If you have hard water and are considering your options, here's everything you need to know about whole-home water softeners.

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If your home’s water is very hard, you can install a water softener—a tank that removes minerals like calcium and magnesium from your home’s water supply using a process called ion exchange.

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Fabric softener is bad for your washing machine and clothes. Consumer Reports offer tips to make your clothes soft and nice-smelling without any gross residue.

Consumer Reports found major performance differences among sunscreens — even from the same brand. And in some cases, in CR’s ...

The best formulas from popular brands like Cascade and Seventh Generation do a fantastic job of removing food and resisting residue in Consumer Reports’ tough lab tests.

Consumer Reports found major performance differences among sunscreens—even from the same brand. And in some cases, in CR’s tests, the protection offered didn’t match the SPF listed on the label.

By Angela Lashbrook. Fabric softener is notoriously divisive. In fact, when we interviewed Rich Handel, a test project leader at Consumer Reports who specializes in laundry, about the things he ...