Archives for February 2021

We start with the great outdoors at the Meh daily deal where they offer the fUL Jenks Total Avalanche top loader backpack (general use, not a camera backpack) for $12. Free shipping for paying Meh-me-me-me-members! Available in multiple color options…

Next up we head on to a fresh 6-pack of daily deals at the B&H Photo website, good until Sunday at 11:59pm ET or earlier if sold out. Speaking of B&H, they are re-opening their B&M stores and warehouses/shipping on Sunday at 10am ET, so any orders you place the last 2-3 days will start shipping to y’all soon….

+ Vello White Balance Card Sets (Small, Medium, and Large) for $20
+ you get three sets (small, medium, large)
+ each set consists of three cards (black, white, 18% gray)

+ Nanuk 908 Hard Utility Case with Foam Insert for $40 in two color options

+ ApeXel Selfie Ring Light with 24″ Gooseneck Stand Cell Phone Holder for $20

+ RucPac Extreme Tech Gloves for $30 in three size options

+ 1st generation Google Pixel Buds for $49

+ 16GB Sandisk Ultra microSD with full-size adapter for $3.89
+ 5-pack for $19
+ 10-pack for $36

Adobe returns to the Saturday 2/27/21 Amazon USA Gold Box where they offer Photoshop Elements 2021 (disc or digital download) for $56… The sale today also includes the new condition Amazon Fire TV Cube (4K, Alexa, 2019 release) for $100…

Elsewhere at the NewEgg dailies they offer the 512GB Sandisk Ultra microSDXC for $60 after the limited time promo code shown there…

Last but not least at the Adorama dailies (change Sunday 10am ET) they offer the “Rode Mobile Phone Microphone Bundle” for $180 with free US shipping… Five different products are included in this kit including Rode, Shure and Manfrotto items…

FriYAY is here once again, and as usual, the B&H Photo daily deals are good until Saturday at 11:59pm ET (or earlier if sold out ~ OR for flash deals):

+ GenAray LED-6800 256 LED Daylight-Balanced On-Camera Light for $80

+ Tamrac Rally 4 V2.0 Shoulder Bag for $30

+ Benro Aero 2 Video Travel Angel Tripod Kit for $135

+ Sachtler Heavy Duty Harness for $79

+ Sublue US Swii Electronic Kickboard (Sunrise Orange) for $230

+ Ruggard Lux Strap Plus with 3/8″ Connector for $10

+ flash deal: LoRex D241A81-62NA 8-Channel 1080p DVR with 1TB HDD & 6 1080p Outdoor Night Vision MPX Bullet Cameras for $200

+ no teaser for next flash deal(s) as of the time of writing

UPDATE #1: among the Woot daily deals, the headliner is a sale of refurbished Apple MacBooks ($330 to $1450) and there’s also iPad PROs ($400 to $940) and Parrot drones ($125 to $530)…

In the Amazon Gold Box, among the COVIDalia they have a touchless forehead thermometer for under $20 [it also has a 5% off clip-on coupon]….

UPDATE #2: at the Adorama daily deals (which change on Saturday at 10am ET) they have the new condition Sublue Whiteshark MIX Underwater Scooter with Floater for $369 with free US shipping…

Thirst-DAY is here, so drink plenty of water 🙂

We …brighten your day [sorry, I cannot resist the low-hanging-fruit type of jokes, please feel free to throw organic tomatoes at me] with the Thursday 2/25/21 [yes, Black Friday is just 9 months away, get ready!] Meh daily deal, it is the new condition “C by GE” connected smart lamp with Alexa going for $59 plus shipping…

We continue at the B&H Photo daily deals good until Thursday at 11:59pm ET (or earlier if sold out). Note that B&H is closed for shipments until Sunday AM, but you can place online orders as usual…

+ MOZA Mini-P 3-Axis Motorized Gimbal Stabilizer for $139

+ DataColor SpyderLensCal Autofocus Calibration Aid for $39

+ Dracast LED500 Silq Bi-Color LED Panel for $269

+ Metz flash sale, 10 options, $60 to $140
+ includes models 52AF1, 44AF2, 26AF2 and more
+ compatibility options include Pentax, Fuji, Oly-Pan-Lei, Samsung (NX), Canon, Nikon
+ *GASP* no Sony

