It’s the Filter’s first birthday! 25 things readers loved most this year – and if we still recommend them

In the course of a year, we’ve tested products ranging from instant coffees and cat toys to towels and sleep masks. These are the ones you loved most Sign up for the Filter US newsletter, your weekly guide to buying fewer, better things The Filter US is turning one.

Over the past year, we have cooked, cleaned, hiked and generally put our homes and bodies through a lot in pursuit of things actually worth buying. We have tested packing cubes on 14 trips, spent 63 nights testing sleep masks , recruited 84 coffee drinkers to taste instant coffee and put thousands of products through their paces (and called out ones which we don’t recommend ). And we have gone deeper: asking a food lab to test the best non-toxic pans , blind-tasting everything from protein…