Ellen Airhart is an associate writer at Wirecutter, where she covers cleaning and emergency preparedness. Please email her with your biggest messes and most anxious thoughts.
Latest articles
The Best Hurricane Preparedness Supplies and Strategies
by Doug Mahoney and Ellen Airhart
How to plan and protect yourself in areas at risk of hurricanes.
The Best Emergency Preparedness Supplies
by Ellen Airhart
After hundreds of hours of research, we narrowed down the items that could prove indispensable in a natural disaster—and most are helpful in everyday life, too.
The Best Wildfire Preparedness Supplies and Strategies
by Ellen Airhart
How to plan and protect yourself in areas at risk of wildfires.
The Best Patio Umbrella and Stand
by Kalee Thompson, Katie Okamoto, and Ellen Airhart
After years of long-term testing, we recommend Treasure Garden’s Market Umbrella and Article’s Paima Umbrella Base as the best patio umbrella and base.
