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Consumer Reports Chrome Extension - Product Ratings and Recommendations

Consumer Reports is a trustworthy source of unbiased product reviews and ratings, working for consumer transparency and fairness. The Consumer Reports Chrome extension transforms your online shopping experience. It automatically detects and displays the CR ratings of products you browse on supported sites, and shares recommendations on whether a product is a 'best buy' or a 'don’t buy'. Also, safety warnings on products are instantly provided for informed and safe shopping decisions.

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Extension stats

By: https://www.consumerreports.org

Users: 10,000+

Rating: 3.33

(12)

Version: 2.0.2 (Last updated: 2023-05-20)

Creation date: 2019-11-19

Permissions:

background
cookies
storage

Host permissions:

https://*.consumerreports.org/*

Size: 3.17M

Email: cr*****@cr.consumer.org

URLs: Website ,Privacy policy

Full description: See detailed description

Ranking

# 9,451 ▲ 44

Other rankings

#871 in Shopping ▲ 80

Other platforms

Not available on Android

Consumer Reports Add On (v2.0.2)

230 2.33

(3)

Consumer Reports (v2.0.2)

6,778+ 5.00

(2)

User reviews

These summaries are automatically generated weekly using AI based on recent user reviews. Chrome Web Store does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.

Pros

Easy installation process.
Useful for copy-pasting from the Consumer Reports site.
Appealing concept for product ratings.

Cons

Constant sign-in prompts are annoying.
Generic landing pages instead of specific ratings.
Issues with the extension not functioning properly.
Sign-in button often unresponsive.
Icon may disappear when searching for products.

Most mentioned

Constant sign-in prompts.
Generic landing pages.
Issues with functionality.
Problems with the sign-in feature.

User reviews

Works very well, assists me when I shop online. I prefer having a non-profit entity like Consumer Reports rate my products rather than fake reviews online. I've had no problems with this so far.

Kevin LeGall, 2025-02-04

The CR extension constantly nags you to sign-in. This is the only extension that ask me sign it each time I open Chrome. I like the extension, but find this annoying to the point I have disabled it until I need it.

Mark Fowler, 2020-12-01

Still has generic landing page, and ratings for items I know have been tested are not showing up. Hopefully everything get worked out and this can be put to good use. Still nice to have for copy and pasting from the site.

Alex Kourakos, 2019-08-14

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Extension safety

Risk impact

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Risk impact analysis details

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