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Sunday's Best Deals: Motor Oil, LEGO Star Wars, Sonicare, and More

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The best value in the Sonicare line, $2 quarts of motor oil, and LEGO’s Star Wars advent calendar lead off Sunday’s best deals from around the web.
The best value in the Sonicare line, $2 quarts of motor oil, and LEGO’s Star Wars advent calendar lead off Sunday’s best deals from around the web.
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It doesn’t have smart apps or HDR, but even for a barebones 4K TV, $250 is a terrific price for a 55″ set. I probably wouldn’t use it for my main home theater, but it’d be a great secondary TV.
Anker’s Roav brand, the manufacturer of an incredibly popular dash cam, also makes some seriously smart car chargers. This one’s only $16 today.
The SmartCharge F0 is an FM transmitter that takes the Bluetooth signal from your phone, and rebroadcasts it the FM radio station of your choice, giving you truly wireless audio and handsfree calls in older vehicles that don’t have Bluetooth or even an AUX jack built in. And since this is an Anker brand, you also get two high speed USB charging ports.
Mounting your TV to the wall is great in theory, but perhaps a little less appealing when you remember that you have to put your cable box, game consoles, and other connected devices somewhere. This wall-mounted shelf though give you a great spot to do just that, and it’s only $16 today.
Whether you’re podcasting, Twitch streaming, or making video calls for work, the microphone built into your laptop isn’t going to cut it. This compact USB mic from AmazonBasics cost $100 when it first launched, but now, it’s down to $34.
I’m willing to bet that you’re using a surge protector that’s way too old to still be effective, so grab this 12-outlet Belkin while it’s on sale for $17 after clipping the $5 coupon. It even has coax and telephone protection, if you, uh, have a landline phone.
RAVPower’s HyperAir Qi charging pad is one of the few models out there to support the fastest-possible 7.5W iPhone charging, and you can save $10 on it today with promo code GoWirels.
To be clear, there are a lot of Qi pads that support 10W charging for certain Android devices, but iPhones require a very specific frequency to enable their maximum charging speed of 7.5W, and this is one of the most affordable compatible pads we’ve seen .
Anker’s newest PowerPort wall charger is its smallest one yet, and you can grab two of them for just $13 on Amazon today.
The PowerPort Mini isn’t much bigger than the power brick that came with your iPhone, but it includes folding plugs, two ports, and 12W of power rather than just 5W. That power is split between the two ports however, so while it can charge an iPad at full speed if it’s the only thing plugged in, it’ll drop down to half speed if you plugged in a second device.
But even so, that’s perfectly fine for overnight charging, and this thing is small enough to fit in any bag.
I’m old enough to remember when a 128 megabyte SD card would cost like $50. Now, you can get 1,000 times the storage, on a physically smaller card, for just $26. Amazing.
Not that we’d endorse voiding warranties, but if you want to get inside your phone to make repairs, this compact kit from AmazonBasics has the tools you need for the job, including screwdrivers, pry bars, and suction cups, all for just $8, the best price Amazon’s ever listed.
Your laptop is one of the most expensive things you own, and it deserves to be treated as such. Rather than throwing it roughshod into your bag, slip it into one of PicasoLabs’ beautiful, hand-stitched leather sleeves, now back on sale just for our readers, this weekend only.
Jesus Diaz raved about these and interviewed the creator on Gizmodo a few years ago, and now you can pick your own from Amazon for 15% off with promo code KINJA015, plus $8 if you want it engraved.
There are several options available, and prices will vary depending on the size of your laptop. They’re all designed specifically for various MacBook models, but compare measurements, and you could probably find one to fit your Windows Ultrabook as well. No matter which one you choose, you’ll save 15% at checkout with that promo code.
Update: Back in stock, in white only. This won’t last long!
While it doesn’t support Alexa or AirPlay 2 like the newer Sonos One, the original Sonos Play:1 is still a terrific sounding speaker that can sync up with other Sonos products for multi-room audio. Normally $149, Sonos just put a batch of certified refurbs on sale for $119, matching the best price we’ve ever seen.
Every refurbished Sonos includes the standard one-year Sonos warranty and access to their support, so there’s really no downside in going this route, if you can find refurbs in stock. Every other time Sonos has offered this deal, it’s sold out quickly.
Anker’s nylon-wrapped PowerLine+ Lightning cables look better, feel nicer, and last longer than the ones you can buy from Apple. Oh yeah, and they cost half as much on sale. Get the 3′ red model for just $9 today with promo code ANKER293, complete with a pouch.
