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Tom's Guide
4 days ago
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Is the Glacier Apex Hybrid mattress the key to sleep cool this summer? I slept on it for a week to find out
As a lifelong hot sleeper, I struggle with staying cool at night. In addition to using fans and breathable bedding and pajamas, sleeping on the best cooling mattress is an absolute must for me. I've slept on a soft model of a Tempur-Pedic Luxe Breeze mattress for the past two years, which promises to feel 10 degrees cooler than the average mattress. Despite paying a premium price point, I still wake up with night sweats since memory foam is prone to trapping heat. Type: HybridMaterials: Memory foam, other foams, coilsBrand-rated firmness (1-10): 4-5Height: 14'Trial period: 365 nightsWarranty: LifetimePrice: From $1,099 at Glacier The Glacier Apex Hybrid is a cooling mattress that costs a fraction of the price of the much more expensive Tempur-Pedic Luxe Breeze. As the Glacier brand's most premium model, it's still highly affordable compared with many cooling mattresses. A queen, for instance, is priced at $2,798 at MSRP and is usually on sale for around $1,399 depending on the discount available. While the steep savings are naturally appealing, I was curious as to whether its hybrid build, which includes coils that promote airflow and copper to help regulate temperature, would outperform my all-foam mattress. It also has twice as many cooling fibers as the Glacier Original Hybrid. Overall, I was also eager to see if the Glacier Apex Hybrid would live up to its many promises, including low motion transfer, excellent pressure relief and targeted lumbar zone support (which helps promote healthy spinal alignment). The latter feature is a tough sell in softer beds, which tend to be less supportive. These selling points are what we'd expect to find in this year's best mattresses that we've tested, but are they too good to be true at such a reasonable price point? Here's an in-depth look at my first week sleeping on the Glacier Apex Hybrid mattress and whether it lives up to the hype… Glacier is one of a handful of brands with very generous year-round mattress sales. While you can often snag 20% off most mattresses during non-holiday periods, Glacier beds are regularly 50% off or more. At the time of writing this article, a summer sale includes a whopping up to 65% off. While the best time to buy a mattress is often during major sales and holidays, you can scoop up a great deal on Glacier Apex Hybrid year-round. Better yet, it comes with an impressive 365-night trial period that allows risk-free returns for one year if you're ultimately unhappy with your mattress, plus a lifetime warranty that covers any defects in materials or craftsmanship. Although you'll probably want to replace your Glacier Apex Hybrid around the 10-year mark, since most mattresses last seven-to-10 years with proper care, the lifetime warranty and generous trial period offer peace of mind. After all, a new mattress is a major investment both financially and mentally (adjusting to a new bed can be a serious commitment). A lifetime warranty and lengthy trial period are indicative of a quality product, but the skeptic in me questions why Glacier beds are always half off or more. Is it really as great as it seems? Read on for a full breakdown of how this mattress performed after one week of sleeping on it. Glacier Apex Hybrid mattress: was $2,198 now from $1,099 at GlacierAt full MSRP a Glacier Apex Hybrid in a queen size is $2,798, but a regular 50% off Glacier mattress sale takes that down to $1,399. If you want to buy at the best price, we recommend waiting for major sales events such as President's Day, 4th of July and Black Friday. Mattress purchase comes with a 365-night sleep trial and lifetime warranty. Like many of the best mattresses in a box, the Glacier Apex Hybrid comes vacuum-compressed, rolled and sealed in a box for easy transport and delivery. Mattresses in a box tend to be cheaper than traditional mattresses that arrive flat, but you can also add white glove delivery and old mattress removal to your purchase for an extra $225. Personally, I don't find this fee worth it, but if you struggle with mobility it could be a handy extra add on. As long as you have two people to move the mattress in a box to your room of choice, it's relatively simple to transport. My husband was able to move the mattress up a flight of stairs by himself. Keep in mind that while transporting the mattress on your own isn't impossible, it's very heavy. Luckily, it also comes with convenient handles that make it easier to lift the mattress. Glacier offers free delivery and returns and ships mattresses within 3-5 business days. While most mattresses in a box can take anywhere from 24 to 72 hours to fully expand after being compressed, the Glacier Apex Hybrid sprung into its fully expanded form in just 30 to 45 minutes. In fact, it inflated immediately after cutting into the wrapping with a pair of scissors. Less than an hour later, it was ready to sleep on. There was a minimal off-gassing smell upon releasing the Glacier Apex Hybrid from its box, but it dissipated within a few hours. I also