+ 64GB Silicon Power Mobile C80 USB 3.0 Flash Drive for $17

+ Edelkrone JibONE Motion Control Jib Tripod Attachment for $829
+ optionally buy it together with edelKrone PAN PRO for $1328

Picking up from yesterday, the Adorama daily deals have indeed been refilled, and this set is good until Thursday at 10am ET (or earlier if sold out):

+ Datacolor Spyder-Lens-Cal Autofocus Calibration Aid for $39

+ 10pk RSA KN-95 masks for $10

+ MSI GT76 Titan DT 10SGS-055 laptop for $3899
+ price NOT a typo!
+ 17.3″ Ultra HD 300Hz, VR-Ready, Core i9-10900K 3.70GHz, 64GB RAM, 2TB SSD, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER (with 8GB), Windows 10 Pro, etc

Photoshop Elements 2021 (Windows or Mac digital download) is one of the Wednesday NewEgg daily deals good until 11:59pm pacific or earlier if sold out. Using limited-time promo code 93XQJ92 you can get it for $45 instead of $60…

There is also a parallel offer on the Software box version for $45, this time using promo code 93XQJ85 instead. That’s why you see it listed twice in the daily-deals above, one is the boxed version, the other is the digital download version…

Also there at the NewEgg daily deals you will find a $50 GAP email-delivery e-gift-card for $40 when you add it to cart. The GAP has survived the test of time and the test of the COVIDs, something that sadly cannot be said for Fry’s Electronics.

Next up we head to the land of the “Nu Monopolies”, aka Amazon, where the leader of the pack in their Gold Box deals du jour for Wednesday is the new condition factory-unlocked with USA warranty Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra 5G for $925, available in three color options. Up to three per customer.

Speaking of Samsung Galaxy phones, in case you missed it, yesterday Samsung announced that it has extended security updates to phones made in 2019 and later from three to four years. This includes the S10 era phones, the S20 era phones and the S21 era phones. Both the Note 10 and Note 20 are eligible as you can see at ZD Net… More via Techmeme…

The new Adorama daily deals refresh at 10am eastern, but as of 10:12am ET there is no new daily deal. I’m not sure if this is a temporary technical glitch or they won’t have a daily deal during the Purim Holidays…

Hump Day is here once again and good until the end of day on Wednesday February 24 in 2021 we have the following deals du jour:

We start at the B&H Photo daily deals where we have seven offerings begging for your wallet-affections:

+ Celestron 10×32 TrailSeeker Binoculars (Green) for $115

+ GVM GT-80WD Wireless Carbon Fiber Motorized Camera Slider (31″) with Bluetooth Remote for $269

+ GenAray 2 x SL-57 Soft LED Lights & 2 x MicroPod Tabletop Tripods Kit for $70

+ Autel Robotics EVO II PRO 6K Drone Plus On-the-Go Bundle for $1449 with FREE Hoodman Drone Launch (3ft) and FREE 128GB Sandisk Extreme microSDXC

+ BLU G91 Dual-SIM 128GB Smartphone (Unlocked, Green) for $150
+ GSM / 4G LTE (North American Variant), Quad Rear Cameras (16MP, 5MP, 2MP & 2MP x Wide, Ultra-Wide, Macro & Depth Sensor), etc

+ AmazFIT T-Rex Multi-Sport GPS Smartwatch (48mm) for $90 after automatic $50 off in-cart coupon, four color options

+ Tascam DR-10L Micro Portable Audio Recorder with Lavalier Microphone for $125

Tuesday is here and it is indeed TunesDay as Spotifi [HA!, ok, Spotify] has announced the development of their Hifi streaming service and tools to turn text/blogs into podcasts ~ among other things…

Before we get to the daily deals, a little bit of a planning update. B&H Photo will be physically closing (B&M store, order shipment) for the Purim holiday between Thursday 4pm ET and Sunday 10am ET. Online ordering will continue, with the usual Fri PM to Sat PM closure…

And now to the Tuesday 2/23/21 B&H Photo daily deals where we have seven candidates for your wallet-affections:

