Consumer Reports Best Buys: Exterior Paints, Stains, Shingles, and Siding

The following are Consumer Reports Best Buys, meaning the best combination of performance and price. All are recommended.

Exterior Paints: These paints completed testing equivalent to nine years' exposure.
Kilz Casual Colors Semigloss, $23 per gallon.
Kilz Casual Colors Flat, $20 per gallon.
Kilz Casual Colors Satin, $22 per gallon.

Stains:
Also completed equivalent of nine years' exposure.
Behr Deck, Fence, and Siding 200 line (latex), $24 per gallon.
Olympic Premium Acrylic (596xx
Olympic Premium Acrylic (596xx series) (latex), $21 per gallon.

Roofing: Laminated shingles
Owens Corning Oakridge $70 per 100 square feet.
CertainTeed Landmark $65 per 100 square feet.

Vinyl Siding:
Heartland HeartTech, $75 per square feet.
Revere Soveriegn Select Energy Smart, $125 per square feet.