didn't find it as overpowering as other mattresses I've tried. This was a bonus for my husband, who is sensitive to smells and has moderate allergies. I went from sleeping on the Tempur-Pedic Luxe Breeze (the brand makes some of the best luxury mattresses on the market) to trying the Glacier Apex Hybrid. I love the Luxe Breeze for its incredible contouring support and medium-soft feel, but the foam material still gets quite hot overnight. It also doesn't help that I share a bed with my husband, who is a fellow hot sleeper. Height: 5'8'Weight: 170-180lbsSleep style: Side and stomachSleep issues: Lower back pain, occasional hip pain, hot sleeperShare a bed: Yes I knew the Glacier Apex Hybrid would have big shoes to fill in terms of the comfort and pressure relief offered by my old bed. This mattress is billed as having medium-plush firmness, and my initial thoughts were that the Glacier Apex Hybrid was incredibly soft. I'd rate it a 3 on our firmness scale. I was shocked that a medium-plush mattress could feel so much more plush than my soft Tempur-Pedic. I even worried about potential neck pain or poor posture while sleeping. Yet at 14" tall, the Glacier Apex Hybrid offered great support overnight. Its seven layers have two rows of thicker individually-encased coils that mostly kept our spines in neutral alignment. The Euro-top took a little while to get used to, but both my husband and I got some of the best sleep we've gotten in a long time on the Glacier Apex Hybrid. This was also during a heat spell where temperatures soared into the 90s. My husband and I agreed that between its cooling cover, graphite- and copper-infused memory foam layers that draw heat away from the body, and ventilated gel foam layer, the mattress did a good job of cooling compared with the Luxe Breeze. While my husband, who is a 6'1' back sleeper, felt like his hips were sinking into the Glacier Apex Hybrid, I felt a good balance of contouring and plushness ideal for a combination sleeper such as myself who predominately sleeps on the side and occasionally the stomach. The mattress is more supportive for side sleeping, though, so if you're a tried-and-true stomach sleeper, you may want to seek out a bed with a medium-firm to firm feel for better hip support and lift. Shoulders are often some of the most sensitive joints, which is why side sleepers tend to benefit from sleeping on a slightly softer bed with cradling and gentle pressure relief on the shoulders. One downside to the Glacier Apex Hybrid was its lack of motion isolation. Hybrid mattresses tend to transfer movement more than all-foam beds where slow-moving memory foam absorbs much of the motion transfer. This wasn't a surprise to me given my history of reviewing mattresses, but it wasn't pleasant to jolt awake at every movement or change of sleeping position. The extra layer of upholstery from the Euro pillowtop also made it more difficult, though not impossible, to change sleeping positions. The reduced responsiveness (or bounce) wasn't a deal breaker, but rather required a bit more effort from me to move around on the bed. On the flipside, I found the edge support excellent. As someone who often curls up at the very perimeter of the bed, the reinforced edges prevented that dreaded about-to-roll-off-the-bed feeling. If you have mobility issues, you should find the sides of the Glacier Apex Hybrid very stable. Most sleep experts agree it takes a minimum of 30 nights to get used to sleeping on a new mattress, so my preliminary week-long review is just a snapshot of my full review to come. For now, I find myself pleasantly surprised by the great support and pressure relief offered by the Glacier Apex Hybrid. Don't be fooled by its soft and plush feel. After a week of sleeping on this bed, neither my husband nor myself experienced any neck, back or joint pain (even though my husband says his hips still somewhat sink into the bed when laying on his back). The cooling is also good, though not the best I've ever experienced. While it stays cooler than the Tempur-Pedic Luxe Breeze I've slept on for the past two years, the bed still warms up while we're sleeping. We didn't feel this so much on our first night testing the mattress, but noticed throughout the week that the cooling capabilities didn't feel consistent. However, we battled a long heatwave, so I'm curious how the cooling holds up over a month-long period. While I admit the plush build feels heavenly and we sleep well on the Glacier Apex Hybrid, this bed is much softer than my husband and I prefer. It may also be too soft for people with heavier builds, stomach sleepers or anyone who generally loves a firm bed. If you fall into any of those categories, the Glacier Original Hybrid has a medium-firm feel that may be more supportive. Would I recommend Glacier Apex Hybrid? If you're a light or average weight side or back sleeper looking for an affordable mattress with good cooling technology, sturdy edge support and targeted pressure relief, then chances are you'll love this bed. But if you're a sensitive sleeper who bed shares, you may want to look for a mattress with better motion isolation. I'll be back with my full review soon after sleeping on it for over three weeks, so stay tuned!
