Weekend deals: $22 drones, $6 fairy lights and a $30 AirPods Pro alternative
The holiday is over. The grill still needs cleaning, the kitchen is still full of dirty dishes, and the dog is tumbling from a night of terrible fireworks in the neighborhood. Sounds like you need a reward just to survive the weekend so far. Well, let’s get started: a trio of surprisingly good deals, including a cheap drone, real wireless earphones, and a few fairy lights. The latest episode of The Cheapskate Show’s podcast is about drones.
Potensic
Potensic may not be a household name, but the company makes drones of all shapes and sizes (including some fancy ones). This is intended for children (and drone-curious adults), a tiny indoor aviator with blade protection, altitude and take-off and landing at the push of a button.
You also get two batteries instead of just one; Everyone is good for about 5 to 6 minutes of flight time.
The A20 typically costs $ 28, but the price drops to $ 20.59 if you cut out the 5% discount coupon on the page and then apply the coupon code 3QR8HINU at checkout.
Boltune
Like Apple’s AirPods Pro “pipe” design, but not the price of $ 250? As regular Cheapskate readers know, there are umpteen cheaper alternatives. Here’s another one, and it’s just ridiculously decent for the price: $ 29.24 if you cut out the 10% off coupon on the page and then apply the coupon code EFXUSFYN at checkout. Regular price: $ 41.
I recently wore it for a couple of hours cleaning the garage. Sound quality? Given the price, surprisingly good. As long as you get a good inner ear seal (a requirement for all earphones like this one), you can easily enjoy bass-forward audio with significant noise isolation.
In the meantime, the charging case uses USB-C and promises a total of 40 hours of playing time. This is another example of a really solid AirPods alternative at a fraction of the cost.
Govee
“Fairy lights” are small LEDs that are embedded in a wire that you wrap around bars, string along walls, stack in a glass, and so on. The 16.4-foot strings from Govee are battery-operated and equipped with Bluetooth: you control them via an app.
For a limited time and while supplies last, you can get a double pack of these things for just $ 5.99 with coupon code 9RY4D7SH. Regular Price: $ 13.19. Amazingly, they are waterproof, so you can even set them up outdoors.
This article was published earlier this week.
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