Every Tuesday at exactly 4:20 PM CT, MOOD drops a new flash sale of 20% off for 24 hours.
This week’s deal is on the Hero Dose Rapid Onset THC Gummies, which are basically MOOD’s solution for people who think the usual 10mg THC gummy isn’t doing enough. The sale just went live today, Tuesday, August 11 at 4:20 PM CT and sticks around for just one day, so this isn’t one of those “sale ends soon” situations that somehow lasts another three weeks.
The Hero Dose gummies are among the heavier hitters in MOOD’s edible lineup. Each gummy combines 15mg delta-9 THC + 15mg delta-8 THC, plus live resin and a small amount of THCH. This is basically similar to a 30mg THC gummy.
But wait, wtf is THCH? Well, there’s only 0.5mg of it, but MOOD claims it bring forth an even buzzier and full-bodied high than delta-9.
These gummies are also “nano,” or nano-emulsified, which means they’re made to kick in much faster than a conventional edible. MOOD calls them “rapid onset” gummies, with effects designed to show up in roughly 5 to 15 minutes rather than leaving you wondering for an hour whether that edible actually did anything. Five minutes sounds ambitious but I definitely think these will hit faster than traditional edibles.
That combination of fast onset and a pretty hefty 30mg cannabinoid dose also means I wouldn’t treat these like casual beginner gummies. Even Mood’s dosing guidance recommends starting with a quarter to half of a gummy if you’re new to THC and waiting before taking more.
Do note that this sale is only for the 30-count. There are other amounts, like a 10-count, 60-count, and even a 90-count. But the 20% off is only for the 30-count. Make sure you’re adding the right pack to your cart.
The nice thing about this particular deal is that it’s apparently not a one-and-done event. MOOD has turned Tuesdays at 4:20 PM CT into its weekly flash-sale slot, with a different product getting discounted 20% off each week.
There’s obviously no guarantee that the Hero Dose gummies will circle back anytime soon, though. Each weekly offer only hangs around for 24 hours, and then it’s onto whatever MOOD decides to discount the following Tuesday.
So if Hero Dose was already on your list, you’ve got until Wednesday at 4:20 PM CT to grab ttem for $63.20 instead of $79.
Lovehoney just dropped its 2026 Sexiest State map, an interactive, anonymized breakdown of which states and cities in the U.S. are buying the most sex toys, lube, and costumes. You can plug in your own city name or zip code and see exactly how it measures up.
I did.
Colorado landed in the top 12% of all states for total purchases, which, as a resident, feels about right. Here’s what the data says about my home state, along with an extremely necessary breakdown of Boulder versus Fort Collins—our two main college towns.
Colorado’s Numbers, By the Inches (and Gallons)
Colorado (and Denver, specifically) is ranking, and it makes my heart grow a whole 6.8-inches. The state lands in the top 12% nationwide for total purchases.
Drilling into specifics: the average dildo length bought here comes in at 6.78 inches, average girth at 4.89 inches, and collectively, Coloradans have bought our way through 101.13 gallons of lube.
For context, the national average dildo length across all states sits around 6.71 inches, so we’re buying slightly above the curve, if you will.
Boulder vs. Fort Collins: The College Town Showdown
Boulder versus Denver returns some pretty unsurprising comparisons. So, I couldn’t resist plugging in our two biggest college towns instead—University of Colorado in Boulder, and Colorado State University in Fort Collins.
Boulder wins overall, ranked 9th out of 1,216 U.S. cities, while Fort Collins lands at a respectable 24th. Boulder pulls ahead in nearly every category: 5th nationally for butt plugs, 11th for anal toys, 12th for strap-ons, and 11th for bondage gear.
Fort Collins claws back a couple of wins, edging out Boulder on vibrators (23rd vs. 55th) and bondage (14th vs. 11th), but falls way behind on strap-ons (73rd) and roleplay, where it ranks 241st to Boulder’s 419th. (Neither town is especially into roleplay, but Fort Collins wins that one by default.)
Boulder also buys slightly longer dildos on average, 6.9 inches to Fort Collins’ 6.7, though both land on identical average girth at 4.5 inches. As for flavor loyalty: Fort Collins is a strawberry-lube town through and through, while Boulder apparently can’t commit to just one.
