"Reginald P. Smithers III" wrote in message
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Consumer Reports often totally miss the mark with their "Best Buy"
category, often endorsing a product that really should be at the bottom of
the list for a number of reasons. If a mfg'er has a QC problem, and CR
samples a well built product, it can get a very high rating, even though
it is not representative of the average product . Other times, they
identify product features that are not really important to the average
user, skewing the results of their test. I think both mags do a decent
job, but I have never had the confidence in CR results to pay for their
magazine or purchase a report online.


I don't read Consumer Reports either, but I am curious as to why you have no
confidence if you don't buy it or purchase reports online. How else do you
read it to form your opinion?

Eisboch