+ Dracast 728B LED Panel for $169

+ Joby TelePod PRO Kit for $40

+ Tamrac Goblin Body Pouch 0.4 for $5 in four color options, great for the color-coding-organizers

+ WandRd HEXAD Access 45L Duffel (Black) for $159
+ just don’t put 45L of water in it 😉

+ Intel 8-core and 10-core processors, three options, $259 to $340
+ #Ryzen4Lyfe

+ LetsCom ID131Color HR Fitness Tracker for $13 in four color options
+ PRO TIP: don’t put “HR” in a product name, it reminds people of their “HR Dept” 😉

+ Vello LCD screen protectors, 44 options for various cameras from various manufacturers, $8 to $13
+ larger screen AND touchscreens = screen protectors like the smartphones 😉

UPDATE #1 if you are a fan of the Best Buy Way of Things, currently in-progress they have a 24 hour Flash Sale with the typical type of products you’d expect to find at Best Buy…

UPDATE #2: and now we have the Adorama daily deal, this one good until Wednesday at 10am eastern (or earlier if sold out). It is the new condition AKASO EK7000 12MP 4K Ultra HD Waterproof Action Camera with Wi-Fi for $50 with free US shipping…

The current Adorama daily deals are back to being multiple, and they are running until Tuesday at 10am ET (or earlier if sold out):

+ Adobe Photoshop Elements 2021 for $60
+ choice of DVD or digital download

+ Lenovo IdeaPad Slim 9 laptop for $1499
+ 14″ 4K UHD Touchscreen, i7-1165G7 2.80GHz, 16GB RAM, 512GB SSD, Windows 10 Pro, etc

+ VIOFO A129 Pro 4K UHD 2160p Dual Band Wi-Fi Front Dash Camera for $140
+ dash-o-graphy is the next big thing, you heard it here first 😉

Next up head on over to the Monday Amazon USA Gold Box where they have two color options of the new condition Samsung Galaxy Tab S5e tablet for $380… This has a 10.5″ Super-AMOLED touchscreen, 64GB storage, unlocked LTE, Android O, etc…

The techie party at Monday’s NewEgg’s dailies continues with offers that include promo code savings on Windows 10 PRO…

Last but not least, at the Monday Woot dailies they have a factory reconditioned 32″ Samsung WQHD (2560×1440) LED monitor, model SD850 (sounds like a camera name?), for $216 with a 90-day iRecertify warranty…

Mundane Monday is back once again, and we start with a new set of B&H Photo daily deals good until 2/22/21 at 11:59pm eastern time, or earlier if sold out:

+ Nanuk 904 Case with Foam for $25 in two color options (black, graphite), great for the color-coding organizers

+ GVM LT-50S Bi-Color LED Video 2-Light Kit for $179

+ Sandisk Extreme and Extreme PRO Portable SSDs, five options, further discounting by automatic in-cart coupons

+ 256GB Silicon Power Cinema PRO CFX 310 CFast 2.0 Memory Card for $127
+ optionally for $154 buy it TOGETHER with the Lexar CR1 Professional Workflow CFast 2.0 USB 3.0 Reader

+ Cinetics Lynx 3-Axis Motorized Slider for $1249

+ CoreSWX batteries, four options

+ Cleer Flow headphones for $50

As we all know, Sunday is contractually obligated to be a Sun-Day. If it’s not sunny, you can ask for your money back from Sun Inc, customer service open 24×7, except when solar flares are active 😉

And now lettuce take a look at the Sunday 2/21/21 B&H Photo daily deals good until 11:59pm ET tonight or earlier if sold out:

+ Phottix Juno Flash Ready To Go Kit for $140
+ Juno DVD not included 😉

+ Ruggard DSLR Parka Cold and Rain Protector for Cameras and Camcorders (Black) for $40
+ cameras feel the cold too!

