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Today’s top deals: The Sony HT-A3000 soundbar, Calm subscriptions, the Roborock S7, and more
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We’ve rounded up all the best deals we could find on Jan. 13 — here are our top picks:
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BEST SUBSCRIPTION DEAL: Calm — $34.99
$69.99(save $34.99) for 12-month subscription -
BEST TECH DEAL: Sony HT-A3000 3.1ch Dolby Atmos Soundbar — $498
$699.99(save $201.99) + four free months of Amazon Music Unlimited -
BEST HOME DEAL: Roborock S7 robot vacuum and mop — $409.99
$649.99(save $240) -
BEST TAX SOFTWARE DEAL: TurboTax Home and Business 2022 tax software — $75.99
$119.99(save $44)
Who said Friday the 13th was unlucky? We’re feeling pretty fortunate thanks to today’s top deals. We found heavy discounts on one of our top picks for a meditation app, a robot vacuum and mop hybrid, and tax software on Jan. 13. And that’s just the tip of the iceberg.
We’ve rounded up the best deals we could find today and sorted them into categories for you to make your weekend shopping experience that much easier. Here are our top picks — happy shopping.
Best subscription deal
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Why we like it
This year, we’re leaning into relaxation and stillness. If you need help stepping away from the hustle, a meditation app like Calm in your back pocket can work wonders. And as of Jan. 13, you can get a 12-month subscription for half-off — that knocks the $69.99 annual cost down to just $34.99. Calm features meditations broken down by categories like self-care, anxiety, sleep, and more. The “masterclass” aspect lets users dive into complex subjects like breaking bad habits, while features like “Sleep Stories” help you ease into a deep and natural sleep each night. There are also visual lessons on mindful movement, exclusive music to help you focus and relax, nature scenes and sounds, and more.
More streaming and subscription deals
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Apple TV+ — free
$6.99/month(save $20.97) for three months -
Apple Music — free
$10.99/month(save $43.96) for four months -
Showtime — $3.99/month
$10.99/month(save $65.94) for six months, plus your first month free -
Sling TV premium pass — free for your first month
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Vudu — save 30% on your first purchase or rental
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FuboTV Pro Plan — $34.99/month
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YouTube TV — $54.99/month
$64.99/month(save $30) for your first three months
Best tech deal
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Our pick: Sony HT-A3000 3.1ch Dolby Atmos soundbar + four free months of Amazon Music Unlimited
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Why we like it
Step up your entertainment system just in time for the NFL playoffs with the Sony HT-A3000 soundbar. It’s usually $699.99, but you can snag it on sale for only $498. You’ll get the full effect of Dolby Atmos and DTS:X, 360 Spatial Sound that adapts to your environment, Sound Field Optimization that calibrates to your room, built-in dual subwoofers for immersive surround sound, and more. If you pair it with a Bravia XR TV, you’ll enjoy even more features. Plus, with four free months of Amazon Music Unlimited included, you can provide the pre- and post-game tunes as well.
More tech deals
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Reserve a new Samsung Galaxy smartphone or Samsung Galaxy Book — get up to $100 in Samsung credit (see details)
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Blink Mini indoor plug-in smart security camera — $24.49
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Fire TV Stick 4K Max — $39.99
$54.99(save $15) -
Anker Soundcore Rave Neo portable speaker — $69
$139.99(save $70.99) -
Lenovo Tab M8 (3rd Gen) (MediaTek Helio P22T, 3GB RAM, 32GB SSD) — $69
$119(save $50) -
HP P22va G4 21.5-inch 1080P monitor — $89.99
$149.99(save $60) -
Jabra Elite 5 wireless Bluetooth earbuds — $99.25
$149.99(save $50.24) -
Kodak Mini Shot 3 Retro 3×3 2-in-1 wireless instant camera and photo printer — $99.99
$179.99(save $80) -
New Fire TV Cube with Alexa — $124.99
$139.99(save $15) -
Samsung Galaxy Watch4 (44mm) — $199.99
$279.99(save $80) -
HP Chromebook x360 (Intel Celeron N4500, 4GB RAM, 64GB eMMC) — $299
$419(save $120) -
Sony HT-A3000 3.1ch Dolby Atmos soundbar — $498
$699.99(save $201.99) + four free months of Amazon Music Unlimited -
ASUS Zenbook 15.6-inch laptop (AMD Ryzen 7, 8GB RAM, 256GB SSD) — $499.99
$869.99(save $370) -
HP ENVY x360 15.6-inch 2-in-1 touchscreen laptop (Intel Evo Core i5, 8GB RAM, 256GB SSD) — $649.99
$949.99(save $300) + six months free of Webroot internet security with antivirus -
Sony 65-inch X80K 4K ultra HD smart Google TV — $698
$999.99(save $301.99) + four free months of Amazon Music Unlimited -
Amazon Fire TV 75-inch Omni 4K UHD smart TV — $799.99
$1,049.99(save $250) -
Samsung Galaxy S22+ (Unlocked, 128GB) — $845.45
$999.99(save $154.54) -
ASUS VivoBook Pro 16X OLED slim laptop (AMD Ryzen 7, 16GB RAM, 1TB SSD) — $1,099.99
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LG Gram 17Z90Q ultra-lightweight laptop (Intel Evo i7, 16GB RAM, 1TB SSD) — $1,196.99
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Sony 65-inch X96K Bravia XR mini LED 4K ultra HD TV — $1,798
$2,799.99(save $1,001.99) + four free months of Amazon Music Unlimited
Best home deal
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Our pick: Roborock S7 robot vacuum and mop
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Why we like it
Read our full review of the Roborock S7.
