Archives for May 2023

Thirsty-Thursday is here and with it we have a fresh six-pack of B&H Photo daily deals good until 5/11/23 at 11:59pm ET or earlier if sold out:

+ Zhiyun FIVERAY F100 LED Light Stick Combo for $199

+ Synology DiskStation DS1621+ 6-Bay NAS Enclosure for $720 after in-cart coupon
+ HDDs NOT included

+ NANUK 918 Waterproof Carry-On Hard Case with Lid Organizer for $155 after in-cart coupon
+ three color options

+ Optoma UHZ50 3000-Lumen XPR 4K UHD Home Theater DLP Projector for $1999

+ CoreSWX Hypercore NEO 150 Mini 147Wh Lithium-Ion Battery (V-Mount) for $299

+ SaraMonic Vmic4 Dual-Capsule Camera-Mount Supercardioid Shotgun Microphone for $74
+ alt fact: Saramonic was created by Sarah and Monique!

UPDATE
Quiet times at the Adorama daily deals, an OnStage mic and a Sony wireless earphone.

Meanwhile the headliner of today’s action at Amazon is the Aquasonic Vibe Series Ultra Whitening Toothbrush offered for $27 in three color options (great for color-coding for different members of the househould). Optionally there are some volume-buy clip-on coupons on the listing that get you a bigger discount (5% to 15% off) depending on how many you buy…

Yes, Wednesday is here again and we start with the B&H Photo daily deals for 5/10/23:

+ 2-pack of Kingston 64GB Exodia USB 3.2 Gen 1 Type A Flash Drives for $5.78
+ that’s under $3 per 64GB flash drive, oh my!

+ Lowepro Photo Active 300 AW Backpack (Blue/Black) for $60

+ SmallRig RC 220D Daylight LED Monolight for $229 with FREE SmallRig V-Mount Battery Plate

+ LG 27GN95B-B 27″ 16:9 144 Hz IPS 4K Gaming Monitor (Black & Red) for $570
+ HDMI + DisplayPort Inputs
+ 3840 x 2160 4K UHD Resolution
+ 1000:1 Contrast Ratio

+ LEXAR 320GB Professional CFexpress Type A Card GOLD Series with Card Reader for $380 after in-cart coupon

+ Apple 14.2″ MacBook Pro with M1 Max Chip (Late 2021, Space Gray) for $2499
+ M1 Max 10-Core Chip, 32-Core GPU, 16-Core Neural Engine
+ 64GB Unified RAM, 2TB SSD
14.2″ 3024×1964 Liquid Retina XDR Screen
+ to make it easier to distinguish, Apple should rename MacBooks that use their own processors as MaxBooks 😉

THEN we head on off to the Adorama daily deals where we find two offerings:

+ Samsung 970 EVO Plus 1TB NVMe PCIe Gen 3.0 x4 M.2 Internal SSD for $60

+ SanDisk 1TB Ultra Dual Drive Luxe USB Type-C Flash Drive for $90

MEANwhile the headliners at the Amazon USA Gold Box are Kindle e-reader sales (latest Paperwhite and “Basic” models), Echo Show devices, and BOSE headphones…

Two options at the Tuesday 5/9/23 Adorama daily deals as follows:

+ Lowepro Whistler Backpack 450 AW II, Gray for $250

+ Potensic T25 GPS RC Drone with 2K HD Camera, 3x Batteries and Carrying Bag for $135

MEANwhile among the Tuesday Amazon USA Gold Box offerings they have sales on Echo Show, Beats, Fire TV, Kindles, Samsung memory, Fitbits, Ninja, DeWalt, BreVille, etc, etc, etc…

Monday is here and the Adorama daily deal for 5/8/23 is the Datacolor SpyderX Pro + Cube Kit going for $129…

THEN we head on over to the B&H Photo daily deals where we have a fresh 6-pack of offerings:

+ SmallRig RM75 Mini On-Camera LED Video Light for $44

+ Paper Shoot DIY Digital Point & Shoot Cameras (7 options) for $90

+ 2pk LeXaR 128GB Professional 2000x UHS-II SDXC for $170 after in-cart coupon

+ also a CAD mic, AirFREE purifier and Platin 5.1 HT

As usual, the Friday B&H Photo daily deals run until Saturday (aka Caturday) at 11:59pm ET or earlier if sold out:

+ NanLITE Halo 10B Bi-Color USB LED Ring Light (10″) for $35

+ PortaBRACE Cable Tote Bag (Small) for $65~

+ Vello SM-LV Selfie Mirror Viewer for Vlogging for $13

+ Joby Action Grip for $3

+ 35-foot Alfratron HDMI 2.0 cable for $15

+ Polsen volume controller for $20

+ flash deal: MANfrotto 612 Nitrotech Fluid Video Head and 536 Carbon Fiber Single Leg Tripod for $1274 after in-cart coupon
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May The Force Be With You at the Thursday May 4th Meh website with a Meh-rathon, their own variant of a “Woot OFF”. The day started at 12:01am ET with, what else, a Grogu-Baby-Yoda plush type thing 🙂

