The weekend is upon us once more, and if you didn’t get all your shopping done during the many back-to-school sales we’ve been spotlighting, set aside a little time to peruse the deals. We went through all of the offers at the major online retailers and picked out five of the absolute best, coupling well-reviewed products with discounts of over 25%. We’ve got massive price cuts on Editors’ Choice-winning headphones, SSDs, and more.
Amazon’s Echo smart speaker has been a real eye-opener in terms of getting people interested in smart appliances, with its simple setup and connectivity to lots of other devices. In our review, we praised its “well-balanced sound” and new tap gestures. Once you’ve set it up, you’ll want some smart appliances and gadgets to control with it, so this bundle ships with a Sengled smart bulb that you can turn on and off, dim, or change color with a simple voice command. If you’re not already on the Echo bandwagon, this deal is a great way to get started.
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This is an unbeatable deal on one of the best pairs of over-ear headphones we’ve ever reviewed. In our take on Sony’s WH-1000XM4 unit, we gave them an Editors’ Choice award and raved, “These are the noise-cancelling headphones to buy if audio performance is your top priority.” Incorporating 40mm drivers that deliver a frequency response of 4Hz to 40kHz, they’re excellent for just about every kind of music, and the connected app lets you further sculpt the sound with five-band EQ. With up to 30 hours of battery life, they’ll last you all day. 43% off is the deepest price cut we’ve seen on these.
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HP 17t Laptop
Half off of a big-screen portable with a lot to recommend it
$419.99
at HP
$849.99
Save $430.00
HP’s 17t is an interesting Windows laptop, occupying a price bracket midway between budget and professional grade. That extra cost comes from a big, sharp 17-inch screen and nice components. We reviewed a different configuration and said that it “can handle daily school or home-office tasks that the average user may need to complete,” and gave it an Editors’ Choice nod. This model is on sale for half off during HP’s back-to-school sale and comes with an Intel Core i5-1334U CPU, 8GB of RAM, and a 512GB SSD.
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Running out of room on your drives? Here’s a remarkable deal on a Samsung internal SSD that we rated highly in our review, saying that the 990 EVO “is an excellent-value mainstream M.2 internal SSD, with whizzy performance and the class-leading warranty, software, and security that you’d expect from Samsung.” With the company’s Magician optimization tools, it runs quickly and reliably, with a heat-spreader label helping to keep it at a comfortable temperature. AES 256-bit full-disk hardware encryption lets you feel secure that your private data won’t be messed with, and 53% is a huge price drop.
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You may not think you need a streaming stick, but the first time you have to set up a new smart TV and laboriously type in all of your different login credentials with a remote control, you’ll realize the value. Being able to just plug into a HDMI port and instantly have access in 4K to all of your services is a real boon. In our review of the Roku Streaming Stick 4K, we gave it an “Excellent” rating and praised its “modest but welcome upgrades,” including the ability to stream in Dolby Vision and HDR10+. You can also push content from Apple devices through AirPlay. 32% is a sweet discount.
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K. Thor Jensen is a writer and cartoonist living in the Pacific Northwest. He has contributed to dozens of prestigious outlets, including PCMag, Tested, Clickhole, and Newsweek. His second graphic novel, Cloud Stories, was released in 2017.
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