Looking for a double-duty robot that can handle vacuuming and mopping? Mashable’s resident robot vacuum expert Leah Stodart said the Roborock S7 “nailed hybrid cleaning.” And lucky for you, it’s on sale for $409.99, rather than the usual $649.99 — that’s 37% off. The S7 isn’t perfect, but it’s our top pick for a robot vacuum and mop hybrid and “can be trusted to do both jobs without getting itself into trouble.”
More home deals
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Breville Juice Fountain compact electric juicer — $79.99
$99.99(save $20) -
Shark CH964AMZ 2-in-1 cordless handheld vacuum — $99
$149.99(save $50.99) -
Ecovacs Deebot U2SE robot vacuum and mop — $115
$249.99(save $134.99) -
Wyze robot vacuum with LiDAR — $149
$329(save $180) -
Dash Chef Series 7-in-1 convection toaster oven cooker — $149.64
$229(save $79.36) -
nutribullet Slow Juicer — $161.40
$199.99(save $38.59) -
eufy Security SmartDrop Package Drop Box — $199.99
$399.99(save $200 with on-page coupon) -
Ecovacs Deebot N8 Pro+ robot vacuum and mop — $449.99
$699.99(save $250) -
Roborock Q7+ self-emptying robot vacuum — $549.99
$799.99(save $250)
Health and fitness deals
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Hydroflask water bottles — starting at $21.42 (save up to 50%)
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ProForm 25 Lb. adjustable dumbbell — $39
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Sunny Health and Fitness smart magnetic rowing machine — $224.99
$399(save $174.01 with on-page coupon) -
Peloton Guide strength training device — $245
$295(save $50) -
Sunny Health and Fitness slim walking pad treadmill — $295.11
$369(save $73.89) -
NordicTrack 50 Lb iSelect adjustable dumbbells — $340
$429(save $89) -
Sunny Health and Fitness Premium smart magnetic rowing machine — $344.69
$449.99(save $105.30) -
Schwinn IC3 indoor bike — $399.99
$699.99(save $300 as a MyBestBuy member) -
Sunny Health and Fitness Synergy Series magnetic indoor exercise bike — $400.48
$649.99(save $249.51) -
SWFT VOLT eBike — $499.99
$899.99(save $400) -
NordicTrack Commercial Studio cycle — $1,099
$1,499.99(save $400.99)
Tax software deals
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H&R Block Deluxe tax software + state 2022 — $34.97
$44.99(save $10.02) + 2.75% Amazon bonus -
TurboTax Deluxe 2022 tax software — $44.99
$69.99(save $25) -
TurboTax Premier 2022 tax software — $64.99
$104.99(save $40) -
TurboTax Home and Business 2022 tax software — $75.99
$119.99(save $44)
Gaming deals
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PlayStation Store holiday sale — Save up to 90% on games and DLC (see details)
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Nintendo New Year sale — Save up to 75% on select digital games (see details)
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Ubisoft+ game subscription — $1 for your first month
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Razer Barracuda wireless gaming and mobile headset — $80.99
$159.99(save $79) -
Logitech G502 Lightspeed wireless gaming mouse — $89.99
$149.99(save $60) -
Acer Nitro XF273 27-inch full HD monitor — $179.99
$299.99(save $120) -
ASUS TUF Gaming 27” LED gaming monitor — $190
$299(save $109) -
Microsoft Xbox Series S (512 GB, All-Digital) holiday console — $249.99
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Dell 32-inch gaming monitor — $349.98
$449.99(save $100.01) -
Refurbished PlayStation 5 console — $459.99
$499.99(save $40) -
Acer Predator X34 34-inch Curved UWQHD IPS gaming monitor — $899.99
$1,099.99(save $200)
Black Friday tablet deal 2022: Samsung Galaxy Tab S7 FE is a fantastic bargain at 30% off
I’m a Dyson stan, but the Roborock S7 vacuum mop made life *really* easy
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I’ll be honest, I didn’t have a lot of faith in robot mops. A carpet and a tank of water — unattended — seems like a recipe for disaster for a machine that’s just guessing on floor type. And doesn’t babysitting defeat the purpose of a robotic cleaner in the first place?
