Consumer Reports has no financial relationship with advertisers on this site. Remote controls for TVs, cable boxes, and media players get handled all the time, often with fingers and mitts that aren't ...

Remote controls are convenient, easy to use, and make life easier. However, they’re also one of those things around the house that rarely get cleaned, like your fridge water dispenser, vinyl records, ...

Let’s play a fun game, shall we? Which one of the half dozen gadgets that you touch, tap, cradle against your face or push into your ear-holes hundreds – if not thousands of times a day – is the ...