before it ends up on your sink.

Best Hair Clippers For Men

1 - Wahl Professional 5-Star Limited-Edition Cordless Magic Clip

Almost every barber we asked recommended the Wahl Cordless Magic Clip professional hair clippers. “It has a long lasting battery and works just as efficiently when charging [as when it’s not],” says Bellemar. He also notes that it comes with a “crunch blade,” a special fading tool that saves time on blending.

2 - Philips Norelco Multigroom All-in-One Trimmer Series 9000

Don’t let the low price fool you—this hair clipper is powerful enough to give you a professional-level cut at home and comes with more guards and attachments than some of the more expensive versions. Plus, you can use it on your beard and body, too, unlike the barber-style clippers.

3 - Wahl Clipper Elite Pro High Performance Home Haircut and Grooming Kit

Wahl is obviously a professional barber go-to brand, but if you don’t have professional-level skills or want something more foolproof, this hair clipper kit is for you. The high quality clippers are the star, of course, but it comes with a variety of guards that ingeniously snap on for extra security, as well as other bonuses like a cape, scissors, and comb, all in one handy carrying case. It’s essentially a haircut in a box and, according to one Men’s Health editor who used it during lockdown, “it’s great.”

4 - Andis 23885 Slim Line 2 Hair Clippers

“The battery life is amazing. It can legit cut 10 clients on one charge,” says celebrity barber Vernon Scott, which translates to less charging time at home. The hair clipper and blade never gets hot, he says, thanks to the efficient motors that don’t transfer heat and allow this trimmer to cut any hair type. But most important is the “consistent precision cutting of the blades.”

Best Gels for Curly Hair

1 - Aphogee Curlific! Curl Definer

If you ask hair editor Jihan Forbes for her best curly-hair product recommendation, she'll undoubtedly point you toward the Curlific! Curl Definer by Aphogee. It's her current go-to gel for defining her 3C/4A curls without drying them out. 

2 - Not Your Mother's Curl Talk Frizz Control Sculpting Gel

Not You Mother's Curl Talk gel is staff writer Nicola Dall'Asen's go-to when she needs an affordable gel to mold her frizz-prone 2B curls. "It has just enough hold that my curls can air-dry interrupted, but not so much that it gives me stiffness or crunch," she says.

3 - Oribe Curl Gelée For Shine & Definition

The nourishing butters (murumu, mango, cocoa), oils (macadamia seed, apricot), and fruit-derived antioxidants infused in Oribe's Curl Gelée formula make it perfect for coiled hair and curls that need extra moisture or are recovering from heat styling and color treatments.

The Best Smart Locks for Home

1 - Ultraloq U-Bolt Pro + Wi-Fi Bridge

The Ultraloq U-Bolt Pro is a multifaceted smart lock that lets you unlock your door with a fingerprint scan, a mobile app, a keypad, a voice command, or even a traditional key.

2 - Kwikset Halo Touch Fingerprint Smart Lock

The Kwikset Halo Touch Smart Lock lets you lock and unlock your door with your phone, voice, keys, and fingerprint.

3 - Schlage Encode Smart WiFi Deadbolt

The Schalge Encode is a Wi-Fi-enabled smart lock can be controlled via phone and voice and integrates with Amazon Key and Ring cameras.

4 - Array By Hampton Connected Door Lock

The Array By Hampton Connected Door Lock is a solidly built Wi-Fi-enabled smart lock with support for solar charging.

Best Bluetooth Speakers 2021

1 - Sonos Roam

The Sonos Roam is our pick for the best Bluetooth speaker on the planet, with a powerful sound, rugged design, excellent connectivity features, and smart home control. A bass-heavy audio performance makes it ideal for use outdoors, while a clever Automatic Switching feature means it's easily used indoors, too – though audiophiles may dislike the overwhelming low frequencies and rhythmic handling.

Following in the footsteps of the Sonos Move, the Sonos Roam comes with both Bluetooth and Wi-Fi connectivity, which means it can work as a portable speaker as well as part of your wider multi-room Sonos system – and with Google Assistant and Alexa onboard, it doubles up a smart speaker too. 

2 - Sonos Move

With two quality drivers, a solid app that unlocks playback from hundreds of wireless sources, multi-room capabilities and smart audio-tuning tech which tweaks the output based on the speaker's immediate surroundings, the Sonos Move is engineered well beyond your average Bluetooth speaker. It's a versatile speaker, one that stands solidly alongside the built-for-home Sonos speakers that the company made its name on.

3 - UE Boom 3

While we weren't as impressed with the UE Boom 3 as we were with its predecessor the UE Boom 2, this is still one of the best Bluetooth speakers money can buy in 2021. This is a speaker that can get loud and not distort at higher volumes; be light enough to carry on a camping trip but remain durable enough to tumble in a bag unprotected. 

