Garden & DIY
Toolstation Buying Guide 2026: The 6 Best Garden and DIY Buys
Six Toolstation buys for lawn, hedge and radiators, and one hedge trimmer to avoid.
Top pick: Hawksmoor 36V Brushless Cordless Lawnmower 37cm 2 x 4.0Ah
Garden & DIY guides
Power tools, plants by post, bicycles and the outdoor gear that gets used hard. The questions here are practical: which model is enough for the job, what the warranty really covers, and what happens when the delivery driver cannot find the gate.
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Garden & DIY
Best Thompson & Morgan Plants and Bulbs 2026: The 6 We'd Buy
Six Thompson & Morgan buys for autumn planting, from £2.99 seeds to bulbs and fruit.
Top pick: Narcissus ‘Tete-a-Tete’
Garden & DIY
Best Screwfix Tools and Fixings 2026: The 6 We'd Buy
Six Screwfix buys for home jobs, from a DeWalt drill to £27.99 garage shelving.
Top pick: DEWALT DCD778M2T-SFGB 18V 2 x 4.0Ah Li-Ion XR Brushless Cordless Combi Drill
Garden & DIY
The 6 Best Rapha Cycling Kit for 2026
Six Rapha buys, from the Core Jersey to the Pro Team bib shorts.
Top pick: Men’s Core Bib Shorts
Garden & DIY
The Best Rab Outdoor Gear in 2026: Our 6 Picks
Six Rab buys, from the £70 Nexus fleece to the Neutrino down bag.
Top pick: Men’s Microlight Alpine Down Hoody
Garden & DIY
The Best Halfords Tools and Garage Kit in 2026: Our 6 Picks
Socket sets, a torque wrench, a jack and stands, and a tyre inflator worth keeping.
Top pick: Halfords Advanced 150 Pc Socket & Spanner Set
Garden & DIY
Best Crocus Garden Buys 2026: The 6 We'd Buy
Six Crocus buys, from a grass that costs less in threes to a forged Dutch shovel.
Top pick: Hydrangea arborescens ‘Annabelle’
Garden & DIY
Best Brompton Folding Bikes 2026: The 6 We'd Buy
Six Bromptons ranked, from the £999 A Line to the electric C Line.
Top pick: C Line - 4-speed
Garden & DIY
The 5 Best Berghaus Outdoor Clothing for 2026
Five Berghaus buys for wet walks, from the Prism fleece to Gore-Tex.
Top pick: Men’s Hillwalker 2.0 Interactive Jacket
How we choose
We read the product pages, the size guides, the delivery and returns small print, and a few hundred customer reviews, lowest-rated first. Then we pick. We do not test products ourselves and we never pretend to.
Read how we choose- Every pick checked on the brand's UK site, with the month we read it
- A real weakness for every product, not just the ones we liked less
- No scores out of ten: each pick earns an award, and a reason
- Commission never decides what makes the list