A staple of slapstick humor, the act of slipping and falling is a lot less funny when it happens to you — and the risk goes up in winter.

After testing 19 traction devices on water-slicked ice, hard-packed snow, and slippery hills on wintry city sidewalks and forested trails, we’ve identified the Yaktrax ICEtrekkers Diamond Grip cleats as the best for occasional suburban and city walking. We also have picks for regular use in more serious terrain.

An all-in-one computer can be a great family PC or a centerpiece for a home office — their all-encompassing design helps you avoid a mess of display, power, and peripheral wires. However, all-in-ones typically cost more than a laptop or a mini PC plus a monitor, so keep in mind that you’re paying more for that streamlined design.

Although the latest Apple 24-inch iMac with M6 processor just became even more expensive with a recent price hike, it offers the best combination of display quality, performance, and design. For a Windows option that’s a bit less expensive, we recommend the Lenovo Yoga AIO (27" Intel).

Gas ranges (or stoves) appeal to our inner caveman — or to anyone who thrills to the idea of cooking over a live flame.

Of the 30-inch, freestanding gas ranges I considered, the GE GGF600AV is my top pick. It has a basic convection oven and an excellent cooktop for the price (occasionally under $1,000), and it comes in multiple finishes.

I also recommend two upgrade picks with higher-end specs and designs, a good-looking budget model, a pared-down range designed for longevity and repairability, and a model with a double oven.

If you harbor dreams of a $15,000 gas range with big knobs and a lot of Btu but have a $1,500 budget, a slide-in range is for you.

I like to think of these stoves, which have a low profile and no clunky backguard, as a design hack for kitchens: You can find a good-looking slide-in for less than $1,000, often just slightly more than a similar freestanding model. And if you’re willing to spend a bit more (around $2,000 or $3,000) you can get even closer to a luxury look and feel.

The GE GGS600AV and the Whirlpool WSGS7530R are my top picks. They’re both terrific and affordable ranges with strong cooktops. The GE has a basic convection oven and comes in four finishes. The Whirlpool has a true convection oven and is available in two finishes.

I also recommend four other models with more premium designs, features, and functionality at a variety of prices.

Editor’s note: After completing a new round of testing, we have two new picks coming soon for this guide: The Anker Soundcore Space 2 Pro will be our top pick, and the Sony WH-1000XM6 will be our upgrade pick. Check out What to look forward to for more details.

Earbuds are discreet and convenient to use, but if you want to get the best wireless sound for the money, choose over-ear Bluetooth headphones Although no single headphones set is a perfect match for everyone, the JBL Tour One M2 comes darn close. We love this pair’s customizable sound, stellar call clarity, and days-long battery life — plus, it includes some bonus features usually reserved for pricier pairs.

Traveling with your littlest people can feel overwhelming for new and experienced parents alike. Equipping yourself with portable, practical gear can help — from making the trek to the airport gate smoother to getting a good night’s sleep in an unfamiliar space.

We polled well-traveled parents and caregivers for their must-haves when they leave home, then we compared the top choices, including favorite travel car seats, strollers, high chairs, travel cribs, blackout shades, and more.

Above all, we looked for lightweight, easy-to-use equipment that can be packed down to fit into a suitcase or toted around easily — giving you one less thing to weigh you down on your next flight or road trip.

A notebook is more than just a practical tool. It can be a source of joy, a covetable item that turns an ordinary, everyday task — note-taking, journaling, task-planning, brainstorming, or doodling — into a sublime experience. It can also be a form of self expression.

Upgrading from a cheap notebook to a high-quality one usually costs just a couple more cents per page (or about $2 to $5 overall), and you’re worth it.

After interviewing experts, researching over 120 notebooks, and writing zealously in 54 of them side by side over weeks, we have recommendations in a number of sizes and styles, priced from about $10 to $40 (at this writing). Any of these notebooks will provide an appreciably better writing experience than what you can get from a generic, off-the-shelf-at-Walgreens notebook.

We mention price per page when it’s notable, but our picks average 11 cents per page (at this writing). We also mention paper weight or thickness when that spec is important, but most of these high-quality pages are 80 to 90 grams per square meter (gsm); thicker isn’t always better, but all of the paper in our picks felt substantial and satisfying for us to write on. And most of the notebooks we tested had 7 mm lined ruling (close to college rule), but we note the exceptions below.

Since that formative moment when you ate your first chocolate chip cookie — maybe dunked in milk, maybe during day-care snack time, maybe homemade, from your family’s oven — your tastes have probably changed. I know mine have. Plus, chocolate chip cookies have changed. And so has store-bought chocolate chip cookie dough.

Gone are the days when just one yellow-wrapped log (you know the one) was all you’d see in the refrigerated section. Now there’s cookie dough that’s poised to meet the new demands of today’s chocolate chip cookie lover.

A sparkly shower of sea salt and bronzed brown butter — flourishes once limited to the new trendy bakery on the block — are now available in your supermarket’s fridge or freezer case. As are a swath of doughs tailored to gluten-free, plant-based, or low-sugar diets. It’s no longer just a question of chewy versus crispy; there’s so much more to quibble over.

We tested 21 ready-to-bake chocolate chip cookie doughs, including nine gluten-free or plant-based options, to find the ones with crispiest edges, the chewiest centers, and plenty of buttery, chocolaty flavor. Many cookies didn’t impress, including some of those nostalgic favorites. But three clear winners rose to the top as close-to-homemade treats.

Whether you need to offset the chill in a drafty bedroom or give your home’s heating system a little boost, it’s always good to have a space heater on hand. We’ve researched over 100 models and tested more than 80 since 2011, and we think the Vornado VH240 is the best space heater for most people. (The Vornado VH200 is nearly identical, and works just as well.) A lot of space heaters can make you feel as if you’re sitting in front of a hair dryer. But our picks can warm an entire room faster and more comfortably than other models, while still offering plenty of reliable safety features, just in case.

Actress, singer, and comedian Ana Gasteyer talked about the humidifier she’s trying, the first album she ever bought, and her dream Wirecutter-testing gig.