Car gear, narrowed to three good options.
Every guide starts the way a service write-up does: what's going wrong, why it's happening, and what fixes it. Then we give you three picks, one for most drivers and two for specific situations, with the trade-offs spelled out.
Start with the part of the car
Battery
- Portable jump starters for a car that won't start on a cold morning
- Battery maintainers for a car, truck or motorcycle that sits for weeks
Tires
- Portable tire inflators for when the tire pressure light comes on in the cold
This season's guides
Why only three
A list of fifteen products leaves the hard part to you. Three picks, each for a different situation, lets you choose in a minute. Each guide says who each pick is for, who should skip it, and where a maker's claims are hard to compare.
The site is run by a former dealership service advisor. Here's how we pick, and more about us.