You probably keep a lot of charging cables, battery packs, hard drives, and other sundry tech accessories rattling around in your bag, and your collection is unlikely to shrink any time soon. But it’s easy to keep them organized and untangled with this $9 organizer (with promo code FMN7J3YF), which is big enough to hold an iPad mini-sized tablet, plus a ton of various accessories. The code will only work on the orange model.
Anker makes a surge protectors now, which is…incredibly logical. Their newest, largest model is down to $27 today with promo code ANKERPS2, and includes 12 AC outlets and three USB ports, plus a flat, swiveling plug that fits nicely behind your furniture. Surge protectors actually wear out over time, so if you haven’t replaced yours in awhile, this is a good opportunity.
$420 for a 65″ 4K TV? Even for this barebones RCA with no smart apps or HDR support, that’s a blazing hot deal. Plus, everyone who buys it gets free two day shipping, or you could pick it up at your local Walmart to have it ready for this weekend’s football games.
VPNs have been in the news, and whether you want to get around video geoblocks, circumvent proxy filters, or just keep prying eyes out of your browsing data while using sketchy public Wi-Fi, reader-favorite Private Internet Access has a deal to fit your needs .
Private Internet Access doesn’t do much in the way of discounting, but they offer exclusive pricing and packages just for our readers that you won’t find anywhere else. Here are your options, and what you’d pay if you bought the same plan elsewhere:
These deals are only for our readers, but we aren’t sure how long they’ll be available, so go ahead and sign up while you can.
Cooking eggs isn’t exactly rocket science, but I’d say the ability to make soft, medium, and hard boiled eggs, plus omelettes and poached eggs at the touch of a button is worth $15. The Dash is Amazon’s top-selling egg cooker, and carries a truly stellar 4.4 star review average from nearly 7,000 customers, so get it while it’s on sale for its best price of the year.
While not nearly as ubiquitous as Nest’s Learning Thermostats, Ecobee’s smart thermostats one-up the competition by pairing with wireless remote sensors that you can place elsewhere in your house, giving the thermostat a more accurate picture of your home’s overall temperature.
The Ecobee4 is especially notable in that it doesn’t just work with Alexa…it actually is a fully-featured Alexa device, just like an Echo Dot that lives on your wall. $209’s not quite the best price we’ve seen, but it’s the best deal in a few months.
If you do your own oil changes, or would like to start learning, you won’t find a better deal on 5W-30 synthetic oil than five quarts for $10 ($2 per quart, purchased separately). You’ll have to submit an online rebate form to save $2 per quart, but it’s worth it for this deal.
Egyptian cotton is what you want to sleep on, but those sheets usually come at a price. Thankfully, Amazon’s helping out Prime members today by offering a discount on these 500-thread-count Egyptian cotton sets. These sets are down 37-$43 (depending on the size), today only. This sale will end at midnight, so don’t hit the snooze button this deal for too long.
Sure, it looks like a starfish giving you a hug, but the J-Pillow travel pillow’s extra arm serves as an additional support for your head or chin, and it’s only $24 today with promo code 20kinjalove. It’s not memory foam, so it won’t compress as much as some other options, but you can easily clip it to the side of your luggage. I just wish they’d add a smiley face to the top.
Short of munching on raw carrots, air-popped popcorn is about as healthy as snacks get, and this $17 Dash air cooker can make 16 cups (popped) in a matter of minutes. Ingeniously, the measuring cup at the top of the tray also doubles as a butter melting tray while the popper is turned on.
A fancier cousin to the best-selling Rubbermaid Easy Find containers, this 14-piece Rubbermaid Brilliance set is just $22, down from its usual $25.
These leakproof containers are made from stain-resistant materials that are safe for the dishwasher, microwave, and freezer. Plus, with built-in vents, they’re ready to go in the microwave without splattering.
They were a couple bucks cheaper over Black Friday, but today’s $22 is a good price .
Preorder BedJet 3| Kickstarter
Update: The campaign is into its final week, so this is your last chance.
Depending on how fussy you are about your sleeping temperature, BedJet is either one of the four horsemen of late capitalism, or a life-changing miracle. We’ve tested their old model, which was effective at cooling and heating a bed with an adjustable stream of air, but had major complaints about the UI.
That seems to have been addressed with the BedJet 3, now up for preorder on Kickstarter, with major discounts available versus MSRP. The air pump itself is much more attractive than the old model, in case it’s visible under your bed, but the major improvement is the remote, which is now more ergonomic, and includes a color screen and backlit buttons. The app is getting a redesign as well, and the new model will even work with Alexa.
At $249 for a single base unit, $458 for two, or $559 for two plus a special dual-zone sheet that lets you maintain a different temperature than your sleeping partner, it’s a major investment.

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