The Best Labor Day Weekend Deals on WIRED’s Favorite Tech Gear
The last long weekend of summer has arrived, and with it, a slew of cart-worthy deals. While summer won’t officially end for a few weeks, something about Labor Day feels like the last hurrah, and it makes for the perfect time to snag on-sale gadgets to set you up for a smooth fall and holiday season.
The sales started early this year, but they’re still going strong with plenty of our favorite tech gear discounted during the holiday weekend. You can shop everything from high-quality headphones to Dyson vacuums and Apple AirTags. Every item we feature is a tech gadget the WIRED Reviews team has tested and loved, and a top pick from our guides ranging from headphones and speakers to vacuums and chargers.
Updated September 5: I’ve added new vacuum and smart home deals, and ensured all deals are still live.
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Labor Day Deals on Tech Gadgets
This is the best Labor Day laptop deal we’ve found, which takes $700 off the HP OmniBook Ultra 14. It’s one of our favorite new laptops to come out this year, sporting an absolutely immaculate design and a brilliant OLED display. We especially like the look of the large haptic trackpad and keycaps of the white version, though it’s the black one that’s on sale here. Beyond just being easy on eyes, it also performs like a dream, with both strong performance and fantastic battery life. While we liked the device when we reviewed it, it was quite expensive, and we’d been waiting for the price to drop to give a full-throated recommendation. Well, this is it. For $1,200, you’re even getting 32 GB of RAM—double what comes on a MacBook Air at this price.
Need an AirTag to track your keys or luggage (or in my case, my son’s backpack when we’re on a trip)? Apple’s line of Bluetooth trackers can add up if you need to buy a lot, but you can get $5 off a single one right now, or $10 off a four-pack.
If you’re a Google Pixel user and you need a new case, Dbrand makes one of our favorite cases for Pixel phones—especially if you’re in the market for a clear one. Its Pixelsnap-certified magnets are strong, the edges around the camera are slightly raised for extra protection, and it’s grippy. There’s no plasticky texture, either, which is nice to find on a clear case.
This charging tray from Courant is, simply put, gorgeous. It comes in both leather and linen finishes, and there are two chargers built into it for your phone and your wireless earbuds. The left charger is MagSafe-compatible, while the right side is a Qi charger you can use with either Apple or non-Apple products.
The best MagSafe car mount is usually pretty affordable, but this discount makes it even more attainable. It’s well ventilated and sticks supremely to any flat surface. It’s compatible with any MagSafe phone (or any magnetic phone case, which yours should be regardless of operating system.)
Labor Day Deals for Your Home
If you’re looking to spend as little as possible without getting a crappy vacuum, Bissell makes our favorite affordable vacuums. The PowerClean and PowerClean FurFinder are both excellent, affordable choices that will still get you solid power, cleaning attachments, and a vacuum you can count on. The PowerClean is often on sale, and a good choice unless you want the special FurFinder attachment for pet hair.
Our top robot vacuum has dropped down to the best deal we’ve seen. It’s often on sale for $850 and regularly jumps back up to its full $1,400 price. But right now, you can get it for just $750. If you’re in the market and don’t want to wait until fall shopping events like Prime Day or Black Friday, this is a safe buy for a great gadget. Built-in AI intelligently cleans tricky messes, and the extendable arm can reach places other vacuums can’t. It also empties its own dust bin when cleaning is done, and it can even lift itself out of a situation when it gets stuck (most of the time).
While a ton of Echo speakers were hit with price increases that lead to worse sales than before, the Echo Show 11 has maintained its same price tag and is on sale for Labor Day weekend. I really like the Echo Show 11’s sound quality, and the three extra inches of screen felt like a nice improvement over the Echo Show 8 without overcrowding my counter or desk.
My most life-changing smart device is a smart lock. It makes it possible for everyone in my family—even my four year old—to enter the house without worrying about keys or if someone’s home. While my son has the code memorized for our current smart lock, a biometric based lock is even easier since it lets your family members add fingerprints and even their face to unlock the door. For privacy reasons, the Lockly lock uses IR cameras, so there’s no live camera feed. It’s $50 off, bringing it to the lowest price in the last few months.
Usually smart home devices mean you can control and automate commands like turning on music or lights. So while this calendar isn’t technically a true smart home device, it just be might one of the smartest devices in my house. And for unlike so many “smart” devices, this one actually make my life (and my husband’s!) easier. It’s a digital wall calendar, which lets me sync my digital calendar I already use onto the screen so I can access it whenever I want. There’s also meal planning, chore tracking, and some have photo screensavers you can use too. The Everblog is my favorite for not having a subscription, so you can access all kinds of features without paying anything extra like you would on the Skylight.
Speaker and Headphone Labor Day Deals
The best Bluetooth speaker is the JBL Flip 7, and it’s on sale for a little more than $50 off ahead of Labor Day. Buying a portable Bluetooth speaker means you won’t get everything you’d look for in a speaker, but the Flip 7 has a good balance between mobility and sound quality. It also packs better water resistance than past Flip models and a two-hour battery (or four with reduced bass). Not every color is on sale for this low, but most are at least slightly discounted.
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This clip-on speaker packs surprisingly chunky sound for its size. The built-in carabiner means you can easily tote it around while you’re on the go, and the onboard controls are easy to find and operate. This deal is solidly in the middle of what we tend to see; sometimes it falls a bit more in price, but this discount isn’t a bad one.
This speaker fluctuates in price very often, and it has remained a steadfast budget recommendation in our Bluetooth speaker buying guide. We don’t see it fall below $30 frequently. The sound will not blow you away. But for the price, it’s decent, with great battery life and a very portable water-resistant design.
They’re not the newest Sony headphones we love (the XM6), but at this price, it’s hard not to want to spring for it. This is the lowest price it tends to fall to, but it was selling for almost $50 more just a few days ago. Don’t get me wrong—the XM6 that came out earlier this year are a significant upgrade, but if you want a beautiful-sounding, comfortable, and stylish pair of noise-canceling headphones, the Sony XM5 will still make you very happy. Especially at this price.
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Nothing earbuds consistently earn mentions in our buying guides, and the latest iteration is an honorable mention being sold at a very compelling price. The Nothing Ear (3a) are stylish and have solid sound, intuitive controls, and an optional app that’s actually useful. Noise cancellation could be better, but for less than $100 these are still a stellar budget pick.
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