Shop the Data
Depending on where you live, you probably already have some idea as to where your state might stand. If you’re wanting your state to up its sexiness, though, you gotta put your money where your mouth is. (Mostly figuratively spoken.)
Here are some of Lovehoney’s most popular products to get your state back up in the rankings:
Lovehoney Rose Clitoral Suction Stimulator
One of Lovehoney’s actual best-sellers, the Rose uses contactless suction instead of a traditional motor for a completely different kind of intensity.
Given the 101.13-gallon lube stat above, it felt wrong not to include this. Fragrance-free, non-sticky, and safe with toys, condoms, and pretty much everything else. Plus, especially if you’re storing your lube in a storage box, water-based lubricant is far easier to clean.
Want to see how your city stacks up? Lovehoney’s full interactive map lets you compare any two locations across a dozen categories. Consider it your new favorite way to procrastinate.
I’ve managed to get away with not using a case or protective sleeve on my MacBook for many years because, well, it’s a laptop. It stays put on a table or a desk. But my iPad Air travels around with me and gets tossed onto coffee shop tables, TSA airport security bins, and train seats way too much to survive for long naked and caseless out in the world.
When it came time for me to buy a case for my iPad Air, I bought an ESR case. I was flying blind, because I’d never had an iPad, let alone a case for one. I chose well, and so now I can raise the flag and point out to you that a good, solid, affordable iPad case is even more affordable because it’s on sale (select colors) for $41-47, depending upon which you choose.
Have an iPad that isn’t an iPad Air? Don’t worry. Gotchu covered. Scroll to the end for more ESR cases to fit your iPad.
the case for a good, er, case
The ESR iPad Air Case grabs onto the iPad magnetically, rather than snapping the device into the case like an iPhone case. If that sounds dodgy, as if it’d fly off if you gave it a crooked look, I had the same worry when I bought mine. I’ve tossed mine down carelessly on the bed and sofa plenty of times, and it’s never dislodged. The magnet is strong enough not to come loose and shed its iPad accidentally.
The case material is soft enough not to scratch the iPad’s bare aluminum and glass, too. One of the things that initially attracted me to the ESR was that I could angle it, when open, to prop the iPad up at various angles. Watching a movie on an airplane has been a lot less fatiguing when I can just set it down like that on the tray table, rather than having to hold it out in front me for three hours. There are nine different angles available to choose from, just by orienting that case’s flap in different ways.
Pricing varies by the generation of iPad Air you have, its size (11″ or 13″), and color. Why do the two blue options cost full price, while most of the rest of the palette are a few bucks off? Who knows. Deals in the internet age are funny.
The ESR iPad Mini Case doesn’t have as many viewing angles as the ESR case for the larger iPad Air, but it also only costs a cool $16, a very Mini price.
The ESR Case for iPad Pro fits M4 and M5 iPad Pros. These are the latest two generations of Apple’s top-of-the-line iPad. Like with the ESR iPad Air case, the sale price varies based upon color and size.
Your skincare routine already has more steps than a dance recital. Don’t those products deserve a lil’ R&R too?
After all, cold storage does help keep vitamin C serums, sheet masks, and jade rollers from breaking down as fast in a warm bathroom cabinet, which is the entire pitch behind the skincare fridge boom.
Electactic’s four-liter Mini Fridge for Skincare is the one that’s worth grabbing right now, since it splits the difference between beauty gadget and actual mini fridge instead of committing fully to either bit. Oh… it’s also on sale!
The Mini Fridge holds six standard 330ml cans or a shelf’s worth of serums and eye creams, thanks to a removable interior shelf that adjusts for taller bottles. Thermoelectric cooling brings it down to around 32°F, and it can flip into heating mode too, holding drinks at a toasty 131°F if you’d rather use it as a hot cocoa station than a serum vault.
It runs on both a household AC cord and even a car adapter, so it travels from nightstand to dorm room to backseat without needing a new plug. The catch, though (per Amazon reviewers), is that performance can scale with ambient temperature. A few buyers note it doesn’t chill as aggressively in a warm room (as the marketing implies), so temper expectations if your space runs hot.
