Consumer Reports allows anyone to read some portions of their website. However, to get their ratings on various appliances, you need to be an on-line subscriber. I find the small price well worthwhile, even though I also pay for the monthly magazines because I want to understand the products I purchase, esp'ly something that will be in my home many years. The full articles tell you about things like cost, convenience, features, customer service and repair issues.

If you do not wish to subscribe, stop at your local library and someone at the reference counter can help you locate the issues which reviewed the appliances you wish to learn more about. They can also help you find that news article you wished that you had clipped. If you have not noticed, the index for each year's product reviews is in the back of each Consumer Reports magazine.

I hope this helps you.
Julie of Minn.