I love working from home, but it takes a little ingenuity to make your home office (or living room corner) feel completely connected and comfortable. Thankfully, some of our favorite home office supplies are on sale right now. Be sure to read our full Equipment for working from home guide for more information.
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Deals on monitors and laptop stands
Moft’s Desk Mat is one of the our favorite laptop stand. It comes in three versions, all of which are discounted right now. The magnetic mat is 20 inches long and can be raised to hold your laptop or tablet at an angle, and it has a large, comfortable wrist rest. Two NFC (not to be confused with .) NFT) Hotspots can be customized on your phone to open a specific app when scanned. This digital set includes a magnetic wireless charger to prop your phone, a tablet holder, and a cable organizer. The paper set discounted to $115 ($13 off) and comes with book holders and memos. You can do it all extras for $168 ($19) off.
This monitor is often discounted and you can buy it for this price from Samsung too. It has a stowed webcam for privacy at the touch of a button, but it requires a well-lit room to really deliver good picture quality. You can also rotate it to portrait orientation or mount it VESA. Review editor Julian Chokkattu said the IPS screen looks fine, but he wants it to have a higher resolution.
Depending on your desk space or the height at which you need the monitor, a stand may work better than a stand. This VESA mount holds monitors up to 27 inches and supports up to 14 pounds. We saw it drop to $29 in January, but it’s remained at a steady $40 ever since. It clips to your desk and has built-in cable management to keep all your wires out of sight.
I love having a lap desk when I want to work (or watch a movie) from the couch or in bed. Yogibo makes chairs made of comfortable beanbags, so the cushioned bottom is both pleasing to the eye and helps support the tray as you type. It also has a slot to hold a tablet or phone. If you don’t want to buy from QVC, you’ll have to pay more from Amazon. That is Now discounted to $53 ($6 off) when you click the coupon button on the page.
Deals for mice
This is our favorite wireless gaming mouse. The price fluctuates and sometimes hits $130, although it’s usually around $90, so it’s not the top deal. However, it is a responsive mouse designed for eSports, with clicky buttons and a long reception range. WIRED reviewer Jaina Gray says that while she’s always loved SteelSeries products, it wasn’t until she tried this mouse that she fell deeply in love. You don’t have to be a gamer to use mouse to play game.
Logitech’s G Pro wired mouse also fluctuates in price, regularly jumping to $60. The deal may be small, but that shouldn’t discourage you: here’s a tried and true working horse of a rat. It’s slim enough to be unobtrusive as an everyday working mouse — not just for gamers. You can see it discounted to the same price from Best buy also.
By HyperX Raid Strike mouse usually goes up to $55 but usually goes down to $35. If you click the coupon button on the page, you can take an extra $5 off, bringing it to one of the lowest prices we’ve tracked. It’s hard to beat at this price point. You get customizable RBG lighting and quick response times.
Discounts on capacity
If you don’t need a portable storage solution, here it is best hard drive for backup. WIRED reviewer Scott Gilbertson has used various WD Elements Desktop hard drives for over a decade and says they are the most reliable and cheapest hard drives he has tried. But they are large and require an external power source. This sale is for the 8 terabyte version, but it comes in 4 to 18 options.
X6 is ours leading portable solid-state drive pick. You can find similar deals from B&HO, too. It’s on the lower end of the price scale for portable SSDs, but it’s fast and incredibly light, around 1.5 ounces. It is made of plastic though, so handle it gently.
Other office deals
Be sure to click the coupon on the page for a $30 discount. If you’re just printing shipping labels, you don’t need to pay for ink, buy a large printer, or pay per print at the store. row. This one is small and works well, and 500 sheets of stickers will run you about $15. You will need to Download the right driver on your computer and it doesn’t work over Wi-Fi. Also, be sure to trim unnecessary things from the label so that the label prints correctly.
We work in our office now. If you have a desk stand or a convertible laptop stand, you can get your steps in while you edit the spreadsheet. It folds when you’re done and has wheels on the front if you want to move it from your office to your living room to watch TV on the go. I’ve been using a similar model for a while and it’s really nice to have, even though it doesn’t tilt like a standard treadmill.
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