That is alarming – and not in a good way. Expert CHOICE tester Scott O'Keefe says, "Once I left home, it never once reported my location correctly for the entire day."
When we tested the Guardian Safety Pendants Lingo this year, we gave it a score of zero for tracking. Unfortunately, with so many disappointing products on the market, this is very often not the case. Personal alarms are intended to give peace of mind to the person using them and to their carers and loved ones.
Terrible tracker: this personal alarm couldn't locate our tester. To find the safest change table for your bundle of joy, check our expert baby change table review. For that price, it's reasonable to expect that, at the very least, you're buying a change table that won't hurt your baby.įor a tenth of the price of the Cocoon Allure, you could buy a truly safe change table that scored 100% in our tests. It has several hazardous pinching and crushing points, and it failed our roll-off test, which means your baby could fall over the side barrier.Īnd not only is it unsafe, it's also expensive at $999 – the most expensive change table we've tested this year. The Cocoon Allure well and truly failed our safety tests – our experts found two serious failures and one minor failure with this change table. The Cocoon Allure well and truly failed our safety tests – our experts found two serious failures and one minor failure So to test whether change tables are safe, we use a combination of Australian standards for other children's furniture and the US standard for change tables. But strangely we don't have any standards for change tables – even though they're something that caregivers use multiple times a day for changing babies' nappies. Parents and carers go to significant lengths to keep babies safe, and Australia generally has some of the strictest safety standards in the world for baby products. The baby change table that could hurt your baby You're essentially paying more for less."Īt $999, this change table is the most expensive we've tested this year – but it's potentially dangerous for your baby. "The Smeg machine could only grind the beans fine enough for the more consumer-friendly machines while still charging you the same amount you'd pay for a barista-level grinder. "This was definitely a 'style over substance' marketing move," says CHOICE expert tester Adrian Lini. This was definitely a 'style over substance' marketing move Adrian Lini, CHOICE expert tester But at least your kitchen will look pretty… They speculated that the coarser grind might work for a pressurised basket system instead.Īnd who do you think makes a coffee machine with a pressurised basket system? Smeg, of course! And how much do you think you'll have to pay for the privilege of owning the matching coffee machine? Nearly $500, that's how much. Our expert testers found that it was unable to achieve a grind fine enough for a true espresso. (Remember how burr grinders are meant to be better than blade grinders?)Īnd not only did it perform worse than the cheap blade grinder, it also didn't do what it was actually supposed to do – grind coffee to make espresso. In our most recent coffee grinder testing, we were surprised to find a $369 Smeg burr grinder that failed to outperform a $50 Breville blade grinder. Model: Smeg 50s style CGF01PBAU burr grinder.
The $369 Smeg burr grinder – beaten by a $50 blade grinder in our tests.