Today’s best deals: Roku Premiere+, Sonos, Sony headphones, and more
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You’ll find a selection of the day’s best deals below, but for more, be sure to visit Kinja Deals.
Anker PowerHouse, $330
Anker has continued its inexorable march toward producing anything that includes a battery with the gargantuan PowerHouse electric “generator,” and you can save $170 on yours for a limited time, the best price ever by $70.
“Generator” is in scare quotes because you can’t readily use the PowerHouse to generate electricity, unless you buy additional solar panels. Instead, it’s basically a gigantic lithium-ion battery that can power everything from mini-fridges to laptops to televisions to emergency medical equipment for hours on end.
There are a few similar products on the market, most notably Goal Zero’s Yeti 400, but those use heavy lead-acid batteries (the Yeti weighs 29 pounds), rather than lithium-ion like the 9.3-pound PowerHouse.
This thing could easily be used as an alternative to a noisy gas generator for tailgating, or you could just keep it charged and at the ready for power outages at home. It’s definitely an investment at its $500 list price, but for a limited time, it’s down to $330.
Sony MDRXB650BT/B on-ear Bluetooth headphones, $68
If you want to cut the cord, but can’t abide earbuds, Sony’s popular on-ear MDRXB650BTs are on sale for $68 right now, an all-time low, and a match for Black Friday. These include NFC pairing, a built-in microphone, and 30 hours of battery life, and you even get your choice of three different colors.
Roku Premiere+, $79
Roku’s Premiere+ is one of the only streaming boxes in town capable of playing HDR 4K video at 60 FPS, and at $79, it’s by far the cheapest. That’s the best price Amazon’s ever offered on this model, so if it’s been on your wish list, don’t hesitate.
Sonos Play:1, $180
We’ve seen bigger Sonos Play:1 deals before, but generally speaking, discounts are few and far between. The Play:1 is the smallest member of the Sonos family, but it still sounds fantastic, and you can even link two of them together as a stereo pair.
Jackery Bolt, $28 with code QLYMXNPX
USB battery packs are basically expensive paperweights if you don’t have a cable handy to actually plug them into your phone, but that’ll never be an issue with the Jackery Bolt, which includes built-in Lightning and microUSB cables, in addition to a USB port.
Eufy HomeVac, $104; Eufy HomeVac Duo, $90
Anker, purveyor of a lot of our reader-favorite charging gear, also makes really popular cordless vacuum cleaners (under their Eufy sub-brand), and both models are on sale today for the best prices we’ve seen in quit some time.
Most of you will probably want to opt for the HomeVac Duo, which runs for up to an hour on a charge and features a detachable hand vac for cleaning furniture, your car, and other hard-to-reach places. Today’s $90 deal is a solid $20 discount off what you’d normally pay.
If you place a premium on sheer vacuuming power, the newer HomeVac features stronger suction and a larger dust bin, though it lacks the Duo’s versatile two-in-one design. Still, it’s $26 less than usual.
WeMo Mini Smart Plug, $30
Not only is the new WeMo Mini Smart Plug smaller than the top-selling original so as to only cover one outlet, it’s also cheaper. You’ll almost always see it available for $35, but today on Amazon, it’s knocked down to $30.
Despite its diminutive size, this includes all the same features as the full-size WeMo Switch, including IFTTT support, Alexa compatibility, and an Away mode that will randomize your lights to deter ne’er-do-wells.
Up to 60 percent off Mother’s Day gifts from Anne Klein
Mother’s Day is this weekend. If you haven’t gotten anything yet, maybe hit up Amazon’s one-day sale on Anne Klein jewelry. Watches and bracelets are marked down, but these prices disappear at the end of the day, so don’t be stuck scrambling for gift ideas.
Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them, $13
Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them wasn’t exactly magical, but Harry Potter completionists will want to own it anyway, and it’s already down to $13, complete with a digital copy.
Red Read Redemption GOTY (Xbox 360/Xbox One), $15
One of the Xbox One’s best games is actually a backwards-compatible Xbox 360 title: Red Dead Redemption. Get the GOTY edition for just $15 from Amazon, and behold the fastest frame rate in the West.
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