It's both water and dust-proof, and now has a one-touch mix button that lets you pull up your favorite playlists without ever picking up your phone. 

There are certainly more detailed portable speakers out there, but at a price that's relatively affordable to all, the UE Boom 3 hits all the right notes for the third year in a row. 

Best Televisions/LEDs to buy in 2021

1 - Best TV value: TCL 6-Series Roku TV (R635)

The TCL 6-Series Roku TV (R635) offers enormous value for it's affordable price, offering premium picture quality and a great smart TV experience for much less than the competition. As TCL's best mainstream smart TV the R635 ups the ante with mini-LED backlighting in addition to QLED. The result is impressive color and brightness, with some of the best HDR performance we've seen on anything this side of an OLED display. It's enough to win a 2021 Tom's Guide Award for best innovation in TVs.

But TCL keeps delivering more, like THX Certified Game Mode, which makes the 6-Series one of the best gaming TVs available, even for yet-to-be-released consoles like the PS5 and the Xbox Series X. From the design's smart touches, like cable management in the stand, to the always-solid Roku TV platform, the TCL 6-Series R635 is the best TV value, and it's not even close.

2 - Best home theater OLED: LG G1 OLED TV

The LG G1 OLED TV is the updated version of LG's superb Gallery OLED, boasting a premium 20 millimeter-thick design and sleek flush-to-the-wall mounting setup. The design is impeccable – enough to win best TV design in the 2021 Tom's Guide Awards. It's still the best 4K OLED TV made by LG, but as the first TV with LG's second-gen OLED evo technology, it falls short of some claimed performance improvements we were pretty excited for.

That said, the LG G1 OLED is still an impressive OLED set, and LG has even knocked the price down a bit, while updating almost everything else about the set. The slim OLED features more comfortable remote control, enhanced gaming features, and the latest version of webOS, all while delivering the same excellent picture quality and impeccable sound that we expect from LG's best OLED models. The LG G1 OLED TV stands as a reminder of just how far modern TV technology has come — we just hope it hasn’t plateaued.

3 -  Best OLED TV value: Vizio OLED TV

The Vizio OLED TV is the most affordable OLED TV on the market, and the first to offer a less-premium alternative to offerings from LG and Sony to shoppers in the United States. Selling for hundreds of dollars less than the competition, the Vizio OLED packs plenty of smart features alongside the 4K OLED display, and delivers the sort of premium picture quality that normally costs much more.

Vizio's SmartCast smart TV platform has also expanded its app selection significantly, and all of the major apps you might want – from Netflix to Disney+ – are available right on the TV. The few that aren't offered on the home screen (HBO Max is the most glaring omission) can still be enjoyed through the TV's built-in Google Cast and AirPlay 2 support. Combine all of this with an improved remote control design and great sound with better-than-average bass, and you've got an easy pick for affordable OLED TVs, and the winner of the 2021 Tom's Guide Award for best value TV.

Best Tablets in 2021

1 -  Apple iPad 2020 (10.2 inch)

The new 8th Gen iPad may be a minor update, but it's enough to keep the king on its throne. That's because the A12 Bionic chip provides a welcome speed boost that was once kept to more expensive iPads (which moved up to the A14 chip). The iPad still boasts a fantastic screen for its price, and Apple's own Pencil and Smart Keyboard Folio are just easier to use than any Bluetooth accessory on the market. 

That A12 chip comes in handy now, more than ever, as Apple's advances in iPadOS have made for more multitasking. Also, iPadOS 14, which ships on the iPad 8, gives you Scribble handwriting to text translation, which makes the Apple Pencil a better buy than before. We just wish Apple would update the iPad's design (the big bezels are aging) to allow for an easier way to store the Apple Pencil, especially if the iPad won't work with the excellent 2nd Gen Apple Pencil, which is limited to the iPad Air and iPad Pro.

2 - Amazon Fire 7

For a lot of customers, price makes the big difference, so Amazon could have coasted when it comes to the $50 Fire 7 tablet. Fortunately, the most recent iteration of the company's cheapest slate packs a snappy quad-core 1.3 GHz processor, which helps you navigate apps and browse the web faster than you'd expect from a tablet this cheap. And while previous Fire tablets made you tap to activate Alexa — which made no sense, it's meant to be summoned with your voice — the Fire 7 finally added voice triggers for the digital assistant.

Just don't expect any frills that come with more expensive tablets. The Fire 7 tablet’s sub-HD screen is not sharp enough for anyone used to an iPad, and its lock screen is filled with ads unless you pay extra. Still, it's a great pick for kids looking for a media consumption device.

3 - Microsoft Surface Go 2

Sometimes, it takes a second try to make a thing go right. The Surface Go 2 takes aim at all the flaws of the predecessor and knocks them all down. First of all, thinner bezels make way for a bigger screen, arguably the most important part of a tablet. The Surface Go 2 has a 10.5-inch display, compared to 10 inches for the previous model.

