Selfie Sticks, Video Cameras, Touchscreen Gloves, Deals, Updates and More

This (and Next) Week on The Wirecutter: Selfie Sticks, Video Cameras, Touchscreen Gloves, Deals, Updates and More

Next Week: Selfie Sticks We tested 20 selfie sticks in various conditions and locations, including at a frozen Niagara Falls, to find the best for your self-portraits. The $20 Looq DG was the shortest when folded up (about 1 foot) and the longest when extended, making it easier to carry and more versatile for selfies than any other stick we tested. Its solid clamp works on even the largest, heaviest phones and it uses a cable to snap photos (not Bluetooth like most sticks) so there’s no battery to worry about. —Andrew The Best Video Camera After 30 hours of research and shooting hours of video in a range of conditions, we found the $600Panasonic HC-V750K is the best video camera. It captures video with more detail, better color, and better sound than any other camera we tested (some of which were twice the price). The Best Touchscreen Winter Gloves Over the past three winters, we’ve tested more than 20 pairs of touchscreen gloves while moving half a ton of stumps, climbing on ice, and just walking and biking around town. For the third year running and despite some stiff competition, the Winter Style Touchscreen Gloves by Glider Gloves have been chosen as the best, offering up the right combination of warmth, dexterity, and grip for about $30 (also available direct). They’re not the absolute warmest touchscreen gloves you can buy, but they’re warmer than anything that’s better at handling touchscreens, and better at handling touchscreens than anything that’s warmer. Inner Vision for the weekend of March 6, 2015 In this weekend’s edition of Inner Vision, which airlines have the best leg room, how to sleep in any situation, and what it’s like to need almost no sleep. The Best Deals We Can Find Because we think we can make a small difference by being picky, here are some great deals on solid pieces of gear. Updates * Follow us on Twitter for updates on our newest guides and the best deals we find. * After receiving a number of comments and emails from unhappy people who have purchased our Brainwavz Delta pick only to have them fall apart, or not work properly, we reached out to Brainwavz to talk about the issue and consider whether we needed to change our recommendation. See our updated guide for our reporting on the issue and explanation for why we're keeping the Deltas as our pick. [Best Headphones Under $40] * Due to the frequent unavailability of our previous pick, we have a new selection for the best Lightning cable. We like Anker's 3-ft. Lightning to USB because it performs similarly to Apple's own cable but costs $10 less. [Best Lightning Cable] * There have been several reports about fraudulent tax filings and hacks associated with TurboTax this season. After assessing the situation, we're sticking with it as our pick for best tax software. Please read our updated guide for more info. [Best Tax Software] * Nikon introduced the $600 Coolpix P900, a camera with an astounding 83x zoom. We will compare it to the year's new crop of superzooms once it's available in April. [Best Superzoom Camera] * Both HTC and Samsung announced new flagship phones this week--HTC One M9 and Samsung Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge--and we'll be putting them to the test as soon as we can. [Best Android Phones] * After several requests from readers for our favorite two-line option, we've added an additional pick to our cordless phone guide: Panasonic's KX-TG9541B. [Best Cordless Phone] * We added new info about the Pebble Time Steel, a direct successor to our current pick, the Pebble Steel, in our smartwatches guide. [The Best Smartwatch (For Now)] * We've added Huawei Watch, an Android Wear watch with notably sophisticated looks, to our smartwatches guide. We've also updated our mid-range DSLR guide with the follow-up to our pick, the D7200, coming next month from Nikon. [The Best Smartwatch (For Now), The Best Mid-Range DSLR] Check out our sister site The Sweethome; it's a Wirecutter for house supplies and homewares. Notes We support the dozens of hours that go into our evaluations through a small kickback on purchases through our links. Here's how to support our writers and our work. For more on our ethics and how we work, read this. Help wanted. We have a number of open positions ranging from managing editor to researcher. [Jobs] The true price of something is to be considered by dividing its cost over the hours you'll use it.