Tom's Guide
21-07-2025
- Business
- Tom's Guide
The best back-to-school laptop of 2025 is cheaper than ever, $650 off a monster RX 9070 XT gaming PC and more — Power Picks
We're back with a bang. Today's power picks are significant, as you can get $200 off my favorite budget laptop (a great back-to-school buy), a beasty AMD RX 9070 XT gaming PC for $650 off, 35% off one of the best gaming mice you can buy, and much more! But first, I need to warn you about something in my first of a (hopefully) not long-running segment — bad deals watch. So I've seen certain tech sites covering this Lenovo IdeaPad Slim 3 deal for 74% off. It's a big number to brag about that does get you on Google News, but there are so many red flags that make this a do not buy. But I've found something that is so much better — cheaper, more powerful and brand new with an actual warranty. It's a great get for back to school or for all your productivity needs. Oh, and those power picks I found on Friday? Yeah, they're still available! That means you can still bad $700 off the MSI Aegis gaming PC with RTX 5070 power, and $200 off the M4 MacBook Pro. But for now, let's get into today's top deals. Dodge the other Slim 3 and look for the 'x,' because with this you're getting a seriously good powerhouse for dirt cheap. It's one of my favorite budget laptops for that Snapdragon X chip bringing impressive Arm performance across all your Windows apps, alongside 16GB of DDR5 RAM, and you're getting those fantastic keyboard and touchpad ergonomics that Lenovo is known for at $200 off! Armed with an AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT, I can assure you this machine is capable of some truly supreme gaming performance from my testing. Ensuring zero bottlenecks in performance is the best gaming CPU you can buy right now — the Ryzen 7 7800X3D — alongside 32GB of DDR5 RAM and a spacious 2TB SSD. All is packed into a sleek case with plenty of cooling and a $650 discount for good measure! This is as close to MSRP as I've seen my favorite GPU, the RTX 5070 Ti, come. I always say prepare to be flexible by around $50, and this falls into that window nicely. With the power under the hood, 4K gaming is a cinch, and this one is overclockable with a three-fan cooling array to keep it from overheating under pressure. The first of a two-parter on the best gear for a wireless gaming setup. With 35% off the listing price, the Basilisk V3 Pro is an easy must-buy for those looking for ultimate game control with a 30K DPI optical sensor, optical switches with a great tactile feel, 13 programmable controls, and customizable RGB to blend it into your setup. Now for the audio part, and you can get $35 off the BlackShark V2 wireless headset to add a little extra Razer magic to your setup. At 280g, it's super lightweight on the head, but doesn't sacrifice any of the immersive sound quality for it — thanks to those huge 50mm drivers and THS Spatial Audio support. Plus with a 70-hour battery life, you've got worry-free stamina in all your sessions! Follow Tom's Guide on Google News to get our up-to-date news, how-tos, and reviews in your feeds. Make sure to click the Follow button.