Right now it’s $37.99, down 14% from $43.99, in the classic white colorway shown here. Other finishes, including retro and steel styles, are priced separately, but definitely worth a click-through if white isn’t your vibe.
Other uses? Well, for starters, people are using it to keep sushi cold during a dorm-room snack emergency, stash fishing bait, and set up a bedside drink station for a parent’s room at a nursing home. That flexibility is really its biggest appeal. It’s small enough to disappear onto a desk or nightstand, but it’s a compressor-free fridge underneath the skincare branding, which makes it easy to justify even if you’re only half-convinced your serums need their own cooling device.
If your serums have been living warm, or your dorm fridge has been doing double duty, this is a quick (and discounted!) way to fix both problems at once.
It’s time to say goodbye to your cupboard full of scratched-up non-stick pans from a decade ago.
Caraway wants to make it very worth your while to finally re-up your cookware. The clean-cookware brand has opened up entries for its $100,000 Dream Kitchen Sweepstakes, and shopping is only one of several ways in.
Caraway makes ceramic-coated cookware, bakeware, and storage built around the idea of performance, without the stuff you don’t want simmering into dinner. The line skips PTFE, PFOA, and PFAS (the so-called “forever chemicals” found in a lot of traditional non-stick coatings) in favor of a ceramic non-stick surface that’s third-party tested for safety. It’s become one of the more recognizable names in the direct-to-consumer kitchen space, with a large, engaged social following built around before-and-after pantry glow-ups and “getting rid of my old Teflon” videos.
The $100,000 Make the Swap Sweepstakes
Caraway’s sweepstakes centers on the idea of “making the swap” away from old, PFAS-coated kitchenware. One winner will be selected to receive a full kitchen remodel with high-end appliances, the entire current-and-future Caraway lineup for two years (!), a personalized interior design consult, and a year of premium meal kits… or, a $100,000 cash prize instead, winner’s choice.
Entries close at 11:59:59 p.m. PT on September 10, 2026, and Caraway will contact the winner on September 14, 2026.
No purchase is necessary to enter or win. The sweepstakes is open to legal residents of the 50 U.S. states or D.C., and legal residents of Canada (excluding Quebec), who have reached the age of majority in their jurisdiction at the time of entry. Full terms, odds, and eligibility details are in the Official Rules.
There are two tracks to earning entries, and you don’t have to spend a dime to participate in either (though you get more entries if you do):
Shop to earn: Every $1 spent on Caraway equals one sweepstakes entry, and select products carry 2x or 3x entry multipliers.
Get social: Post a photo of your Caraway setup, a video about why you’re making the swap, a video of you tossing or donating your old kitchenware, or a duet/stitch/remix of one of Caraway’s posts. Just make sure you tag @Caraway_Home and #MakeTheSwapToCaraway on Instagram, TikTok, or Facebook. Each qualifying action earns 25 entries. Signing Caraway’s petition and sharing it counts too.
The Best Sellers We’re Obsessed With
Whether or not you’re chasing entries, these are the three Caraway pieces worth adding to cart right now!
Caraway Ceramic Cookware Set — 12-Piece With Storage Organizers
This is the set that made Caraway’s name: four essential ceramic-coated pans—fry pan, sauce pan, sauté pan, and Dutch oven—built without PTFE, PFOA, or PFAS, plus the storage organizers that keep them from taking over your cabinets. It’s rated for all stovetops and oven-safe up to 550°F, and it’s currently $445, down from $675 (34% off, a $230 savings), while being backed by a 4.7-star rating across more than 79,000 reviews.
Caraway Glass Airtight Container Set — 13-Piece With Complimentary Storage
For the pantry side of the “swap,” this set trades plastic bins for high-resistance, BPA-free glass with a True Airtight Seal, giving you a silicone-gasketed lid with a switch that locks or unlocks the seal in one motion. The 13-piece set includes a stainless steel scoop and quarter-cup measuring cup, plus a complimentary storage organizer, and it’s stackable for anyone working with limited shelf space. It’s currently $275, down from $375 (27% off, a $100 savings), with a 4.8-star rating across nearly 2,200 reviews.
