Gadgets

Review The Wacom Bamboo Folio Smartpad is the artist's choice thanks to its fantastic accuracy and ability to use any paper.

Review The Livescribe 3 Smartpen is the best smart pen we tested because of its impeccable accuracy and ease of use.

Review The Neo Smartpen N2 is impressively comfortable, but its short battery life and heavy weight hold it back.

Review The IRISNotes Air 3 is the best transceiver-style smart pen we tested for writing, but it's not up to the task as an artist’s tool.

Review The Livescribe Echo Smartpen has an audio recorder and great accuracy, but it's weight makes it uncomfortable to write with.

Review The Moleskine Pen+ Ellipse looks great and works fantastically, but the lackluster battery and high cost hold it back.

Review The Equil Smartpen 2 is one of the most comfortable smart pens we’ve tested, but it's also the worst in terms of writing accuracy.

Review The FoodSaver V2244 is perfect for vacuum sealing the most delicate of foods.

REVIEW The Weston Pro 2300 is a strong and sturdy vacuum food sealer that can handle pound after pound of meat as well as delicate bran muffins.

REVIEW The Nesco VS-02 Food Vacuum Sealer is large, which means you can seal big quantities of food. It also offers storage for bagging material and a sliding cutter.

REVIEW The VacMaster VP210 Chamber Vacuum Sealer can serve the needs of hunters and fishers, as well as thrifty cooks who want to stock up on food and keep it fresh.

REVIEW The Seal-a-Meal FSSMSL0160-000 is a good, basic and affordable vacuum food sealer that works well, is easy to use and takes up little space.

REVIEW The FoodSaver V3240 Vacuum Sealer gives you a tall, but slim machine that fits well onto most counters and is designed to preserve different food types.

The NutriChef vacuum seals has two speeds and a delicate mode to seal a variety of foods. It comes with a starter kit that includes five pre-made sealer bags, a roll of plastic to make additional bags and a vacuum pipe for sealing containers.

The OXO Good Grips Food Scale combines a practical design with a reasonable price. The food scale includes a handy display that tucks neatly below the platform and can be pulled out on a retractable cord.

The American Weigh Blade is the smallest, most portable food scale we evaluated. In fact, it’s small enough to fit in a purse.

One of the great things about the Household Essentials MightyStor Cube is that it lives up to its name: It’s a cube.

Editor’s Note: This product has been removed from our site because it has been discontinued.