Tom's Guide
18-07-2025
- Health
- Tom's Guide
Birch Plush Organic Mattress Topper review: natural, responsive support for all sleep positions
Launched back in 2019, Birch is a sub-brand of the luxury mattress company Helix. The Helix team, responsible for some of this year's best mattresses on the market, created Birch to build natural and sustainable sleep products, that use organic materials. The all-natural brand's signature bed topper, the Birch Plush Organic Mattress Topper, has been on my radar since I joined the review team back in 2023, and I recently got the chance to test it out. This year's best mattress toppers guide is full of memory foam options, so I was eager to see if Birch's bed topper would be the first latex topper to make the cut. To find out, I put a full-sized Birch Plush Organic Mattress Topper on a memory foam mattress and slept on it for two weeks. Here's my experience. The Birch Plush Organic Mattress Topper is made from a 2" thick layer of natural latex and an organic cotton cover. According to the brand, the Plush Organic Topper is "crafted from breathable, natural and organic materials". Type: Talalay latexDepth: 2" Cover: Organic cottonCorner straps: NoTrial period: 100 nightsWarranty: 10-year warranty Starting MSRP: from $372 at Birch So, who is this mattress topper for? Well, let's get the obvious out of the way: eco-conscious (and health-conscious) shoppers who want a sustainable sleep product made from clean, non-toxic materials. But what's it like to sleep on? Well, as a side and back sleeper, I need something soft enough to soothe my shoulders when side sleeping but firm enough to support my lumbar region when sleeping on my back. Thanks to the spongy-yet-firm latex, I slept comfortable in both sleep positions. However, don't expect the mattress topper to live up to its "Plush" title. I must admit, I was not surprised to find it was not as soft as the name suggested, as latex is known to be on the firmer side. That isn't to say it's uncomfortable, though. In fact, it made my quicksand-y memory foam bed more responsive and less stifling, so it's a perfect choice for restless sleepers who need ease of movement when switching sleep positions. The latex topper is also a good choice for anyone who feels trapped by the sink-in softness of their memory foam bed. The 2" height is thick enough to transform any bed, but thin enough not to add too much height to any mattresses over 14". That said, the design does have a few shortcomings. Firstly, there are no anchor straps to keep the Plush Organic Mattress Topper in place on your bed. Secondly, the soft-touch organic cotton cover is non-removable and spot clean only. While the bed topper would have benefitted from these features, it kept clean and never shifted the whole time I was testing it thanks to a fitted mattress protector and sheet. As for price and deals, a queen-size Plush Organic Mattress Topper is $532 at MSRP, but it's usually $399 thanks to a regular 25% discount. Yes, it's a premium price, but it's made from premium materials and comes with two pretty generous benefits: a 100-night sleep trial and 10-year warranty. The Birch Plush Organic Matress Topper uses premium organic materials, so it's only natural (no pun intended) that it would have a luxury price tag. However, if you consider that the average queen latex bed topper is $575, a queen Birch's usual $399 price (thanks to a regular mattress sale) is relatively affordable. You can also find a 20-25% discount on the topper in the Helix mattress sale. Here are both the MSRPs and sale prices for the The Birch Plush Organic Mattress Topper in all available sizes: Plus, it's a cost-effective alternative to the best organic mattresses (which typically has an average price of $1,665 for a queen) or Naturepedic's latex topper (whose $749 queen price was listed as a drawback in the Naturepedic Adagio Organic Latex Mattress Topper review.) Despite the cheaper price, the Birch matches Naturepedic's benefits: free shipping, a 10-year warranty, and 100-night sleep trial. Considering that the average topper trial is 30 nights and the average warranty is around three to five years, the Birch Plush Organic Mattress Topper boasts the generous extras you would typically find for full-fledged mattresses. Birch Plush Organic Mattress Topper: twin was $279 now $372 at BirchThe Birch Plush Organic Mattress Topper is available in six sizes at both Birch and Helix: twin, twin XL, full, queen, king, and Cal king. Both Helix and Birch shoppers can regularly enjoy a 20% or 25% discount, which reduces a queen to $399, plus free shipping, a 100-night sleep trial, and a 10-year warranty. A major draw of the Birch Plush Organic Mattress Topper is