The biggest upgrade is the Surface Go 2’s 11 hours and 39 minutes of battery life, which is over 5 hours longer than the original Surface Go.. Microsoft also answered my prayers for a laptop with a great webcam. The 5-megapixel 1080p camera in its top bezel is great for the era of online video calls, and its second front camera sensor adds Windows Hello biometric login. Finally, get the Surface Go 2 with the 8th Gen Intel Core m3 upgrade, it's a little pricier at $629, but it's definitely the model for multitaskers. 

Best Cameras For Every Kind Of Photographer And Vlogger

1 - Best Instant Camera (Polaroid Originals OneStep+)

Instant cameras have come back in a big way, and you can now shoot on film that develops more-or-less instantly instead of writing to a memory card. The Polaroid Originals OneStep+ looks like it popped out of a time portal from 1977, but has modern flourishes as well. If you connect the OneStep+ to your smartphone via Bluetooth, for example, you can use your phone as a remote trigger, perform double exposures and paint with light in long exposures.

But at its heart, this is a simple point and shoot instant camera with a big red shutter button and two modes: portrait and closeup photography, and a standard shooting distance from three feet to infinity. There are a lot of instant cameras out there, but we’re especially partial to Polaroid for its large 3-inch-square prints.

2 - Best Point & Shoot Camera (Canon PowerShot ELPH 180)

If you’re looking for a simple point & shoot camera that handles all the exposure decision-making but includes a handful of scene modes for more creative moments, this is the camera. It’s a 20-megapixel model with an 8x optical zoom and 720p video recording, all for a very modest price that’s only a little north of $100.

There are some tradeoffs. The ELPH 180 doesn’t have a lot of light sensitivity (it has a maximum ISO of 1600), a relatively small 1/2.3-inch sensor and doesn’t capture full HD video, to say nothing of 4K. But it’s easy to use and has cool extras like a face self-timer (it waits to see your face before taking the picture) and scene modes like portrait, fisheye, fireworks and long shutter. Bottom line: It’s a great alternative to using your smartphone.

3 -  Best Mirrorless Camera for Beginners (Sony Alpha A6100)

Novice photographers coming to the Sony A6100 might not appreciate how compact and light it is, because they don’t have a ton of experience lugging around a DSLR to compare it to. Nonetheless, this is a perfect camera to start a photography hobby; in the slight camera frame lives a formidable 24 megapixel sensor and the ability to shoot 4K video.

In addition, the camera has all the modern luxuries, including a responsive touchscreen display that tilts to any angle you need, pop-up flash and an excellent, easy-to-use interface. But perhaps the best reason for a beginner to choose this camera is the fast and accurate autofocus that can detect faces and focus on eyes—both in people and animals. Combined with a shooting speed of up to 11 frames per second, this is a beginner-friendly camera that can serve you well as you learn and grow as a photographer.

Best office Printers in 2021

1 - HP OfficeJet Pro 9015e All-in-One Printer

HP's OfficeJet Pro 9015e All-in-One Printer churns out quality output at a low cost per page, making it a good value for small offices with light- to medium-duty copy and print volume requirements.

2 - Epson EcoTank Pro ET-5850

The Epson EcoTank Pro ET-5850 AIO prints well and inexpensively, and it offers generous input capacity, lofty volume ratings, and two years of unlimited free ink. It's an incomparable value for small businesses and workgroups.

3 -  HP Envy Pro 6452 All-in-One Printer

The HP Envy Pro 6452 All-in-One prints well and—if you sign up for HP's Instant Ink subscription program—inexpensively, making it a good value for families and home offices.

4 - Brother HL-L6400DW

The Brother HL-L6400DW is a fast, high-volume monochrome laser printer with highly competitive running costs, making it an excellent value for busy small and midsize offices and workgroups.

Best Digital Photo Frames of 2021

1 - Pix-Star Wi-Fi Cloud Digital Photo Frame

The best thing about the Pix-Star 15-inch Wi-Fi Cloud Digital Photo Frame is its stunning photo quality. With the 4:3 aspect ratio on a 1024 x 768-pixel screen, images look crisp, bright and clear. You can make adjustments to the LED backlit screen for brightness, hue and contrast depending on ambient lighting.

The Pix-Star has many smart extras. You can stream broadcasts from a number of international radio stations to play music over a slideshow, and there are many transitions available to customize image presentation. You can also set reminders, use the built-in calculator and play simple puzzles, Sudoku and other games.

This gadget lets you link up to 25 frames from a single account, where you can send and receive images and audio messages directly to and from connected frames. You can also view pictures from web albums, including Google Photos and Facebook. The frame has 4GB of onboard memory and supports USB thumb drives and SDHC/SDXC camera cards.

