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In 2017, Black Friday means "the Friday before Black Friday," as Amazon and other retailers are dropping a ton of their Black Friday deals tomorrow. We'll keep you posted on the best ones through Thanksgiving week, so keep your eyes glued to the Cool Stuff tag and save big on all kinds of stuff!
Set of two hypoallergenic, down-alternative pillows, $40 down from $54 until the end of the day
A couple of months ago I upgraded my crappy, dog bed-quality pillows to real, modern adult pillows, stuffed with shredded memory foam. This makes them both ultra soft, but ultra-stable and gently firm as well. This means better neck support and that they hold their shape, not getting all weird and lumpy after six months like my crappy IKEA pillows.
Big kid pillows can literally improve your life overnight via reduced neck pain and better rest, and today you can get two big boys overstuffed with hypoallergenic cotton fill from eLuxury Supply for a nice $14 discount. This is one of the few purchases which you should not wait on.
Black Friday has come early folks: Cop a factory refurbished soundbar from Yamaha with built in subs for $70 cheaper than new. If you're still using your television's shitty built-in speakers, you're fucking up big time.
Also, Yamaha is taking $110 off ($340 down from $450) of a top-shelf bluetooth enabled receiver, which comes with all the bells and whistles: Dolby Atmos and DTS:X surround sound , phono input for turntables, Music Cast and more.
Up to 25% off select Under Armour products through the end of the day
Is Under Armour the coolest of the big three sportswear retailers? LMAO no. But today it is cheaper, 25% cheaper, and you can get some good winter gear for under retail.
Amazon Smart Home Month deals, through November 23
Earlier this week, a tech crisis forced Pete into buying an Amazon Echo Dot. The first step on the road to a smart home changed his life.
If you're still thinking about turning your home into a smart home, Amazon's celebrating "smart home month" with a bunch of deals on smart home bundles through the 23rd.
16 GB Fire 7 Kids Edition tablet two pack, $150 down from $200 through November 18
Though the novelty of tablet computers have long warn off on adults, they remain one of, if not the best child-distraction tools available on the market. Through the end of the day you can save $50 on a two pack of Amazon's specially calibrated 7? Fire tablet for children. Among other things (check the details) it comes with both a free year of Amazon's FreeTime Unlimited service (that's 15,000 educational and non-educational games and TV shows), plus a no-questions-asked two year warranty for when your one tot somehow submerges it in a jar of jam and the other throws it out the window of a moving car because they lose at Angry Birds.
(Cool Stuff is a new feature at Willamette Week where we feature product reviews, roundups, sales and other commerce and shopping-oriented content. All Cool Stuff reviews are editorially independent, meaning we provide honest reviews and aren't paid by the brands we write about. If you do choose to purchase something after following one of our links, Willamette Week may receive a commission, which helps fund our journalism.)