I grew up shoveling a 20×40 backyard rink every Saturday in Minnesota, and my team has spent the last three winters testing backyard ice rinks for hockey across climate zones from Wisconsin to Tennessee. We froze real water rinks in -20F weather, set up synthetic ice tiles in a heated garage, and even hauled panels … Read more
Picking the best home pickleball court kits for backyards comes down to three things: the size of your flat space, how often you’ll set up and tear down, and whether you want a regulation net or a court marking kit you pair with an existing net. Our team spent six weekends testing 14 kits across … Read more
Adding a salt room to your wellness spa is one of the smartest investments you can make in . Salt therapy (also called halotherapy) has moved from niche European wellness centers into mainstream American spas, and the demand keeps climbing. If you are searching for the best salt rooms for wellness spas, you are in … Read more
Opening a wellness center with float therapy means more than picking a tank. The best float tanks for wellness centers depend on the right salt supply, reliable filtration, and consumables you can reorder without a hitch. I spent six weeks talking to float center operators, comparing bulk magnesium options on Amazon, and checking what holds … Read more
Last summer, I tested ten of the best outdoor projectors for backyards across three months of backyard movie nights, BBQs, and one very memorable game-day watch party. I set each one up in real backyards, paired them with portable screens, and watched how they handled ambient light, neighbor string lights, and the occasional surprise rainstorm. … Read more
Finding the best loft beds for adults can feel overwhelming when you’re staring at dozens of options online. I’ve spent weeks testing and comparing metal and wood frames across different price points, room sizes, and weight capacities to narrow it down to the 10 picks that actually deliver. Whether you’re living in a studio apartment … Read more
I have spent the last three months on actual job sites running, hauling, and cleaning out eight different skid steer concrete mixers. Some were great. Some leaked hydraulic fluid within an hour. One was so heavy it pushed my compact track loader to its tipping point. This guide covers the best skid steer concrete mixers … Read more
I have spent the last three months running trenchers on utility jobsites, from fiber drops in clay to irrigation lines in rocky caliche, and the difference between a good skid steer trencher and a frustrating one is everything. A skid steer trencher is a hydraulic attachment with a rotating digging chain that mounts to a … Read more
Setting fence posts by hand is backbreaking work. If you run a ranch, manage a fencing crew, or just have hundreds of posts to set, a skid steer auger attachment turns days of digging into hours of clean, uniform holes. After testing and comparing eight of the most popular skid steer augers on the market … Read more
I still remember the first time I bolted a ripper to my mini excavator and tried to crack through a frozen November site. The bucket had bounced off that hardpan for an hour with nothing to show. The ripper went in, the ground split, and we finished the trench in half the time. That day … Read more