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Men's Shoes 1948
Men's shoes, 1948 The major determinants of shoe quality are hidden inside. We disassemble each...
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Canned Meats 1948
Our fat-extracting apparatus helps us analyze various brands of canned hamburger. These products...
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Toothpastes 1949
Pepsodent and several of the other toothpastes we test don't meet the federal specifications for...
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Ballpoint Pens 1949
The average price has recently dropped from $9 to less than a dollar. One of our tests uses this...
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Small Cars 1948
The tiny Crosley, at about $1,000, is the least expensive American-made car and has never received...
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Checking the tires 1940
For a short film, "Getting Your Money's Worth," we show audiences how to examine the tires on a used car.
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Permanents 1938
Getting a permanent wave is "almost a national pastime" and the price has dropped to a...
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Thread 1945
A special thread tensile strength apparatus is used to test how strong different threads are before they break.
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Escape Ladders 1979
Many escape ladders shouldn't be counted on during a fire; simply testing some of these...
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Paper Towels 1980
Pouring lead shot onto a dampened paper towel is one way to test its wet strength.
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Pudding and gelatin desserts 1945
These packaged desserts do enable the busy housewife to whip together a more-or-less tasty dessert...
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Mopeds 1978
In 1978 there was no widely accepted test criteria for mopeds, so Consumer Reports devised its own,...
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Facial tissues 1977
To test "blowout" resistance, we fix each sample in an embroidery hoop and hit it with a burst of spray, simulating an explosive sneeze.
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Household extension ladders 1973
We judge overall rigidity, which combines resistance to bending, twisting, and side sway, by making...
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Ecology kits 1973
This Mr. Wizard kit, as its name implies, consists entirely of culturing molds and bacteria. That...
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Car safety for children 1977
This dummy, modeled on a 38-inch-tall three-year-old child, is used to test car safety seats for...
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Instant glue 1973
One drop of this instant glue formed a bond between man and hammer in five seconds. We called it an instant hazard--and rated it Not Acceptable.
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