2 - Aura Mason Frame

Many digital picture frames promise clear and bright images, but there is a profound difference when seeing your photos on the Aura frame, which is 9 inches with a 4:3 aspect ratio. Colors are vivid but realistic, and the 224 ppi resolution screen displays the depth of color as well as exquisite detail.

The Aura relies on its iOS and Android app more than most other digital frames. That’s because the frame accepts only cloud input – no SD cards or thumb drives. The Aura Mason also features a Smart Suggestions feature that helps choose images from your gallery.

An ambient light sensor automatically adjusts the display’s brightness and an auto function turns off the frame when it’s dark in the room. There’s no touch screen – and thus no finger smudges to mar the view. Instead, the frame operates via two touch bars: one on top and the other on the side of the unit.

The Aura Mason Frame comes in two colors – Graphite and White Quartz – and it sits on your table in either landscape or portrait orientation. The frame is a work of art from the outside in. 

3 - PhotoSpring 10 Digital Photo Frame

PhotoSpring 10 has the unique advantage of two different visual frame modes: a traditional matted look with a black, gallery style outer frame or a streamlined modern look. After removing the top black frame, it’s easy to see how superior the plain white frame looks and how nicely it sets off your images, but it’s your choice and switching modes is easy. This frame is for tabletops only for now — no wall mounting unless you purchase a power cable with a 90-degree magnetic connector, which the company says will be available as an accessory.

PhotoSpring’s flexibility extends to its mode of input. You can send up to 30MB of photos directly to the frame via email, proprietary app, text, photos app share button, or from a browser. All media uploaded to the frame is automatically stored on the device. High-resolution videos of up to five minutes in length (or 1GB file size) play automatically in an integrated slideshow, though the frame does not recognize Apple’s Live Photos as videos, only stills. 

Various onscreen controls are accessible via a subtle green dot at the upper right corner. It’s hard to discern at first — you may have to consult the instructions unless you find it by chance while poking around the screen — but once you discover and tap it, the current image zooms out to reveal on-screen controls that let you delete, hide, favorite, alter rotation, add to an existing album, adjust formatting, or mail images to or from the frame. A settings menu facilitates the management of cloud accounts like Google Photos for sync or backup or Flickr for sync. 

The interface also lets you invite friends to upload images to your frame, change brightness and volume levels, schedule the frame on and off, and set up parameters for viewing slideshows and onscreen EXIF info for each image. We tested the Premium version of the frame, which features four hours of battery life, as opposed to the standard version, which you must keep plugged in. 

PhotoSpring is easy to use with most tasks accomplished with a quick tap and simple on/off switches — ideal for its non-technical target audience. Image quality is high resolution for the frame’s size, and because you can schedule on-off intervals, a motion sensor is not sorely missed.

Best Headphones in 2021

1 - Sony WH-1000XM4

If you’re really set on owning the absolute best headphones that money can buy, we advise spending your Christmas cash on the WH-1000XM4. Not only are Sony’s flagship headphones the top noise-cancelling model at the moment, but they outperform every competitor in numerous categories, including sound and special features. The company’s loud and dynamic soundstage delivers plenty of boom and detail to give songs full-bodied presence. Listeners can also play around with the Sony Headphones Connect app to personalize audio by selecting from several well-engineered presets or by manually adjusting the EQ to their liking.

The WH-1000XM4’s active noise cancellation is right up there with the Bose 700’s, and the touch controls and battery life (30 hours with ANC on) are superior. Not much has changed in terms of design, though the premium craftsmanship certainly gives these cans a luxe look that match their high price.

2 - Bose 700

The Bose 700 are the runner-up for best headphones and have a sexy new design and cool features that come with its high price tag. They’re equipped with a whopping eight microphones, six of which are employed to deliver Bose’s champion noise cancelation when listening to music or talking on the phone. It offers up to 11 levels of adjustable ANC that work equally well to neutralize noise across different frequencies. Bose even made improvements to sound quality, as the 700s produce clean, balanced audio for crisp highs and solid bass; lows are felt more when at max ANC level.

Despite sharing the same battery life as its predecessor, the QC35 II, it still holds up strong at 20 hours with ANC on. Smart assistant integration, touch controls, and improved multipoint technology also make these some of the most intuitive noise-cancellers for commuters and music lovers alike. 

3 - Apple AirPods Max

It's a shame the AirPods Max are so much more expensive than their noise-cancelling rivals, but once you try them it's hard to take them off. The plush design and comfortable fit present an immediate feeling of luxury, and this only grows once you start playing music.

The active noise cancelling works brilliantly, general sound quality is crisp and impactful, and the 3D Spatial Audio feature is a game-changer if you’ve never used it. This uses head-tracking tech to create a surround sound effect, which can give movie playback a definite edge compared to other headphones. Battery life is respectable too, with Apple’s 20-hour estimate tracking well with our own testing.