Hey, it's Ben Fruman, editor-in-chief of Wirecutter.
We put together the ultimate moving guide, and I wanted to find out a few of our writers' favorite tips.
When you're first moving into your home, make sure that you change the baddies in your smoke detector.
Buy a mattress bag.
You can carry a mattress more easily because the handles are built in,
and it 's going to protect your mattress from the truck and the street.
Make sure you have towels on hand.
You don't want to end up taking a shower and using a dirty sock to dry off.
Yeah.
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Daily producer Diana Wynn here.
It's nine in the morning.
I am at Terminal E at George Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston.
There's a line snaking out the door to get through security.
And we are going to go and talk to some of these people.
How are you feeling right now?
I was very stressed the last couple of days.
On Monday, I was in security for five and a half hours,
getting literally to this very point where I was now, and then I missed my flight.
I was here on Monday.