that it's free from polyurethane-based foams and uses responsibly-sourced materials with Global Organic Latex Standard (GOLS) and GREENGUARD Gold certifications. However, I feel it would be very remiss of me not to point out some discrepancies between the website and the leaflet in the box. In the leaflet, the mattress topper is billed as being Global Organic Textile Standard (GOTS) certified with no mention of the GOLS certification. It also describes the latex as the Talalay variety and mentions Fair Trade cotton, organic wool, and certifications from the eco-INSTITUT and Forest Stewardship Council. The website's description, meanwhile, boasts about the GOLS and GREENGUARD Gold Certified only, so it's safe to assume the mattress topper has now switched to Dunlop latex as Talalay's production process means it's disqualified from a GOLS certification. (For more information on the differences between the two, take a look at my Dunlop vs Talalay latex breakdown.) Eco-credentials and mattress certifications aside, this is still a sustainable, responsibly-sourced latex bed topper with premium, high-quality materials. While the the non-removable cover has no anchor straps and can only be spot-cleaned, this wasn't a deal breaker for me as it stayed clean and steady with a fitted sheet and a good mattress protector. I slept on a full-size Plush Organic Mattress Topper for two weeks, testing it with a focus on three key areas in line with our mattress methodology: support and comfort, temperature regulation and ease of set-up. Like the best mattresses in a box, the Birch Plush Organic arrives at your doorstep compressed, rolled-up, and wrapped in plastic. This makes shipping easier, but it does mean you'll need to unbox it and wait for it to expand — which is why it's strange that the leaflet in the box included no set-up instructions or expansion wait time. As I've unboxed plenty of mattresses and mattress toppers in my time as a tester, I found the set-up to be pretty easy. (Although, the topper was plastic-wrapped extremely tight.) However, If you're unfamiliar with the unboxing process, you may find it a little confusing without instructions via leaflet or website, so I suggest you checkout our guide on how to set up a mattress in a box. It would have been nice to have an indication of how long it takes to expand as all bed toppers differ, but it reached its full height 10 minutes after unboxing. Even though you could probably sleep on the Birch topper straight away, I left it on the floor overnight before I slept on it, just in case. Thanks to the natural materials, there's no nasty off-gassing you usually detect when unboxing memory foam toppers. Instead, you get the sweet, earthy smell of latex that's often compared to cupcakes or pastry dough. Score: 4.5 out of 5 I put the Birch Plush Organic Mattress Topper on a the memory foam bed I tested for the EGOHOME Black 12" Memory Foam Mattress review. I genuinely liked the bed and even added it to the best cheap mattress guide, but a major complaint was that the slow-moving foam surface was difficult to change sleep position on. Thankfully, the Birch Organic Plush Mattress Topper solved that problem with its quick-response spongy latex foam. It's responsive foam was flexible enough to give against my pressure points when side sleeping, but firm and durable enough to keep my back and hips upright and spine properly aligned when back sleeping. Despite its name, however, this is not a plush mattress topper. Talalay latex is the plushest form of natural latex, but I doubt the Birch topper uses this anymore due to the GOLS certification (see the above Design & Materials section for more information on this) so can only assume it uses the firmer Dunlop. Score: 4 out of 5 Latex is often boasted to be breathable and cooling, and while the former is true, the latter is more complicated. While latex can boost airflow to help regulate temperature, it isn't cooling per se. This distinction was shown when I slept cool and comfortable during milder weather, but slept hot and humid during a heatwave when my bedroom was close to 85°F in the night. Once testing was over, I switched my breathable non-cooling mattress protector with a cooling one (the one I reviewed for the Brooklyn Bedding Luxury Cooling Mattress Protector review 2025 in case you're wondering) and slept much cooler throughout the warm weather. Score: 4 out of 5 The 1,500+ reviews on the Birch website for the Plush Organic Mattress Topper are mostly glowing, with an overall rating of 4.6 stars. Positive reviews praise the great quality, support (some even claiming it alleviated their back pain) and balanced comfort that allows them to sleep on top of the mattress rather