Welcome to our 2021 Best of Year awards!
We tested over 2,000 products this year. These are our favorites.
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With 2021 coming to a close, we're looking back on the products that wowed us. Despite unprecedented supply chain issues, shipping delays, rising retail costs, and two—yes, two!—basement floods at the Reviewed labs, we managed to test over 2,000 products this year. And, as ever, we found a lot of great, inventive, and affordable products that we're happy to recommend.
What was trending with our readers? Face masks and other covid-related purchases slowed, but it was clear that mentally recovering from 2020 took some time, as stories about pillows, letting your pets sleep in the bed, and soothing stressed-out skin surged early in the year. By summer, you were venturing out into the world again, only to be met by endless flight cancellations and roving gangs of cicadas. But as the end of the year approached—bedraggled and exhausted though we all may be—seasonal instincts kicked back in and holiday gift guides prevailed.
The Reviewed Best of Year awards are the culmination of everything we loved. Spanning ten categories—Major Appliances, Kitchen & Cooking, Laundry & Cleaning, Tech, Smart Home, Parenting, Health & Beauty, Pets, Style, and Sleep—we bestowed our highest honor on 134 winners, just a small fraction of the total number of products we tested.
Congratulations to all the winners. Scroll down to see a few of the highlights or jump over to the complete list of 2021 Best of Year winners.