+ Moza Mini MX Gimbal for Smartphones for $64

+ ReVo Clip-On Vlog Light for Smartphones and Tablets for $7

+ 128GB Kingston DataTraveler SE9 G2 USB 3.0 Flash Drive for $20
+ roundtrip ticket to Kingston (Jamaica) NOT included 😉

+ 50pk DCK Disposable 3-Ply Face Mask for Kids for $5
+ that’s 10c per mask
+ eg if you have 50 kids, this will last one day 😉

It’s Filter Time (but no signed CDs) at the Adorama daily deals, good until Sunday at 10am ET you can haz the new condition Polar Pro Peter McKinnon Edition 67mm Variable ND 6-9 Stop Filter for $180 with free US Shipping…

And now we have Friday Daily Deals Episode II: The (Amazon) Empire Strikes Back!

We start with the Amazon USA Gold Box where one of the headliners is the new condition Acer Swift 3 Intel EVO laptop for $670 with free US shipping with maximum two per customer. Specs include 14″ Full HD, Core i7-1165G7, Intel Iris Xe Graphics, 8GB LPDDR4X RAM, 256GB NVMe SSD, Wi-Fi 6, Fingerprint Reader, Backlit keyboard, etc. This is model number SF314-59-75QC…

The latest Adorama daily deal (ends Saturday 10am ET) is the new condition Asus VP279Q-P 27″ 16:9 Full HD IPS LCD Monitor with Eye-Care Technology for $149 with free US Shipping… It has buzzword technology such as VividPixel and ASCR 80 million to 1, Response Time 5ms (GTG), QuickFit modes (preset photos and document sizes), stereo speakers, HDMI, VGA and Displayport, kensington lock, 4.8kg weight, etc…

Then at the NewEgg daily deals we find, among others, the Ryzen 5 3600 desktop processor, 1TB internal Seagate SSD, ASUS motherboard, etc… The $100 Lowes gift card for $90 is sold-out as of the time of writing…

FriYAY is here and as usual, the B&H Photo daily deals geaux until Saturday at 11:59pm ET with the caveat that orders are not accepted Fri PM to Sat PM {check their website for exact hours}. The offers are:

+ DataColor SpyderCUBE RAW Calibration Tool for $25

+ Sachtler Camera Rollpak for $170
+ just don’t roll it downhill with all your tilt-shift and f0.95 primes in it
+ risk is acceptable if the bag is filled with 18-55 and 70-300 non-USM kit lenses and double-figure old MF lenses 😉

+ RucPac Photographer’s Winter Apparel Package for $40, two size options

+ SirUI VTJ-1.8 Video Travel Jib for $299

+ Kingston Mobilelite Plus SD Card Reader with Mobilelite Plus microSD Card Reader Kit for $15
+ because reading (even memory cards) is fundamental!

+ CasePh Wireless Charging & UVC Sanitizer Box, two options, $30 and $40

+ flash deal: SWIT S-2010 On-Camera LED Light with Pole Power Connector for $75

+ no teaser for the next flash deal as of the time of writing

For EU shoppers, one of the Friday Amazon Chermany deals of the day is the new condition Victure Wildlife camera offered for 39 euro-dollars with free S&H within Chermany and Austria. As of the time of writing it averages 4.5 out of 5 based on nearly 2000 customer reviews…

UPDATE #1: save the RAW files, save the world! Two WD external HDDs are among the Friday Best Buy daily deals, a 14TB Easystore for $230, and a 1TB for $45… And for those spending a lot of time in nature, away from civilization, the $10 portable handheld “bio bidet” may come in handy 😉 [and the customer reviews are almost all on-topic, not the troll-LOL kind]

Thursday is here and so is another set of B&H Photo daily deals good until 11:59pm ET on Thursday (or earlier if sold out):

+ Steiner 7×50 C Navigator Pro Binoculars with Compass for $350

+ Litra LitraStudio RGBWW Photo & Video LED Light for $390
+ not to be confused with Lytro, the light field photography company

+ Delkin Fat Gecko Dual-Suction Camera Mount for $40

+ KanDao QooCam Interchangeable 4K 360 and 3D 180 Camera for $230

+ Arco Video Dr. Bag 40 for $79
+ also handy for doctor cosplay and doctor stock photography 😉

+ FilmCraft Pro Series Tall Director’s Chair (30″, Black Frame, Black Canvas) for $130
+ also handy when making “film critic” style YouTube videos 😉