Caraway Sauté Pan — 4.5 Qt Non-Stick Ceramic Pan With Lid
If you’re easing into the Caraway lineup one piece at a time, the sauté pan is a perfect entry point. The high walls and 4.5-quart capacity make it built for one-pot meals, family-sized servings, and whatever cooking you’re about to start doing for the holidays. Like the rest of the line, it skips PTFE, PFOA, and PFAS, works on all stovetops, and holds up to 550°F in the oven. It’s $165, with a 4.8-star rating across more than 6,500 reviews.
Not everyone wants their edible to taste like they just bit into a nug of weed. That earthy, herbal flavor can be a dealbreaker, especially for people who are new to cannabis and just want the effects without the plant taste.
For years, that “weedy” flavor was just part of the experience. Back in the day, the main ingredient in edibles was green-tinged cannabutter or cannabis-infused oils that smelled and tasted exactly like the plant. If you’ve ever had a brownie that tasted like someone blended up a handful of trim and dumped it into the batter, you know exactly what I’m talking about.
But the edible market has come a long way. The science behind making edibles has improved, and most products today use processed or refined extracts that help mask the plant’s natural flavor while isolating THC, the compound responsible for the high. That way you get the effects without the strong cannabis taste. These days there are plenty of options for people who want the effects of cannabis without that loud weed flavor.
Here are some edibles you’d never guess had weed in them. I’ve tried and reviewed a few in this list. As for the ones, I haven’t, don’t worry, I made sure to check their reviews about their taste.
KANHA Nano Fast-Acting gummies have been around for over a decade and are still one of the most reliable options if you want something that tastes like gummy candy instead of cannabis. The company uses distillate in many of its formulations, which helps remove that strong plant flavor you sometimes get with more “full spectrum” products.
The flavors lean toward fruit-forward profiles—think sour melon, berries, or citrus—and the dosing is straightforward. Depending on the flavor and SKU you get, each gummy is usually 10mg or 15mg THC. It has a perforation in the middle to make them easy to portion out to get the right dosage.
Edibles can be tricky for newer consumers. Some people swear they didn’t get high (because they didn’t take enough), while others end up way too high (because they took too many). KANHA tries to make that process a little more predictable with its “fast-acting nano” formulations, which are designed to kick in faster than traditional edibles.
Infused chocolate can be a hit or miss… don’t forget the dreaded weedy brownies. But if made right, chocolate has a great potential at covering up some of the cannabis flavor. The decadence of well-sourced cocoa tends to overpower that earthy plant taste, which is one reason cannabis chocolate bars have been around for so long.
3Chi is a good example with their high-dose 300mg THC Milk Chocolate Bar. Just like the average chocolate bar, it can be broken up into small squares, each piece containing 15mg THC, so it’s easy to control how much you’re taking. You can even snap one square in half if 15mg is too much for you.
If THC gummies aren’t really your thing but you still want something that tastes familiar, THC chocolate is usually one of the easiest places to start.
Hometown Hero’s Cinna Crunch Cereal Bites are basically what would happen if a Rice Krispies Treat and Cinnamon Toast Crunch had a baby. They’re sweet, buttery, a little crunchy, and heavy on the cinnamon. More importantly for this list, they don’t have that unmistakable weed aftertaste that can ruin an otherwise good edible.
Each bite has 20mg THC + 20mg CBD, so the dosage is no joke even though the actual treat looks pretty innocent. If 20mg is more than you normally take, just cut it up. And if you really want that cereal experience, pair it with some milk.
I also like that it’s something besides another gummy. I would imagine there are approximately eight billion THC gummies at this point, enough for every human on this world. Sometimes I just want an edible that feels like an actual snack.
Drinking is often easier than chewing, and cannabis beverages tend to be one of the more approachable ways to consume. Over the last few years, cannabis drinks have exploded in popularity, and brands like Keef Cola are part of that shift.
A lot of cannabis drinks today are low-dose sparkling tonics or flavored seltzers, usually around 2–5mg of THC. But there are also higher dosed options like this 10mg THC root beer that don’t carry that strong herbal taste.
