Dave Johnson

Pack your drone for adventure in this Lowepro backpack that’s 83% off

If you’ve ever taken your drone on a trip to do some aerial photography, you know that simply tossing it onto the back seat doesn’t work — it’s too risky for your expensive and fragile flight hardware. Rugged drone backpacks don’t come cheap, though. Lowepro’s BP 400, designed for the DJI Phantom, lists for $150 …

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Snag a tiny Philips wireless portable speaker for just $11

My dad once told me you can never have too much money or too many Bluetooth speakers. That was timeless advice, because I’ve outright lost a handful of portable speakers by simply forgetting to bring them home after a day outside with them. If you want to stock up on some inexpensive speakers, I have a deal for you: Newegg …

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Best Buy Flash Sale: These are the top deals (Update: Expired)

As it is occasionally wont to do, Best Buy is having a flash sale, this one running through the end of the day today, Sunday, March 22. This sale includes a slew of items from all over the store, but I spent a little time combing through the deals in search of the most promising ones. If you want to …

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Get the UtechSmart Venus Pro Wireless Gaming Mouse for $36

If you’ve ever thought to yourself, “I wish my mouse looked like it had a pocket calculator glued to the side,” then what you need is an MMO gaming mouse — a mouse packed with a seemingly ludicrous number of programmable buttons. While an MMO mouse can look over-the-top to the uninitiated, the appeal, of course, is that you can …

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Get an Echo Show 5 and Wyze indoor smart camera for $70

It can’t be overstated that right now, the best way for us common folks to help combat the coronavirus is through a generous heaping of social distancing. As we keep ourselves at lots-more-than-arm’s distance over the next few months, we’ll need more and more ways to stay connected. One way to do that is with a smart display that you …

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Ditch your bulky keychain with this $10 KeySmart Flex key holder two

Full disclosure: I hate carrying keys, and in the past I’ve actively worked to eliminate keys from my pocket by switching to an August Smart Lock and leaving the back door keys inside the house. But even if you have to carry some keys around, you don’t have to let them jangle around on a ring and generally be a …

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Self

As government and businesses step up measures to control the coronavirus, more and more of us are finding ourselves working from home rather than mixing it up with co-workers. But we still need to communicate, and that means conference and video calls. Yes, it’s adorable when a puppy darts into view, but it’s also distracting when there’s so much background …

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Teach your kids to code with Botzees augmented reality robots, now on sale for $70

Looking for a more productive use of your kid’s screen time than watching that Baby Shark song? Botzees are programmable robots designed for kids age 4 to 10 years old, sort of like what you’d get if you crossed Legos with a simple game that teaches rudimentary programming skills. Usually $100, right now you can get a Botzees kit for …

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Take to the skies aboard a DJI Mavic Mini drone for $287 (Update: Sold out)

Drones are great for taking airborne selfies and shooting vacation videos, but you don’t want one that’s too big — they are often complicated, expensive and fraught with FAA rules. Tiny toy-class drones have their own shortcomings. The new DJI Mavic Mini, though, is just right. It’s nimble in the air and easy to handle, and it’s equipped with a …

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Get a 55

Many spouses have what I have come to call “The $300 Rule.” In a nutshell, you can make any impulse purchase without consulting with your significant other as long as the price tag comes to less than three hundred bucks. Of course, you might adjust that number up or down based on finances, but almost everyone has a version of …

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