But Roborock’s latest stab at automated dry and wet cleaning, the Roborock S7, can be trusted to do both jobs without getting itself into trouble.
Design and setup: Sleek and simple
At first glance, the S7 looks as expensive as it is. The design (a shiny black or white surface with silver trim and a knob on top) doesn’t deviate much from past models, but the minimalism is classier than most Roombas.
Finding empty floor space for the dock, downloading the app, and connecting to WiFi are the extent of setup. The app will grab your WiFi password and then ask you to connect your phone to a WiFi name specifically for the vacuum. WiFi connection is needed to control the vacuum remotely, schedule cleanings, use voice controls, or send the vac to specific zones. The map of your home, which the S7 draws itself, will get more precise over time as the S7 fumbles around the rooms.
A fun little tune plays when the S7 is ready to clean. An automated voice also announces when the vac is beginning its rounds, finished and returning home, or charging. Voiced charging confirmation is helpful when picking up the vacuum and trying to dock it yourself (say, if the WiFi is out), as well as voice alerts letting you know when the dust or water bins are inserted properly.
This thing carves
My apartment was essentially a Mario Kart track for much of this review (think Donut Plains 3 or the forest bit of Mount Wario.) I was in the process of moving so cardboard boxes and other scattered items were making the lap around the kitchen significantly trickier. And, as with any home, I have pieces of furniture that stick out at different lengths. This was all squeezed into a tiny Brooklyn apartment where room to get your bearings is already scarce.
Yet the S7 wasn’t fazed.
Rather than giving up on an awkward spot completely, it reversed and came at the blocked area at a slightly different angle. It scooted itself tightly around the boxes, under cabinets and the dishwasher, and went as far as to squeeze itself between the legs of a rolling desk chair. The leading omnidirectional wheel steers gently, avoiding the bumper cars stereotype that many robot vacuums get strapped with.
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I was impressed with the S7’s ability to hoist itself over doormats or changes in floor type. With confidence, it rolled over my bath mats, thin area rugs, and barriers between the living room hardwood and bathroom tile.
Robovac’s new VibraRise feature can be thanked for this, as well as NO WET RUGS, BABY. Instead of dragging the wet pad wherever it goes, the S7 holds the mop off the ground when it senses fabric floors that shouldn’t be mopped. This feature essentially worked without fail. The animated light on the top even changes from blue (mopping) to white (regular vacuuming).
You don’t have to fully rely on the S7’s ability to sense which floors are which. It uses LIDAR to create a map of every room, which can be labeled and follow specific cleaning settings (like Quiet Mode or Deep Mopping). Creating an accurate map took a few bouts of letting the S7 roam free — maybe this was just because my apartment was so tiny that its setup felt like one giant room. At any rate, its navigation directly to a zone I had chosen was clutch.
Coming from a Dyson stan, the S7’s cleaning is pretty thorough
I threw a lot at the S7: Dust bunnies under furniture that hadn’t been moved in a year, panko crumbs, and my long-ass hair. On both hard floors and carpet, the S7 did a great job. Corners that couldn’t fully be reached with the circle-shaped body were mostly taken care of with its rubber brushes. The floating rubber brush, also a new addition since the S6, is said to hover closer to surfaces to pick up smaller particles. The rubber is supposed to combat hair tangling too, though I’ve flipped the S7 over to find a nasty knot of hair wrapped around the bristle rather than sucked into the bin. However, the wrapping didn’t seem to alter the brush’s ability to spin.
Once the S7 gets oriented and does some drunk edge cleaning, it begins to clean in rows, leaving behind satisfying zig-zags that prove it covered the whole floor. Even from another room, I could hear when HyperForce suction was activated to take a carpet to task. (The S7’s max 2,500 Pa suction is one of the highest on the market, rivaling the Roomba S9+.) The loudest buzz was obnoxious but tolerable, and the immediate floor detection was a really convenient touch.
