When the power goes out and cell towers go dark, a hand crank emergency radio becomes your lifeline. I spent the last 60 days testing 8 of the best hand crank emergency radios on the market, including models from Midland, FosPower, Mesqool, Roxicosly, OnLyee, RunningSnail, Kaito, and Esky. I evaluated crank effort, NOAA weather alert […]

Last spring, a hailstorm totaled three cars in my neighbor's driveway in less than 12 minutes. That same week, I watched a flimsy portable carport across the street fold in half under 35 mph gusts. Those two incidents pushed our team to spend the past four months testing the best emergency car shelters on the […]