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In This Issue
July 2009 - Departments
- Up Front
- Ice cream: Can 'light' be luscious?
- Best sunscreens for your summer
Plus: Decoding the labels - First Look: Honda Insight
- Fast-food chains meet trans-fat claims
- Snack crisps
- Claim check: Spray-on pancakes
- For wine, think inside the box
- Snuggie sleeved blanket
- Sunglass savvy
- Recalls & Safety Alerts
- CR Health
- First aid for coping with summer pests
- Plus: Apply antiperspirant at night and sleep tight
- CR Money
- Savings around the clock
- Viewpoint
- Stop credit gotchas
- From Our President
- When not to buy a product
- Selling It
- Your Letters
- Ask Our Experts
- Browse issues
- Digital cameras
Top choices in point-and-shoots and SLR models. - Plus: The best-performing brands
- Protect your camera from moisture
Features
Readers rate 101 chains for food, value, and service. Plus: A steak taste-off and best ways to cut calories.
How to find the best hearing aid for you. Also, important ways to protect your hearing.
- The new rules of using credit
As banks add fees and tighten requirements, you'll need these new strategies for spending, saving, and living.
Lab Tests 
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Digital picture frames
Focus on image quality, not on the extras. -
Cell-phone cameras
Several very good models will yield pleasing pictures. -
Air conditioners
Central brands, window units, and alternatives. - More Tests: E-readers, Deck stains, TV remote controls, Laundry detergents, and Washers & dryers
Cars
Road tests of the Infiniti FX35 and Lexus RX 350 luxury SUVs and three-row Chevrolet Traverse and Kia Borrego.
Consumer Reports July 2009 provides recommendations, expert buying advice, and Ratings on hundreds of consumer products. Consumer Reports is one of the most trusted sources for information and advice on consumer products and services, with more than 7 million
print and online subscribers. It conducts the most comprehensive testing programs of any U.S. publication or Web site, and
the magazine's experts have decades of experience in testing and reporting. To become a subscriber, consumers can call 1-800-234-1645.
Updated information and reports from the magazine can be accessed online at www.ConsumerReports.org.