UPDATE #1: among the Woot dailies there’s another variant of the “former Android flagships” sale and a “2 t-shirts for $18” offer with coupon code 2FOR18, which is not bad given that Woot t-shirts are not priced like 6 Dollar Shirts. Speaking of which, 6DollarShirts is a great value and durable (I bought many of them; they also have an on-going offer, 10 t-shirts for $50; shipping is extra)…

UPDATE #2: Meanwhile at the Best Buy dailies they have the Sunpak YouTuber Creator Kit Vlogging Kit for $30 [combine it with the director’s chair at B&H and you’ll have the #1 film critic YouTube channel 🙂 ) and a 128GB Sandisk EXtReMe PlUs for $33, select GE Grow (not Glow) LED plant lights [PRO TIP: you can grow your plant/macro photography subjects!], and such…

OOOPS! I forgot to post Tuesday’s dailies, but we are back for the Wednesday 2/17/21 B&H Photo daily deals, a six-pack of them, good until Hump Day at 11:59pm ET (or earlier if sold out):

+ Adobe Photoshop Elements 2021 for $60
+ choice of digital download or DVD by mail

+ Wooden Camera Unified BMPCC4K/BMPCC6K Camera Cage (Rubber Handle) for $159
+ mayhaps it should be called Rubber Camera? 😉

+ MAgnus REX VT-6000 2-Stage Video Tripod with Fluid Head for $399
+ the MA is not Massachusetts but I often type the next letter before I fully release the SHIFT button, so the 2nd letter gets capitalized #BehindTheScenes

+ GVM LED Ring Light Soft Light 600S for $119

+ PROgrade 325GB CFexpress 2.0 Cobalt Memory Card for $325
+ 2-pack of them for $635, a $15 combined purchase discount, $7.50 per card

+ AUstream AU-Stream True Wireless for $40 or 2-pack for $75

UPDATE #1: among the Woot daily deals they have foldable Snaptain drones ($65 to $100), refurbished Samsung computer monitors ($230 to $500) and refurbished Kindle Oasis/Voyager e-readers ($50 to $150, 90-day Woot warranty; the ones with a 1-year warranty are the ones Amazon itself sells as certified refurbished)…

UPDATE #2 among the BEst Buy dailies they have the 12TB WD EAsystore external HDD for $200, TVs, Intel i7-10700 (10th generation; Ryzen sends its regards), 512GB Sandisk Ultra Plus microSDXC for $95, Surface Laptop GO for $520 (M1 Macbooks and Chromebooks send their regards), etc, etc, etc

UPDATE #3: oops II, I also forgot the current Adorama daily deal (changes Wednesday 10am ET), it is the 2ft Quasar Science Q-25X Crossfade Linear 25W Bi-Color LED Lamp for $75 (actual Quasar (the ones mentioned by Neil deGrasse Tyson) not included, they are against UPS/FedEx shipping policy 😉

IF you like to double and triple bag things or if you like to organize-store and/or travel-a-lot, the Sunday 2/14/21 Meh daily deal is not a Valentine’s themed offering, but a 12-pack of soft storage cubes of four different sizes for $14 plus shipping. The set also included two drawstring bags, making it a 14-pack…

Not a “lens day” at the Sunday B&H Photo daily deals and no valentine’s theme here either:

+ Tamrac Arc Flash Accessory Pocket – 1.7 (Black) for $7

+ Vello FlashBoss TTL Transceiver for Canon for $40
+ two transceivers for $70

+ IDX CUE-H180 179Wh Compact Li-Ion V-Mount Battery for $219

+ My-Geko-Gear Orbit 510 1080p Dash Cam with Night Vision & 16GB microSD Card for $60
+ discover the joys of dashcam-o-graphy! 😉

UPDATE #1: among the Sunday Amazon USA Gold Box they have the SK hynix Gold S31 3D NAND 2.5 inch SATA III Internal SSD on sale. The 1TB version goes for $83~ while the 500GB version goes for $46~…

UPDATE #2: among the Best Buy daily deals they have the 10-inch NixPlay smart digiframe for $140, and Insignia single-use batteries on sale…

