Rachel Nguyen

Rachel Nguyen is the Patio & Backyard Editor at YardToolLab, where she turns her five years of hands on testing into honest, practical advice. Before joining the team, she spent a decade as a landscape designer, specifying outdoor furniture and fire features for residential projects. That experience taught her the difference between a product that looks good on paper and one that holds up through a rainy spring and a smoky summer. Now she focuses on patio heaters, fire pits, and backyard living gear, testing everything in her own yard year round. Rachel does not rely on lab claims or marketing specs. She buys the tools herself, uses them for weeks, and reports what actually breaks, what works, and what is a waste of money. Readers trust her because she has no stake in selling anything, only in telling the truth.