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Health

Dose, form and third-party testing tell you more than any claim on the front of the pack.

Consumer devices infer sleep stages from movement and heart rate. Useful for trends, weak on specifics.

Fixed daily targets are marketing conventions. Thirst and urine colour are better guides for most people.

Technique affects the reading more than the device does, and most home errors are avoidable.

The reference price does most of the work, and knowing how it is set changes what a discount means.

The offer is genuine. What happens at the end of the promotional period is where the cost sits.

Extended warranties frequently duplicate protection the law already gives you.

Monthly payment is the number lenders advertise. Total repayable is the one that tells you the cost.

Over a decade of use, the cheaper machine is frequently the more expensive one.

A handful of cheap annual tasks prevent most of the costly failures.

Controls only save money if they change behaviour. Most households never adjust the defaults.

Lumens, colour temperature and colour rendering decide the result. Wattage no longer does.