The 5 Best Weekend Tech Deals for Last Minute Holiday Shopping

It’s the final shopping weekend before Santa takes over, and while you’re probably not going to get anything by this Wednesday, it’s still worth taking a look at what the major retailers have on sale. We’re seeing some incredible price drops on tech we reviewed and loved, including multiple deals of over 50%. If you’ve got a little money left over and want to treat yourself, here are five killer offers on headphones, monitors, smart speakers, and more from top brands.

Looking for a new pair of over-ear headphones to block out Christmas carols for a minute? In our review of the Beats Studio Pros, we raved about their comfort and power, with punchy bass response and support for spatial audio. Active noise cancellation helps you keep your focus, and if you’re a dedicated audiophile they support a special USB-C wired mode for high-definition sound. 40mm dynamic drivers deliver a frequency range of 20Hz to 20kHz, and battery life is rated for up to 40 hours. Our one caveat was that their sticker price seemed high for what you get, so slashing 51% off that makes a big difference.

The post-holiday cleanup can feel pretty overwhelming, so why not make things easier for yourself by picking up a new Dyson vacuum at 48% off? We gave an “Excellent” rating to the Dyson V15 Detect in our review, with expert Angela Moscaritolo calling it “perhaps the smartest and most capable cordless stick vacuum on the market” thanks to its improved suction power, dust-revealing laser cleaning head, and panoply of useful attachments. It excels in narrow spaces thanks to its slim construction, handles pet hair with ease, and even has an on-board LCD that counts the particles it picks up so you can pretend you’re playing a video game.

Amazon’s Echo smart speakers get better and smaller with each generation, and the 2022 Echo Dot is a compact and reliable home helper that can interface with your appliances, remind you of your tasks and generally keep you organized with ease. Using the Alexa virtual assistant, it’s effortless to give natural language voice commands to play audio, place orders and more. In our review of the latest Echo Dot, we said that the unit was a great bargain for the price and praised the addition of motion-sensing tap gestures and the ability to act as an Eero mesh Wi-Fi node to extend your home signal.

Looking for a high-tech wearable way to track your biometrics but don’t like the feel of a smartwatch? The Oura Ring might be for you. From the outside, it looks like a nondescript metal band, but this wonder of science houses multiple precise sensors to monitor your heart rate, skin temperature, blood oxygen saturation and more. These all tie into a companion app that lets you explore your data in numerous ways, as well as offer you guided meditations and other tips for improving your health. We gave it a positive review, noting that it felt responsive and accurate and calling it “the only worthwhile ring-based fitness tracker available.”

It’s a splurge, but being able to take 41% off the sticker price makes this incredible monitor a lot more attainable while it’s on sale. We gave this pioneering display an Editors’ Choice award in our review, with analyst Zackery Cuevas proclaiming it “a feast for the eyes and the ultrawide monitor to beat for immersive PC gaming.” The OLED screen is dazzling, with vibrant and accurate colors and solid contrast. The extra-wide dual QHD screen has a resolution of 5120 by 1440, with an 1800r curvature. It supports AMD FreeSync Premium Pro to lock output to your GPU, and HDMI 2.1 and DisplayPort for high frame rates. 41% off is the best deal we’ve seen all year.

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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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