Root beer does a good job covering it up. The vanilla and spice flavors are strong enough that the herby taste is barely noticeable. For people who want something a little more social without the classic “weed brownie” vibe, drinks like these can make a lot of sense.
MOOD’s Sleep Hot Cocoa is probably one of the coziest ways to take an edible. I’ve reviewed the Advanced version before, and it tastes much more like an actual cup of rich hot chocolate than some weird cannabis-infused wellness drink.
The Advanced packet contains 30mg THC + 15mg CBD + 15mg CBN, plus ingredients like magnesium, L-theanine, reishi, and ashwagandha. So despite the innocent-looking mug of cocoa, it’s definitely one of the stronger products on this list and is geared more toward nighttime use.
Most importantly for this roundup, I didn’t get any weed taste from it. The chocolate is rich enough to cover most of the earthy flavor from the cannabinoids and other ingredients, and the little marshmallows make the whole thing feel even more like regular hot cocoa.
Some people would rather avoid flavor entirely, and that’s totally fair. In that case, edible tablets are probably the easiest option. 1906’s Drops tablets are small, swallowable pills infused with THC, other cannabinoids, plus herbal ingredients. They’re designed to be taken more like a supplement than a traditional edible, which means there’s basically no cannabis taste involved.
1906 also offers a range of different formulas depending on the effect you’re looking for. Some tablets are CBD-forward, while others blend THC with CBN or CBG in different ratios. Each tablet is precisely dosed, often around 2.5mg to 5mg, which makes it easier to control how much you’re taking.
They also tend to be faster-acting than some traditional edibles, which can make the whole dosing guessing game a little easier to manage. For people who want the effects of cannabis without tasting it at all, tablets like these are about as straightforward as it gets.
How I Chose the Best Edibles That Don’t Taste Like Weed
Taste was obviously the biggest thing I was looking at here. If an edible still has a strong grassy or herbal aftertaste, it doesn’t really matter how good the effects are. It doesn’t belong on a list for people who don’t want to taste weed.
I also wanted some variety. Gummies are probably the easiest edible to find these days, but they’re far from the only option. So I looked at chocolate, drinks, other sweet treats, tablets, and other formats that either cover up the cannabis flavor well or avoid it altogether.
Does an Edible Have to Taste Like Weed to Work?
Not at all. The part that gets you high is THC, not the flavor of the cannabis plant. That might sound obvious, but I think there’s still an assumption that an edible that really tastes like weed must somehow be stronger or more “legit.” That’s not how it works. A gummy that tastes like watermelon candy can contain just as much THC as a brownie with a very obvious cannabis aftertaste.
How hard an edible hits is going to depend much more on the dose, your tolerance, the formulation, and how your body metabolizes THC. So definitely don’t judge the strength based on how little weed you can taste.
A Quick Tip for Avoiding “Weedy” Edibles
If you’re trying to avoid that strong weed flavor, shop for edibles made with distillate or other refined extracts instead of full-spectrum oil. Distillate sometimes gets a bad reputation from cannabis purists because it’s more processed, but that refining step is actually what strips out a lot of the plant material that causes that earthy taste while isolating THC—the part that actually gets you high.
And if you really don’t want to taste cannabis at all, drinks and tablets are usually the easiest place to start. The cannabis industry has spent years figuring out how to make THC products more approachable, and it shows. These days you can enjoy the effects of cannabis without tasting the plant at all.
My Final Verdict
If you just want a familiar edible that doesn’t taste like weed, KANHA’s gummies are probably the easiest place to start. But I think the more interesting picks are the ones that don’t feel like traditional edibles at all. Hometown Hero’s Cinna Crunch Bites taste like an actual snack, MOOD’s Sleep Hot Cocoa turns THC into a nighttime drink, and 1906’s tablets skip the whole flavor issue completely.
The main thing is to pay attention to dosage. An edible tasting like regular candy, chocolate, or soda doesn’t make the THC in it any less real.
Fleshlight‘s Birthday Cake Edition is such a genius idea.
Once a year, a Fleshlight Girl’s signature sleeve gets flipped, with the internal texture reversed into something you can’t buy any other time. The catch is pretty obvious, though: it’s only available during her actual birthday month. Then? It’s gone until next year.
