Food
We fried nine kilos of potato to settle this
Three price brackets, one kitchen, a control batch in oil. The cheapest machine beat two costing triple, and the basket is why.
1 min read18,420 readers14 Sept 2026
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Apparel
The Northfield linen shirt, after a Delhi summer
Four months, roughly sixty wears and thirty washes. Linen either softens or falls apart, and the weave decides which.
1 min read7,150 readers12 Sept 2026
Travel
Cabin bags that clear every Indian gauge
We measured eleven cabin bags packed, not empty, and took them to the sizers. Four failed at a gate they were sold to pass.
1 min read9,380 readers10 Sept 2026
Tech
Best laptops under ₹60,000 in 2026
Forty machines, one test bench, and a clear answer on what ₹60,000 buys before the compromises start to hurt.
1 min read12,400 readersUpdated 12 Sept 2026
Food
Cold brew at home, costed per litre
The equipment barely matters. The grind, the ratio and the bean price decide what a litre costs and how it tastes.
1 min read5,310 readers5 Sept 2026
Apparel
Linen shirts for humid cities
Weight, weave and cut decide whether linen works in humidity. We wore nine shirts through a monsoon to find out.
1 min read3,540 readers4 Sept 2026
Tech
The Aster 65W charger, six months on
A small charger that replaced three larger ones. After six months of daily travel, here is what held up and what did not.
1 min read6,240 readers2 Sept 2026
Travel
Travel cards worth the annual fee
Forex markup and lounge access are worth different amounts to different travellers. Here is how to work out your own number.
1 min read4,120 readers1 Sept 2026
Apparel
Running shoes after 200km
New shoes tell you nothing. We logged 200km in four pairs and measured what the midsole had actually lost.
1 min read3,880 readers30 Aug 2026
Food
Cast iron under ₹3,000, seasoned and abused
Six pans, four months of daily cooking, and one that lost its seasoning in a week. Surface finish is the whole story.
1 min read2,480 readers28 Aug 2026
Tech
Phones that still get four years of updates
Update policy outlasts every specification on the box. Here is how to read the promises, and which ones have actually been kept.
1 min read4,970 readers26 Aug 2026
Travel
Noise cancelling for night flights
Cancellation depth matters less than clamp force when you are trying to sleep sitting upright for seven hours.
1 min read2,940 readers24 Aug 2026