Shopping Guides and Buying Advice
Crocs: Where to Buy Online and In Store, and How to Get the Size Right
Crocs are in peak season right now, which is when the buying decisions get hardest. Late July means full racks and full…
Carvel Ice Cream Cakes: Where to Buy Online and In Store
Where you can buy Carvel ice cream cakes depends almost entirely on your zip code. The chain runs roughly 330 shops spread…
Cosplay Costumes: Where to Buy, What to Look For, and What to Avoid
Two calendars drive this hobby, and one is running hot right now. Convention season fills spring and summer, so late July sits…
Beyond Meat: Where to Buy Online and In Store, What to Look For, and What to Avoid
Beyond Meat is easier to find at some stores than others, and that gap has widened over the past two years. As…
CamelBak: Where to Buy Online and In Store, Plus What to Check First
CamelBak water bottles, drinking reservoirs, and the packs built around them are three separate purchases, and selection splits hard by retailer. Sporting…
Brandy Melville: Where to Buy Online and In Store
Brandy Melville sells almost everything in a single size, and that one fact decides where you should shop and what to expect…
Blue Bunny Ice Cream: Where to Buy Online and In Store
Blue Bunny turns up in the grocery freezer case, not in a shipping box, and that one fact decides how you shop…
Best Plunger: Where to Buy, What to Look For, and What to Avoid
Most households own the wrong plunger. The flat-bottomed cup style sitting behind millions of toilets was built for sinks and tubs, while…
Beet Juice: Where to Buy Online and In Store, What to Look For, and What to Avoid
Beet juice sells in three formats shoppers mix up: refrigerated cold-pressed bottles, shelf-stable not-from-concentrate bottles, and concentrated nitrate shots for athletes. Price…
AAAA Batteries: Where to Buy Online and In Store
AAAA batteries sit in an awkward middle ground. Enough retailers stock them that you are rarely stranded, but few enough that a…
Cake: Where to Buy It, What to Order, and How Far Ahead
Buying a cake is one of the few errands where the calendar matters more than the budget. Call a bakery Monday for…
Gingerbread House Kits: Where to Buy Off-Season, What to Look For, and What to Avoid
In late July, almost no US store stocks a gingerbread house kit. Boxes land on shelves in late October, peak through December,…
Converse: Where to Buy, How to Size Them, and What to Avoid
Before you buy Converse, know this: they run about a half size large. Sizing down is the right move for most feet,…
Band Shirts: Where to Buy Online and In Store for Every Music Fan
Band shirts are the cheapest way to carry your taste in music around with you, and also one of the easiest things…
Cosplay Wigs: Where to Buy, What to Look For, and What to Avoid
Cosplay wigs are the part of a costume people notice first, and the part buyers get wrong most often. Nearly all of…
