Using the correct car jack will keep you safe and save headaches. From basic scissor jacks to pro-grade hydraulics, here's what to know.

Lifting your vehicle is essential when doing maintenance underneath your car. Here are our recommendations for the best car jacks to help you with that job!

Plan to work on your vehicle at home? Make your life a lot easier with a floor jack. See AutoGuide.com's picks of the best floor jacks here.

The scissor jack your car comes with is designed to interface with specific areas of the pinch weld underneath your doors or vehicle’s frame.

We assemble the new Tauler Off-Road jack from Brennan’s Garage, said to be better than the standard farm jack or your typical floor jack.

Scissor switch keys don't have quite as much travel as some other key types, but there's more travel than a butterfly keyboard because there's more space when the scissor mechanism compresses.

Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo suspects that the 16-inch MacBook Pro will be the first Apple laptop to shift to a scissor mechanism, and away from the butterfly keyboard introduced in the MacBook in 2015.

Apple plans to swap out the butterfly mechanism on its keyboards for a scissor one on its upcoming 16-inch MacBook Pro, a top Apple analyst told investors today.

Unlike the current butterfly mechanism, the scissor mechanism is touted to be more durable. It is also said to be less prone to failure from heat, dust and other small particulates.