Buying guides

One page per category: our picks from the RECOMMEND list, priced from live listings every night — plus everything on special in the category.

• The best Wi-Fi routers in AustraliaA good router is the difference between a dead bedroom and full-speed NBN everywhere. We track eero, ASUS, Ubiquiti and NETGEAR across the stores we sweep, and these are the models whose prices we watch every day.
• The best robot vacuums in AustraliaRobot vacuums live on the price history we record, not the RRP a store crossed out. We track the models worth caring about; a price that falls against our own records is what turns a good robot into a deal.
• The best stick vacuums in AustraliaCordless sticks are the most-marked-down aisle in vacuums, so the store's own "was" price means little. We compare against our own recorded history instead, and these are the models we track.
• The best cordless drills in AustraliaOne model code, two very different products: a bare drill and the kit with batteries, charger and case differ by one suffix and a few hundred dollars. We keep them separate — every pick below is a specific tool, priced from live listings.
• The best noise-cancelling headphones in AustraliaFlagship noise-cancellers get deep markdowns a few months after launch. We track Sony and Bose across every store we sweep, so the price below is today's lowest live listing — checked, not guessed.
• The best wireless earbuds in AustraliaEarbuds are the most competitive aisle in audio and the least worth paying full price in. Our picks come from the RECOMMEND list, priced from live listings we sweep rather than store-claimed discounts.
• The best OLED TVs in AustraliaOLED pricing swings week to week and the marked-down baseline shifts with every new panel. These are the models we watch; the price shown is the lowest live listing we recorded today.
• The best laptops in AustraliaLaptop deals cluster around refresh cycles, and the best time to buy is the week the next model lands. We track the MacBook Air line the same way we track everything else: recorded price history, not crossed-out RRPs.
• The best smartwatches in AustraliaCase size and connectivity make the same watch two different products at two different prices — a 46mm GPS watch is not the 42mm LTE one. Our picks are model-level, priced from live listings.
• The best mattresses in AustraliaMattress brands sell one model in six sizes at six prices, and 'sale' is the permanent state of the category. We price by exact model, not by the size, and only call something a deal when our recorded history backs it.