Dave Johnson

Save 25% on phone cases and screen protectors at Speck

Your phone is definitely in a case, right? Carrying a naked phone around is tempting fate, so you should always protect your mobile gear with some sort of protective cover. Accessories brand Speck has a large variety of cases — some thin and light, others rugged and able to protect your phone from a 13-foot …

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Control all the things with the Logitech Harmony 665 universal remote, now just $53

Home theaters have gotten much simpler in recent years — thankfully — but depending on your hardware, you might still need to do a fair bit of clicking to fire up the TV, receiver and Roku, then switch inputs and select your favorite streaming service. You can simplify your life with a universal remote, and right now you can save …

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Midweek deal roundup: $35 charging mirror, $50 drum kit and 66 feet of solar fairy lights for $20

We’ve made it halfway to the weekend, which means we deserve some sort of reward. How do a handful of deals sound? Whether you’re looking for a better dresser-top mirror, fairy lights for your front porch or a way to practice music more quietly, there’s something here for you.  UntilGone 66-Foot 200-Bulb Solar LED Fairy Lights: $21 You save $29 …

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Save $400 on Eargo Neo HiFi, next

It’s never easy to transition to wearing hearing aids, and the stratospheric pricing that has traditionally accompanied these medical devices has not helped. Legislation passed in 2017 has enabled more affordable hearing aids to be sold directly to consumers, though, and Eargo is a company that has been at the forefront of that effort. Just as importantly, Eargo’s hearing aids …

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Get this HD portable monitor with two USB

If your home office is almost complete but you need a little more screen estate for maximum productivity, an inexpensive second monitor could be just what you need to help make your kitchen table feel more like the corporate office. Right now you can get the Lepow Z1 for just $150 when you apply the coupon on the product page …

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Save 15% on a Raptic Titan XL and be ready for your next power failure or camping trip

Comparing Raptic’s Titan XL to an ordinary power bank reminds me of the “That’s not a knife…” line from Crocodile Dundee. The Titan XL is a 13-pound, 14-inch-long power station that has a capacity of 497 watt-hours. It’s the next best thing to having a gas generator. And though it usually retails for $500, right now you can get the …

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Get a complete Onkyo 5.1 home theater system for just $300

Soundbars are a great upgrade to any TV with integrated speakers — and we recommend soundbars all the time — but the reality is that nothing beats having a real home-theater-type powered receiver with an array of surround-sound speakers. Onkyo is a solidly respectable name in home audio, and the brand’s HT-S3900 home theater kit is a great entry-level sound …

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Save 30% on this back and neck massager you can use in the car for a therapeutic commute

Percussive massage guns are all the rage these days, but there’s nothing like a deep-tissue massage pillow. Crank up the heat, turn on the kneading mode and let its weird little fingers work their magic on your neck and shoulder muscles. If that sounds good to you, here’s a nice little deal: Usually priced at $40, you can get this …

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The price of silence is $224: Get a great deal on Bose Noise Cancelling Headphones 700

You can make a strong case that the trophy for best noise-canceling headphones could just as well go to the Sony WH-1000XM4 or Bose Noise Cancelling Headphones 700 — they’re both such good performers that it’s almost a toss-up. Recently, CNET’s Rick Broida tried a refurbished pair of the Sony 1000XM4’s and deemed them indistinguishable from the full-price retail version. …

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Get the reusable Rocketbook, the last notebook you’ll ever need, for $27

If a genie granted me three wishes, my first wish would be for infinite wealth. At one time, my second wish would have been for a notebook that never ran out of pages, but now that I have a Rocketbook, I can change that wish to immortality. Rocketbook makes smart reusable notebooks that are completely erasable when you wipe them …

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