Best 10 Items I Tested In 2025

Viofo

Dash Camera

Best Overall Dash Camera - Finished first place in license plate readability facing into the sun, first place reading license plates from 30 ft away, tied for first place in light exposure testing, first place in night vision performance delivering clear street sign images from farthest distance, and first place in digital display test with very clear image quality. Consistently outperformed competition across multiple categories.

Wolf Box

Air Duster

Best Overall Air Duster - Second place in air speed at 53.1 m/s (118.8 mph) without nozzle, tied for first place with nozzle exceeding 190+ mph. First place in wind pressure at 334g force. First place in air volume at 73 CFM. Moved wood chips in just over 2 seconds. Finished first place in all but one test, running circles around competition.

Yaber Auto

Jump Starter

$81.00

Best Jump Starter with Air Compressor - Fourth place finish with rating of 2 after testing 14 jump starters. Works with completely dead battery using boost button, lasted over 11 seconds. Inflated completely flat tire 2 minutes faster than competition. Three-way tie for second place on 454 V8 test with 1.5 rating. Only one of three jump starters able to start diesel engine three times back to back. Fourth place at almost 60 watt hours for phone charging.

NOCO

Jump Starter

$370.00

Best Premium Jump Starter - Finished in first place in 454 V8 engine test, justifying its $370 price point as the premium option.

DXZtoz

Inspection Camera

Best Overall Inspection Camera - Tied for first place in fine print reading and closest focus at half inch. First place in engine combustion chamber test with clearest letters and numbers. First place in shiny object test with rating of 1.3, showing crisp clear image with visible cylinder wall scratches. Best composite score of 1.7 finishing first place overall.

GTechniq

Ceramic Coating

Best Ceramic Coating - Second place finish in initial slickness test. Amazing hydrophobic qualities. Survived strip wash, iron remover, bug and tar remover, wheel and tire cleaner, and degreaser while maintaining performance. Came out on top with best possible rating of 1.5. First place in final slickness test after all cleaning products applied. Best ceramic coating ever tested by reviewer.

Ancel

Car Battery Tester

$35.00

Best Value Battery Tester - Provided accurate voltage reading, correctly identified fully charged battery, gave close calculation on cold cranking amps for new battery. Correctly identified battery, starter, and charging system as normal. Passed every single test with flying colors and performed just as well as more expensive analyzers. Great tool for around $35.

Civivi

Folding Knife

$30.00

Best Budget Folding Knife - 3-inch blade, under 79g weight. Sharpest knife with score of 130, first place in initial sharpness. Tied for first place in smooth opening at 11g with ball bearing construction, matching $265 knife. Eighth place in edge retention after 150 passes. After sharpening, tied for fourth place. Good blade tip durability and third place in blade stability at 4.36mm. Second place overall behind knife costing 10x more.

JACO

Digital Tire Pressure Gauge

Best Tire Pressure Gauge - Within 0.2 PSI accuracy at 16 PSI test (15.8 PSI reading). Excellent accuracy at 40 PSI (39.8 and 39.9 PSI readings). Perfect 60 PSI reading for both gauges tested. First place for 60 PSI test. Excellent heat resistance at 125°F with perfect score. Cold weather performance at -4°F maintained accuracy at 40 and 40.1 PSI. Cumulative error rate less than 1 PSI across all tests.

Craftsman

Diamond Tip Screwdriver Set

Best Screwdriver Set - Maintained very strong grip after installing and removing 50 drywall screws, still looked nearly as good as new. Excellent torque performance at 103 in-lb tightening and 117 in-lb loosening. First place finish with average torque, even outperforming $220 Snap-On set. First time Craftsman ever won a competition in reviewer's testing.

DREO

Tower Space Heater

$90.00

Best Overall Space Heater - Quiet operation at only 48 dB on highest heat setting. Quietest thermostat at under 54 dB. Second place in heat broadcast test with 18.1 degree temperature increase across three zones. Excellent safety features with proper tipover protection and overheat protection activating at 24 seconds reaching 190°F. First place overall finish after performance and safety testing.

Wolf Box

Dash Camera

Very good dash camera that performed well in road sign reading test at 35 mph, giving it slight advantage over Viofo in that category. However, was outperformed by Viofo in intersection sign reading facing into the sun.

Red Tiger

Dash Camera

Tied for first place with Viofo in intersection sign reading test facing into the sun, with both signs very easy to read including the sign on far side of intersection.

Dart

Air Duster

Finished first place in air speed test without nozzle, beating Wolf Box which came in second at 53.1 m/s.

Charmele

Jump Starter

$50.00

Won't work with completely dead battery, needed another jump starter to excite it. Didn't get excited enough and only lasted about a second. The 454 V8 was too much for this unit to handle.

Adams

Ceramic Coating

Performed well throughout testing, finishing in close second place to GTechniq. Tied for first place after bug and tar remover test but couldn't match GTechniq's performance in final degreaser test.

Snap-On

Screwdriver Set

$220.00

Premium $220 screwdriver set that was outperformed by the Craftsman diamond tip screwdrivers in torque testing.

Real Smart

Space Heater

More expensive space heater that finished first place in heat broadcast test, beating the DREO which came in second place.