than sinking into it. Only a small percentage of customers wrote a negative review, with the less favorable reviews mentioning that they thought it would be thicker and plusher. While I have to point out that the 2" thickness is made clear throughout the website's description, I can see why customer's may be disappointed with the firmness considering "Plush" is in in the topper's title. If you're looking for a high-quality mattress topper that uses certified-organic and natural materials, then the Birch Plush Organic mattress topper is a supportive, comfortable and relatively affordable option. It supported me while both side and back sleeping, and gave me that bouncy easy of movement that you often can't get from even the best memory foam mattresses and toppers. A queen may have a $399 tag, but it's still cheaper than some organic latex mattress toppers and beds on the market. Plus, the 100-night sleep trial and 10-year warranty is outstanding for a mattress topper. That said, it's not as plush as the title suggests, so anyone looking to add super soft cushioning to a hard bed should look elsewhere. Also, despite its promise of a a cool night's sleep, the latex won't be cooling enough for those sleep chronically hot or experience night sweats. ✅ You're eco-conscious: GOLS and GREENGAURD Gold certifications show that this mattress topper is sustainable and responsibly sourced. ✅ You hate that memory foam feel: While sink-in soft memory foam can give you that "quicksand" feeling, the latex foam is quick to bounce back after pressure is applied. ✅ You're a back, side, or restless sleeper: The spongy but firm latex supplies enough support for most sleep positions, especially back and side sleepers, and easy of movement for those who toss and turn. ❌You're expecting it to be plush: Yes, despite its name, this is not a plush mattress topper. It's comfortable and supportive, but not super soft at all. ❌ You experience night sweats or always sleep hot: While latex is temperature-regulating, it's not cooling and no match against heatwaves. ❌You're on a budget: Despite it being relatively cheap compared to other latex toppers on the market, it's still premium priced and not for tight budgets. The Naturepedic 2" Adagio Mattress Topper is another latex topper that we tried. It's a lot more expensive than the Birch (and less frequently discounted, too) meaning a twin Adagio is more expensive than a Birch queen. Despite the higher price tag, this is still a good option if you want an organic latex topper that's actually plush and, as our tester put it, "marshmallowy" soft. Learn more in our Naturepedic Adagio Organic Latex Mattress Topper review. Like the Birch, the Saatva High-Density Foam Mattress Topper features a moisture-wicking organic cotton cover, but it also has anchor straps and an antimicrobial treatment. It's not as sustainable and natural as the Birch as it included memory foam, but at $245 for a queen, it offers cheaper luxury. Learn more in our Saatva Foam Mattress Topper review. The Panda Bamboo Memory Foam Mattress Topper may not feature natural latex or organic cotton, but it does harness the breathable, antibacterial power of a hypoallergenic bamboo cover. It doesn't come in a twin XL though (bad news for most college students), but it offers plenty of body-molding comfort for side sleepers. Learn more in our Panda Bamboo Memory Foam Mattress Topper review.
Tom's Guide
16-07-2025
- Business
- Tom's Guide
Get $200 off the best gaming chair money can buy, $80 off my favorite AR glasses and more — Power Picks
Today's power picks are an interesting bunch — perfect for those getting ready to go back to school or further enhance their gaming setup. I'm talking $200 off the incredible Secretlab TITAN Evo gaming chair, $220 off a fantastic all-round laptop for your studies, and yet another blockbuster GPU dropping close back to MSRP As we reach midweek, this is usually the time where you see the level of real deals drop off a little bit, as retailers arm up for more big price cuts over the weekend. So imagine my surprise when I saw these prices are either matching or are lower than what we saw during Prime Day. Also as a heads up, a couple of the deals I found in yesterday's power picks are still on! That means you can continue to get $1,280 off an RTX 5070 gaming laptop, but options like the RTX 5060 Ti Gaming PC have seen a $150 price increase. So while it is still being called a 'deal' on Newegg's website, it's not the lowest price! But for now, let's get into today's top deals. Provided you select the Team Liquid edition of this chair, you can bag $200 off our rated best overall gaming chair. Built well and extremely comfortable, while also sporting a sleek design