The official lineup for August is available now. It’s six sleeves deep, every one priced at $79.95, with a few weeks left on the clock before they disappear until next summer.
This Month’s Birthday Girls
Here’s who’s celebrating in August, and what her reversed sleeve actually does differently.
Veronica Rodriguez — August 1
Veronica’s reversed “Frost Me” sleeve opens with soft beaded texture before moving through a wide central chamber and finishing on zigzag ridges. The Venezuelan-born performer built her fanbase on a bilingual, high-energy online presence since launching her career in 2011.
Autumn’s reversed “Cream” texture runs dense pleasure bumps into a waffle-grid pattern. She started camming at 18, and picked up Pornhub’s Top Newcomer and multiple AVN honors within her first year in the industry.
The reversed “Goddess” sleeve tightens through a coiled entrance before opening into raised pressure mounds. Albrite, a former double major in business and molecular biology, has been a fixture since 2011 and took home AVN Female Performer of the Year in 2015.
“Birthday Blaze” flips Tori’s original sleeve for a snugger, more intense ride through alternating bead clusters and ridged bars. Black made history as the first performer to win back-to-back AVN Female Performer of the Year awards.
Sharing Tori’s birthday, Riley’s reversed “Confetti Crush” sleeve starts wide and tight before working through angular peaks and paddle-shaped ridges. Steele crossed over into mainstream film with a role in Piranha 3D alongside her 50-plus title filmography.
Riley’s reversed “Wild” texture runs snug entrance ribs into a lattice chamber and closes on firm ribbing. Beyond her performances, Jensen built a second career as a tattoo model, landing an Inked Magazine cover alongside her performing work.
Fleshlight’s Mix & Match promo knocks 10% off when you buy two sleeves, 15% off four, and 20% off six or more, and it applies automatically at checkout. Grab all six Birthday Girls before the month is out, and that math works itself into the 20% tier on its own.
For the full rundown on how the stacking works with lube and accessories added in, we broke it down here.
Apparently National CBD Day is a thing. I didn’t know that until cbdMD gave me a pretty compelling reason to care.
The reputable CBD brand is currently taking 55% off sitewide, plus throwing in a free gift with orders of $100 or more. The sale is still live as of August 10, two days after National CBD Day officially started on August 8.
And cbdMD has more of a connection to the holiday than simply using it as an excuse to run a sale. The company actually founded National CBD Day, with National Day Calendar even officially recognizing August 8 as the annual observance beginning in 2018. cbdMD says it created the day to bring more mainstream awareness to CBD at a time when the cannabinoid was still much less familiar to consumers, and to prepare for the 2018 Farm Bill that would become law a couple months after in December.
Eight years later, CBD obviously needs less of an introduction. But still, I’ll happily accept an extremely specific cannabis-adjacent holiday if the result is more than half off.
Photo Credit: cbdMD
What to Grab From the cbdMD National CBD Day Sale
I’ve tested enough cbdMD products at this point that there are a few things I’d specifically recommend looking at while the 55% discount is live.
If you want something that actually gets you high, I’d start with the cbdMD Vibe High Potency THC Gummies. Each gummy contains 10mg THC, and the mango ones I tested gave me a relaxed, lifted high that stuck around for roughly four to five hours. I also really liked their square shape because you can realistically cut one into a 5mg half or 2.5mg quarter instead of mangling a bulbous gummy with a knife.
The cbdMD Delta-9 THC Drink Mixer is a completely different proposition. Instead of buying another pre-flavored THC seltzer, you get an unflavored liquid that can turn whatever you’re already drinking into a weed drink. One serving adds 3mg THC + 3mg CBG, which I found particularly useful for boosting a low-dose cannabis drink that tastes good but doesn’t quite hit my tolerance.
For something way more subtle, there are the cbdMD Delta 9 THC Micro Mints. Each peppermint mint has 2.5mg THC + 2.5mg CBG. One was almost imperceptible at my tolerance, but two gave me a subtle, calmer, more focused feeling without turning the middle of my workday into an edible adventure. They also genuinely taste and look like normal mints, which makes them one of the more discreet THC formats I’ve tried.