Thirsty-Thursday is here with a fresh set of B&H Photo daily deals:

+ Interfit Badger Unleashed Battery-Powered Flash Head for $220

+ FeelWORLD LUT7 7″ 3D LUT 4K HDMI Monitor for $200

+ Philips 498P9Z 48.8″ 1440p HDR Curved Monitor for $700
+ DisplayPort | HDMI Dual
+ QHD 5120 x 1440 at 165 Hz
+ Adaptive-Sync Compatile
+ you can watch two Star Wars movies side by side 😉

+ Manfrotto Carbon Fiber Boom Pole for VR Camera (Small) for $130

+ Auray Hard Case For Podcast Production Console for $60

+ Direct Sound CX36C 36″ Headphone Extension Cable with 3.5mm Jack & 1/4″ Adapter for $5

UPDATE: the Thursday Adorama daily deal are two “off topic” audio-related products…

The Battle of The Hump is here, yes, it is another Wednesday and we have a fresh six-pack of name-brand B&H Photo daily deals:

+ CamBEE Professional RGB 600 Panel 2-Light Kit for $220

+ SpyderX Elite Colorimeter for $135

+ Benro #4 MCT48AF Monopod with Flip Locks, 3-Leg Base, and S6 Video Head for $125

+ Nanuk 923 15″ Laptop Case for $150 after coupon
+ three color options, for color-coding the OS of the laptop 😉

+ ZOOM H4n Pro 4-Input / 4-Track Portable Handy Recorder with Onboard X/Y Mic Capsule (Brown) for $160

+ AngelBIRD 2TB AV Pro CFexpress 2.0 Type B Memory Card for $450

UPDATE: the Adorama daily deal for Wednesday 5/3/23 is the Microsoft LifeCam Cinema 720p Web Cam for $35, and the Razer Blade 14 14″ QHD 165Hz Gaming Notebook (AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX 3.3GHz, 16GB RAM, 1TB SSD, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti (8GB), Wind 11H)for $1649…

Tuesday is here with a 7+1 formation in the B&H Photoo daily deals as followz:

+ PortaBrace LB-1B Lens Bag (Black) for $149~
+ because the lenses deserve their very own dedicated BAG the LENS BAGS!

+ GVM BD25R Bi-Color RGB LED Light Wands, 24-inch for $169 or 48-inch for $300
+ you get more inches per $ with the 48-inch option 😉

+ Shape Pro Video Carbon Fiber Tripod with 100mm Bowl & Fluid Head (33 lb Payload) for $999~
+ or you can buy 99 Ritz Camera $10 tripods 😉

+ SmallRIG cases for BlackMagic cameras, two options, $47 to $59

+ Vello COOLTOOL Camera Plate Combo Tool for $5

+ also: Samson mic and PC Mover software

+ flash deal: Sunpak Mobile Vlogging Kit with Tripod & Accessories for $20
+ yes, ideal for Accessories Hoarders 🙂

MEANwhile the headliner Woot deal of the day is another variant of the refurbished Kindle eBook reader sale with prices starting at $20. These come with a 90-day warranty, unlike the certified refurbished sold at the Amazon website (for more) that come with a 1-year warranty.

As regular readers know, I have a little bit of a Kindle fetish soft spot 😉 The sale includes “basic” Kindles, Paperwhites and Oasis models. If I needed/wanted an e-reader from this sale, I would go for the 2018 Paperwhite (starting at $40) or the 2019 “basic” Kindle (starting at $30) or Oasis models. I had the 2015 Paperwhite ($20) a few years ago and it was already getting too slow, so unless you have the patience of a saint or are buying a specific price point, or you plan on reading lightweight ebooks (eg poetry, smaller ebooks without graphics, etc), I’d go with the more recent / less older models.

The sale also includes a bunch of Fire tablets ranging from $15 (yes, $15 for a color tablet) to $70. I bought the original “Kindle Fire” tablet on the hype train excitement of that time, but haven’t followed with them closely since. The last few years I’ve been using smaller touchscreen Chromebooks as tablet stand-ins.

Having said that, the price is definitely right, especially if you are part of the Amazon media ecosystem (Prime Videos, Kids programs, Kindle Unlimited reading, Amazon Music, non-stop Prime shopping, etc, etc, etc).

Monday brings two very on-topic Adorama daily deals for May Day 2023, aka 5/1/23:

+ Lowepro Pro Trekker BP 350 AW II Backpack for Pro CSC / DSLR, Black/Dark Gray for $300

+ Vanguard VEO 2 GO 235CB 5-Section Carbon Fiber Travel Tripod with T-50 Compact Ball Head for $150

MEANwhile a busy day at the Amazon USA Gold Box:

+ pay $40, get $50 iHOP Gift Card
+ BONUS diabetes with purchase 😉

+ ten pages of AmazonBasics Electronics, Etc, Etc

+ sexy Breville Espresso machines

+ Ninja kitchen gear, six options, $50 to $200

+ 20% to 25% off Samsung Galaxy Watch 5