that doesn't scream 'gamer,' you've got fantastic lumbar support, 4D armrests to put them in just the right place, a 165-degree recline and even a free magnetic head pillow. For the vast majority of students, a course is going to be a lot of essays and web browsing by day, and needing a laptop with a big screen and good speakers for binge watching/social listening by night. The HP OmniBook 5 does all of this with a huge $220 saving to boot — sporting AMD's new Ryzen AI 5 340 CPU to support all of Windows latest Copilot+ features, a huge 16-inch 1200p IPS display, 16GB of RAM and a 512GB SSD. This is as close to MSRP as I've seen my favorite GPU, the RTX 5070 Ti, come. I always say prepare to be flexible by around $50, and this falls into that window nicely. With the power under the hood, 4K gaming is a cinch, and this one is overclockable with a three-fan cooling array to keep it from overheating under pressure. Samsung's super smooth 240Hz gaming monitor is a phenomenal panel — packing a ton of features for PC gaming enthusiasts to really enhance their experience with a $100 discount. Beyond the 1080p picture, that refresh rate and a 1ms response time, this also supports Nvidia's and AMD's adaptive sync technologies to eliminate screen tears, has plenty of ports with auto source switch built-in, and even has HDR! I travelled over 5,000 miles with the Xreal Ones, and they are some of my favorite AR glasses for eliminating neck pain, by giving you a big screen experience right in front of your face for $80 off. Even better, the built-in X1 chip gives you greater display control right on the glasses without any need for software. So if you need a 170-inch 32:9 ultrawide display, bam!
Tom's Guide
14-07-2025
- Business
- Tom's Guide
M4 MacBook Air still at Prime Day low price, nearly $1,000 off an RTX 50-series gaming PC and more — Power Picks
Welcome to Power Picks — your daily digest of click-worthy tech deals I'd actually spend my own money on. If it's not worth your hard-earned cash, it's not making the cut. Before becoming Managing Editor of Computing, I was deep in the deal trenches — digging up discounts retailers would rather you didn't find. With prices rising everywhere, I'm bringing that energy back to help you make smarter, savvier choices when it comes to your next gadget. Today's savings include rollovers from Prime Day, as the M4 MacBook Air is still $150 off, a frankly ludicrous $920 saving on an RTX 5060 gaming PC, and some of my favorite AR glasses getting a deep $140 price cut. Let's get into them. We all know how stingy Apple can be with discounts. Normally we get the M4 MacBook Air discounted for big sales events, then it is promptly pumped back to full price the moment the clock turns to midnight. But to see the base model M4 Air with 16GB RAM and a 256GB SSD still be $150 off is crazy to me — easily one of the best laptops you can buy for all-round use and your studies. It's rare that a deal makes me do a double turn so fast it makes my neck hurt. Maybe that's because I'm entering the back end of my 30s, but truer than that, it's because this is a decent RTX 50-series gaming rig for less than $900! Alongside that RTX 5060 (good for strong 1080p gaming), you're getting an Intel Core i5 14400F CPU, 32GB DDR4 RAM and a 1TB SSD — all horses in this gorgeous case where you can see the components whirring away from every angle. Yes, the newer-generation Viture Luma Pros are available to buy, but so long as you can get $140 off the pre-existing Viture Pros, I'm always going to point you in this direction because its incredible value for money for what you get in AR glasses. The 1080p picture is absolutely stunning and color-graded to mesmerizing effect — all in a sleek pair of specs that are ultra portable to bring a great big-screen experience wherever you are. Welcome to the first instalment of 'can I find an RTX 50-series GPU at MSRP?' Today's answer is 'yes,' and it's quite the doozy. I'm a big fan of the RTX 5060 Ti (16GB of course) for its strong 1440p gaming performance, decent overhead of video memory and all the DLSS 4 goodness to make even the most intensive games run smoothly. And at $429, this is one of those rare times that Nvidia's claimed pricing is true. Working/gaming on the go? A portable monitor is a great addition to give you more screen real estate for multitasking, or a bigger panel for your AAA titles. Uperfect's 16-inch panel is one of the best with a 2K resolution, a 144Hz refresh rate and HDR — all in something that's super slim at 0.4 inches and lightweight at 1.7 pounds. With all the connectivity you need for everything from your PS5 to your Steam Deck, this is a fantastic dirt cheap addition to your arsenal at $110 off.
