Family Handyman
[{'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on March 8, 2018', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-3 review-rating', 'review_body': 'After reading the reviews and the inexpensive $8.95 price tag, I thought this magazine would make a great gift for my handy husband. He wasn\'t impressed with the first two issues and complained of advertisements crowding the magazine. He was excited to read a good article on beginning welding in his 3rd issue. I took some time to leaf through the magazine before writing this review. The advertisements are exhausting. For example, in the first 10 pages of one issue, I counted 3 full page advertisements and 3 half page advertisements. It\'s like that throughout the remainder of the magazine as well. This is really unfortunate as it takes away from the readability of the magazine. There is some useful information presented such as "stuff we love" which outlines favorite DIY tools, material, and gear. There are Pro tips (example: installing an irrigation system), reader DIY tips, and a handful of projects with decent instructions. Unfortunately, most of the projects haven\'t interested my husband. We won\'t be renewing this again.\n\nI haven\'t had any problems with unwanted auto-renewal of my magazines on Amazon as long as I follow these steps to turn it off:\n1) Go to your account and look under Membership and Subscriptions.\n2) Find "Print Magazines."\n3) Once selected, you will see all of your current magazine subscriptions and when they will be renewed at the lowest Amazon price.\n4) Simply turn off the "auto-renewal" setting by selecting auto-renewal settings and "turn off."\n\nI\'ve been subscribed to all of my magazines from Amazon for over 2 years now and have never had a payment request from the magazine company or a continuation of magazines arriving when I said I didn\'t want them to. It\'s easy and worry free.'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on July 18, 2018', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': 'So happy that I subscribed to this magazine..."The Family Handyman". Every issue is Full of interesting and needed information. All my friends want to borrow... I now know what I\'m getting friends for Christmas their own subscriptions of "The Family Handyman. The price is quite reasonable for the enjoyment and information'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on April 19, 2017', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-1 review-rating', 'review_body': "Some content was really good, but the adds to content balance just didn't work for me. Pretty sure it was at least 60/40 ads to content."}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on September 19, 2016', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-1 review-rating', 'review_body': 'I bought this for my husband and paid $15 for two years. We have gotten 1 issue in 3 months and 5 bills saying we owe $10. This is an awful deal.'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on October 15, 2016', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-3 review-rating', 'review_body': "SO many ads now... I'm glad I didn't pay full price. Im 28 and viagra ads every other page aren' necessary."}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on January 12, 2017', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-1 review-rating', 'review_body': 'I made the mistake of signing up. It took several months to even get the first issue, and in total I have only received a few more since signing up ten months ago.\n\nComplete disappointment.'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on August 15, 2016', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-1 review-rating', 'review_body': 'Received my first issue 2 months ago and have never received one since. First issue took 2 months to start. Signed up for 24 issues. If I do get 24 issues, it should only take 4 years to get them all!'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on December 30, 2016', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-2 review-rating', 'review_body': "This subscription seems to come intermittently. The magazine is mostly advertisements. We won't renew."}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on December 14, 2018', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': "I see all these reviews where people are whining because there are a lot of ads. Well... yes, there are ads... it's a magazine! All magazines have lots of ads... it's how they sustain themselves when only charging you $5-$10/yr for a subscription. But, you know what else there is a lot of? Interesting content! And plenty of it. And relevant ads. I'm a DIY'er and Maker so I'm interested in the subject matter and they do a great job of tackling multiple subjects, have plenty of how-to's and education on actual stuff you need to know. What I love about this magazine most is the project ideas. They are awesome and do a great job of showing detailed instructions, pics, and tips. If you're a DIY'er or just an overall handy person that likes doing stuff around your house, this is a great magazine to check out monthly. And it's cheap!"}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on September 26, 2018', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': "Ton of useful info in it, and I am very satisfied with the content so far (received 3 issues). Yes, there are ads but not too much in my view and some repetition on info from one issue to the next, but I always get new ideas and helpful tips from every publication. The magazine may not give you comprehensive, step by step instructions to complete certain project but it will provide some starting points and help you become more creative and skillful. I don't agree with all the overly negative reviews frankly. This magazine is not going to replace a contractor nor make you a handy man suddenly. DIY skills take practice and some talents you are born with. The magazine can only help you so far. With that said, I highly recommend it!"}]