Adorama is back with another one of their daily deals and this item lasts until Sunday at 10am ET (or earlier if sold out). It is the new condition FotoPro AK-64 iSpeedy Aluminum Quick Extend Monopod going for $90 with free US shipping…

It’s Kindle and Fire device sale at the Amazon USA Gold Bo for Saturday 2/13/21, headlined by the new condition 8GB Kindle Paperwhite (with Special Offers) going for $95 in four color options. The option without the Special Offers is +$20, or you can remove the special offers at any point in the future by paying the one-time fee… As long as Kindle e-readers can’t show video, I personally do not find their ads annoying and on occasion I find a deal or discover an interesting and discounted e-book…

Lots of RAM is among the computer-related offers at the Saturday Newegg daily deals, too many to list here individually…

The new round of the Adorama daily deals is here until Saturday at 10am ET and it is the new condition Wiral Lite Cable Cam offered for $329 with free US shipping…

Headlining the Friday Amazon USA Gold Box is the new condition Dell XPS 9310 two-in-one laptop for $1439~ with free US shipping with up to three per customer at the sale price.

This has a 13.4 inch FHD+ Touchscreen, i7-1165G7, a glorious 32GB of 4267MHz LPDDR4x RAM, 512GB SSD storage, Intel Iris Xe Graphics, Windows 10 Home, etc…

And at the NewEgg dailies they have a 512GB Team Group internal SSD for $50, more WD HDDs, laptops, gaming gift cards, 128GB Team USB 3.2 Gen I flash drive for $13, COVID masks, and mo(i)re…

And now a total freebie if you are participating the Lucky (grocery store) Rewards. You can claim an offer for a FREE tin of Sparkling Ice + Caffeine. Because everything must needs be caffeinated 🙂

FriYAY is here and as usual, the B&H Photo daily deals last until Saturday at 11:59pm ET but orders are not accepted, as usual, Friday PM to Saturday PM {check website for exact hours}:

+ Spider SpiderPro Hand Strap for $21

+ GenAray Ultra-Thin Bicolor 288 SMD LED On-Camera Light for $50

+ Sachtler Lightweight Audio Bag (Large) for $149
+ large size audio bags typically hold a minimum of 100 songs 😉

+ Bolt battery packs for select Nikon and Sony cameras, $30 to $40
+ these take 8 or 12 AA batteries, hooray for the rechargeables, ouch for the wallets of single-use battery users 🙂

+ flash deal: Garmin inReach Mini Satellite Communicator (Orange) (Satellite Subscription Required) for $280

+ no teaser for the next flash deal yet

Meanwhile the Meh-rathon is over but the Friday Meh daily deal is a 2-pack of Morphie 6040 mAh power-banks with USB-C port for $18 plus shipping. That’s about one full refill of a modern flagship/big-screen type of a smartphone. BUT if you are using this to charge smaller battery devices (eg true wireless earphones or flip phones) this can last a lot longer…

PSA #1: if you have any music or music data (eg playlists) in your Google Play Music account that you want to download or preserve, Google has sent an email announcing that on February 24 (2021) your music data will be deleted. You can download all your music purchases (and freebies) using Google Takeout, and/or you can transfer them to YouTube Music. You can also transfer your playlists there. Note that YouTube Music forces you to create a YouTube Channel (!!!) in your name if you want to transfer your playlists over… More details via Google Music support…

UPDATE #2: among the Woot daily deals for Friday you will find Netgear networking stuff under “Computers” and Delsey hard-side luggage under “Clearance/Sellout” and 30% off t-shirts with promo code SOLVED (t-shirt coupon expires 2/14/21 at 11:59pm central; everything else expires, as usual, at 11:59pm central time of the same day)…

UPDATE #3: more storage and lightning action at the Best Buy dailies for Friday 2/12/21:

+ 128GB Sandisk Ultra Plus SDXC for $25

+ 4-pack of Hampton Peace multicolor LEDs on sale, multiple options

+ 8TB WD easySToRE external USB 3.0 HDD for $130

+ 512GB PNY elite pro usb 3.0 flash drive for $70

+ the thing that looks like AA batteries, well actually it’s a lip balm in man-marketing presentation

+ Mount-It dual monitor gas-spring-arm desk mount for $110