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Deal of the Week | May 17, 2013: Cable-It by Monster Small Cable Management Kit for $2.99

Cable-It_Monster_640x640_taggedTechnology often goes hand-in-hand with cables and wires. Cables for power, cables for data, cables to connect peripherals and external devices and chargers and telephonic gadgets. Whether you use a computer at home, have a home office or recording studio, or use a workstation at the office, you are almost certainly enmeshed in an octopus-like tangle of cables and wires.

You could take the morning off from anything productive, and attack the problem area with twist-ties and duct tape. It might not look great, it might take hours – but the mess will have been conquered. Pretty much.

Or you can drop three bucks and pick up this week’s DOTW. In three fast, easy steps, your cables are wrangled and neatly organized. And it comes from Monster – they know a little something about cables.

So master that mangled mess today. Find out all about it here.

Deal of the Week | May 10, 2013: Binoculars with built-in digital camera/camcorder for $13.99

Combination Binoculars / Digital camera-camcorder for $13.99Here’s the scenario: Using a pair of binoculars, you’re observing a bird at the feeder, and it’s a beauty. Wouldn’t it be cool if you could simply push a button and get a photo? Or maybe you’re at a sporting event, watching from the cheap seats through those very same binoculars. Suddenly, the play of a lifetime begins to unfold. What if you could instantly begin recording it to video?

With this week’s DOTW, these aren’t the mad ravings of a delusional copy writer, or the pipe dream of a science fiction author. The future is now, right here, at Connecting Point. O brave new world, that has such gadgets in it!

This combination binocular / digital camera / PC camera / video camera normally retails for 50 bucks. But this week, while supplies last, you can grab them for a laughable $13.99. Read more here.

Deal of the Week | May 3, 2013: “Helping Hands” Magnifier/Workstation with LED Lights for $5.99

"Helping Hands" Magnifier/Workstation with LED Lights for $5.99Our Service Technicians have been eyeballing this week’s DOTW with a peculiar glint in their eyes. We suggest you move swiftly, before they find a way to “appropriate” these babies.

So what is this thing, exactly? Well, it’s a compact workstation, with a big 2X magnifying lens you can position directly over your work. The lens has a couple of bright white LED lights* in it, to fully illuminate whatever you might be working on. You’ve got fully adjustable arms, with alligator clips on the ends, to securely hold everything in place. It’s a great tool for solder work, for fly tying, for sewing, for computer repair, for crafting, for any kind of task where precise, close-up, well-lit access is required. Normally retailing for 20 bucks, this week only we’re letting it go for a mere $5.99.

Find out all about our latest Deal of the Week here.

*Requires two AAA batteries, sold separately.

 

Deal of the Week | Apr. 26, 2013: Maxell AA Alkaline Battery 4-Pack for 99¢

Maxell AA Alkaline Batteries - 4-PackYou don’t want to be “that guy.”

You know, the one who doesn’t have AA alkaline batteries handy when they’re needed. Imagine the crumpled foreheads of your frowning children when you have to tell them they can’t continue playing with that thing that uses AA batteries, because the batteries are spent – and you don’t have fresh ones. Or the deep consternation of your spouse, when the flashlight flickers out just as you both hear a really weird noise downstairs. Or you’re typing up a new post for your business’ website, talking about a great new deal, and your Bluetooth keyboard suddenly di

In short, batteries are important. And AA alkaline batteries are nigh on indispensable. So don’t get caught shorthanded, especially now that you can pick some up for less than a quarter apiece.

Shed some light on this week’s DOTW here.

Deal of the Week | Apr. 19, 2013: PC Game Collections on 2GB USB Flash Drives for $4.99 ea.

PC Game Packs on USB Drives for $4.99 eachIt’s Friday – and the weekend beckons.

Wouldn’t it be cool to have a bunch of new PC games to try out? And wouldn’t it be even cooler if these game collections came on a reusable 2GB USB flash drive, so you can install it on computers without an optical drive (like netbooks and ultrabooks)?

And wouldn’t it be cool if you could pick up these game packs for less than five bucks? Heck, that’s a great price for a completely blank 2GB flash drive. So even if you find you don’t care for a single one of the games, just erase it and use it for other stuff. Because flash drives? Always handy.

We’re not playing games here – grab these while you can for an amazing $4.99 apiece. Find out the nitty gritty details here.

Deal of the Week | Apr. 12, 2013: Car/Home Charger & Cable for iPhone/iPod for $7.99

Mini 3-in-1 charger for iPod and iPhone for $7.99That single charger and cable that came with your iPhone or iPod? Not enough.

For one thing, it doesn’t help when you’re in the car. This kit fixes that. Now you can charge your iOS device anywhere there’s a 12V DC outlet.

Keep the original charger at home, and this one at the office – or maybe next to your favorite chair in the living room. Because there’s never a good time to run out of battery charge.

Works with iPhones and iPods using the 30-pin dock connector (iPhone 3, 3GS, 4GS and last-generation and earlier iPods). Not compatible with iPad or any iOS devices using 8-pin Lightning connectors. Get the full story here.