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13 Best Whole House Water Filters [2025 Reviews]

Featured Image: The Better India In a perfect world, the water that flows from your tap should be clean and safe enough to drink. It shouldn't damage your pipes, dishwasher, and washing machine with limescale build-up. It should leave your hair feeling soft and silky after a bath, and it shouldn't leave behind water stains on your shower glass or limescale in your toilet bowl. But it's not a perfect world, and short of selling your home, you're stuck in that place, and you have to make the best out of the water provided by your city or [...]

Bryan Sebring2024-12-07T18:11:00-06:00Categories: Tool Review|Tags: 3m, aquasana, water filter, whole house water filters, whole house water filtration system|

7 Best Corded Trim Routers [2025 Reviews]

Featured Image: Nexor Standard wood routers can take on the toughest and thickest materials, but there are applications and materials when these powerful tools just won't do. If you want to trim or chamfer thinner or more delicate workpieces, then you definitely need a trim router. Trim routers (also known as laminate trimmers) are more compact, but that doesn't mean they can't perform just as well as standard wood routers when it comes to rounding edges, trimming, chamfering, and more. They can also be used for jointing, dovetailing, and cutting mortises and tenons. Woodworkers also use them to [...]

Bryan Sebring2024-12-07T18:16:01-06:00Categories: Tool Review|Tags: fixed base, laminate trimmers, plunge base, trim routers, wood routers|

7 Best Utility Knives [2025 Reviews]

Featured Image: Amazon Few tools can match the versatility and usefulness of the utility knife. You can cut almost anything with it. If you're a regular homeowner and you want to cut some paper, linoleum, or cardboard but you don't want to use a pair of scissors, then chances are your breakaway utility knife or favorite box cutter is always within reach. Utility knives are also toolbox and tool bag staples. They can be used to cut through drywall, trim vinyl flooring, cut wires, and remove old grout and caulk. They are also a favorite among hikers, campers, [...]

Bryan Sebring2024-12-07T18:08:30-06:00Categories: Tool Review|Tags: box cutters, folding utility knife, retractable utility knife, utility knife, utility knives|

7 Best Air-Powered Micro Pin Nailers [2025 Reviews]

Featured Image: Nail Gun Depot For thousands of years, woodworkers relied on hammers and nails to piece everything together. Using hammers nails is labor-intensive and it's going to take a while before you can finish one project, but it got the job done. Today's builders and hobbyists, however, do not need to spend all day pounding nails thanks to the invention of nail guns. There are many types of nail guns or nailers. There's the framing nailer (which we've covered here) which, as the name suggests, is used to build house frames. Flooring nailers, roofing nailers, finish nailers, [...]

Bryan Sebring2024-12-07T18:14:35-06:00Categories: Tool Review|Tags: 23-gauge, bostitch, headless pins, micro pin nailer, pin nailers|

7 Best Benchtop Router Tables [2025 Reviews]

Featured Image: Pexels There are so many things one can do with a handheld router. With a handheld router, you can control the direction of the feed, as well as modify the feed rate and the tool's direction as you work. But conventional routers have limitations, especially when working with smaller or thinner workpieces. For better results, then it's best to flip the router up and mount it on a router table. In the field of woodworking, having precise skills and being versatile is extremely important. Creating complex patterns and flawless finishes necessitates more than just dexterity; it also [...]

Bryan Sebring2024-12-07T18:43:20-06:00Categories: Tool Review|Tags: benchtop router table, bosch, dremel, SKIL, table routers|

7 Best Corded Circular Saws [2025 Reviews]

Featured Image: Hogent There are a plethora of power tools available for the modern builder. But what if, for some reason, you're only allowed to own just one power tool? Chances are you would choose the circular saw. The circular saw seems to be a very basic power tool because all it does is rip a workpiece apart and nothing else. But when it comes to sheer power, precision, and versatility, nothing comes close to the circular saw. The best circular saws can cut through anything from balsa to walnut to very dense ironwood (check out this video [...]

Bryan Sebring2024-12-07T18:11:11-06:00Categories: Tool Review|Tags: circular saw, corded circular saw, DeWalt, makita, SKIL|

7 Best Docking Drawer Outlets [2025 Reviews]

Featured Image: Youtube Clutter is something you're trying to get rid of in your home and your workplace. You hate to see power cords, phones, e-readers, tablets, and other devices in a cluttered mess on your desk or top of your chest of drawers. Whether you're practicing the KonMari method zealously or you just want everything in your home in the right place with nary a power cord lying around where it shouldn't be, then you might want to consider installing an in-drawer outlet, such as the Docking Drawer. If you’re on a mission to get rid of [...]

Bryan Sebring2024-12-07T18:25:32-06:00Categories: Tool Review|Tags: charging outlet, docking drawer, electrical outlet with USB, in-drawer outlet, powering outlet|

7 Best Carpenter Tool Vest [2025 Reviews]

Featured Image: Aspen Institute As a carpenter, it's important to have the tools that you frequently use within reach at all times. You can lug your toolbox or tool bag everywhere, but you're often short on space or there are areas where bringing a bulky toolbox or bag is impossible. Plus, you don't always have the time or patience to sift through your messy toolbox to look for a Phillips screwdriver or the right kind of fastener. A carpenter tool vest is the answer to your dilemma. This vest is designed to hold different hand tools thanks to [...]

Bryan Sebring2024-12-07T18:32:51-06:00Categories: Tool Review|Tags: carpenter vest, Cordura, tool storage, tool vest, work vest, workwear|

7 Best Benchtop Thickness Planers [2025 Reviews]

Featured Image: Early Experts If you're planning to work on rough-sawn lumber and transform it into a remarkable workpiece with smooth sides and uniform thickness, then a thickness planer is must-have for your workshop. A thickness or surface planer (or simply, a planer) is a machine used by woodworkers to trim the surface of a rough-sawn board. After a couple of passes or more in the planer, the result is a smoother, more workable workpiece with uniform thickness. Now that you have a benchtop jointer, it's only natural to want to purchase a thickness planer too to complete [...]

Bryan Sebring2024-12-07T18:28:04-06:00Categories: Tool Review|Tags: benchtop planer, DeWalt, thickness planer, thicknesser, wood planer|

6 Best Oscillating Multi-Tools [2025 Reviews]

Featured Image: Tool Box Buzz The oscillating multi-tool really lives up to its name. You can use it for multiple tasks -- the simplest of which is cutting wood, metal, carpets, and other tough surfaces. You can also use it to remove grout and caulk, repair windows, modify cabinets, and create cutouts on drywall. You can also use it to sand and finish corners and other tight spaces. But did you know that this versatile tool was first used in hospitals and not in construction sites? The first oscillating multi-tool was patented by the German power tool manufacturer, [...]

Bryan Sebring2024-12-07T18:10:05-06:00Categories: Tool Review|Tags: corded multi-tool, cordless multi-tool, electric multi-tool, oscillating multi-tool, porter-cable|