I also found its suction level to be an indicator of how full the dust bin was. When it stops swiping large pieces of debris, don’t get pissed — there’s probably no room. With a dust bin about the width of a Nintendo Switch screen (and not much deeper), it fills quickly. However, emptying is as easy as clicking a few eject buttons and dumping.
Mopping was decent for just using water
Some robot mops take a cleaning solution in the water tank. Roborock advises against this to avoid bubbles in the motor. Something about scrubbing without a soapy mixture to dissolve dirt or disinfect felt yucky to me, but the automated water mopping came in handy on Swiffer off days.
The S7’s sonic scrubbing is pretty tough for a robot that’s not putting arm muscle into it. Light shoe prints were gone in the first pass, while spilled cranberry juice took two. The mop pad is easy to slide off and lightly clean off, which I preferred to do so that said cranberry juice wasn’t being dragged around the rest of my apartment.
The path left behind is wet and shiny enough to let you know that it actually did something, but not soaked to the point where socks will get wet. If you see the trail start to get skinnier over time, it’s time to refill the water.
The auto-empty dock is here, handy, and hard to find in stock
At the risk of sounding like I don’t think the S7 is a slick-looking vacuum — because it really is — it’s just not as compact as competitors. The size is probably due to extra cargo like a mop and its water tank. What the design didn’t quite make room for is an extraordinary dust bin capacity, so Roborock dropping an auto-empty dock was clutch. Instead of meandering around not cleaning anything when it’s full, the S7 automatically releases its grime collection each time it docks to charge.
The cyclonic howl during automatic emptying is loud but expected. And unlike the Roomba s9+, the S7’s regular cleaning is such a bearable hum that it makes up for 15 seconds of noise. You can turn it off if you want to, though!
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The dock features a clean double canister look, with one side housing a HEPA filter and the other housing a bag that comes inserted and ready to go. The vacuum and app didn’t even need to be warned that I was swapping docks — it simply knew to head to the new dock and empty itself. Despite the compactness of the tower, the bag leaves you off the hook for up to two months at a time.
The hardest part about setting up the S7’s auto-emptying dock is getting it in your house at all. It’s constantly sold out at Amazon and Walmart, so the Roborock website is usually the only option. Avoiding dust flurrying out of the trash can will run you $299.99.
Downsides: The S7’s pristine maneuvering has a few roadblocks
The S7 will take its persistency to its grave. A cracked bedroom door or a cheap full-length mirror leaning against the wall wasn’t a strong enough barrier to not potentially be pushed around.
And the S7 getting into a room it shouldn’t be in could cause a serious holdup. If you have rooms with high-pile rugs or cords on the ground, you’ll want to move them or be sure to take advantage of the zone feature. My S7 wouldn’t suck anything when its bin was full until it came across a phone charger — and suddenly, it was starving. It fiddled around with that and my beloved fluffy white rug, and even got tripped up on thicker cords like extension cords. They’re easy to pull out of the bottom once cleaning is paused, but this could waste hours of cleaning time if you aren’t there to fix it. The instruction manual did say to clear the floor of any cables or wires, and expecting any robot vac to be invincible seems ridiculous. Legos were safe, though.
Debris pushed far under low-profile furniture won’t be touched by the S7. It’s just over four inches tall, compared to small space vacuums that typically measure less than three inches. Being bulky is an expected disadvantage for a machine that’s housing a whole mop, but noteworthy for homes with beds or couches that don’t have tall legs.
Is the Roborock S7 worth it?
You mean past always having a reason to say “Robo-rock” like Daft Punk says “robot rock?”
The Roborock S7 is a solid choice for anyone who wants autonomous wet and dry cleaning. Once cords and high-pile rugs are off-limits, setting it loose without supervision shouldn’t have you stressing about where it’s getting stuck or what carpets are accidentally being soaked. Its two- to three-hour battery life runs laps around competing vacs.
At $649.99, it’s more expensive than a few Roombas that empty their own dustbins — but those Roombas don’t mop. There could definitely be a point where one treasures coming home to a clean, mopped floor enough to pay this kind of price. The addition of the auto-empty dock boosts its value (but adds $300 onto its price as well).
There’s a certain brand of high that comes with operating a powerful manual vacuum. Anyone who classifies sweeping as cathartic knows what I mean. The Roborock S7 can’t replace that control, but if you need a robot vacuum that you can trust to do *almost* as good of a job as you, the S7 is a satisfying contender. If your robot vacuum search is fueled by a hatred of expending elbow grease, you’ll need a robot vacuum that won’t require your assistance every few minutes. The Roborock S7 is that, too.