And despite all the THC products cbdMD sells these days, one of my favorite things I’ve tested from the brand is actually a CBD topical. The Full Spectrum Inferno Freeze Roller earned an Editor’s Choice spot during our 20 Days of 420: The High Edit for a reason. The 3,000mg CBD formula combines a cooling sensation with lingering warmth from ingredients including camphor and capsaicin, while the rollerball makes it easy to work into sore spots without coating your hands in muscle rub.
That one is normally one of the pricier products in cbdMD’s lineup, which makes a 55% sitewide discount considerably more interesting than it would be on a $20 bag of gummies.
As of August 10, the brand is still offering 55% off sitewide, plus a free gift when you spend at least $100. That applies across a lineup that now stretches well beyond basic CBD tinctures into THC gummies, mints, drink mixers, topicals, and more.
If you’ve already been eyeing something from cbdMD, or you just learned National CBD Day exists like me… this is a much better excuse to shop than whatever I was doing on August 8.
Everyone loves summer when they’re a kid. There are countless kid-friendly ways to cool off: running through the sprinklers, going to a friend’s pool, or just sitting inside playing Zelda and enjoying the benefits of A/C paid for by your parents.
But when you grow up and have to pay your own bills, summer just makes you cranky. If you’re lucky enough to have air conditioning, good for you—but you still don’t want to pay for that shit to run all night. Better to get a set of cooling sheets and banish the night sweats once and for all.
It’s wild to me that there are sheets you can throw over your body that will actually cool you down, rather than insulate your body heat like regular blankets. It’s basically magic technology that will rescue your summer nights from misery, save you money on your energy bill, and maybe—just maybe—restore a little bit of that summer magic for your cranky old ass.
These are some of our favorite cooling sheets that you can get on Amazon—and they’re all on sale right now.
COoling sheets we love
These Coolmax Moisture Wicking sheets use moisture-wicking Coolmax microfiber material to absorb moisture, speeding evaporation (which is how these sheets create the magical cooling effect—it’s actually science). Your sweat literally activates this process, so these ones are for my actual sweaty freaks out there. They come in all sizes, and lots of different colorways and patterns, too. Up to 13% off select colorways and sizes right now!
If you don’t really vibe with synthetic microfiber materials, these 100% cotton sheets will cool you the all-natural way. Which is to say that they are just nice, light, crisp cotton sheets that will give you that hotel-bed feeling every night (the platonic ideal, IMO). They come in tons of colors and patterns, and they’re up to 28% off right now. Get in there.
While the term “cooling sheets” can be used as a general term to describe any kind of sheets that deliver a cooling effect, the best cooling sheets use specially woven fabric and materials to enhance your body’s natural cooling mechanisms.
Moisture-wicking fabrics like CoolMax can actually draw the sweat from your body, absorb it, and then allow it to evaporate, a process that adds up to cooler temperatures all around. A looser weave can allow air to circulate more effectively, also facilitating evaporation and cooling.
According to this blog post by Integris Health, “a cooler environment helps with melatonin production and allows you to transition more smoothly through the different stages of sleep, particularly into deeper stages like slow-wave sleep (SWS) and REM sleep, which are crucial for restorative rest.”
So it’s not just a matter of comfort—staying cool at night actually helps your brain lock into its sleep state. These cooling sheets are a great place to start creating a comfortable, cool, sleep environment so you can get some damn rest. Don’t forget your white noise machine!
Does your freezer’s ice maker keep up with your household, or do you do an ice run before every single cookout or dinner party?
This countertop ice maker and water dispenser solves that problem without a plumbing hookup or a permanent kitchen remodel. And right now, it’s marked down 16%-off from its regular $260 price.
Cooler Than Being Cool
The Electactic Compact Bullet Ice Maker & Water Dispenser is a bullet ice maker built for speed, giving you nine cubes drop every six minutes once it’s warmed up (how about that for an oxymoron!). A full first batch can be ready in 8 to 12 minutes from a cold start, and rated for 26 pounds of ice in 24 hours, it’s meant to run more or less all day if you need it to.
The tank holds 3.3 liters of water and the ice basket holds a liter, so you’re not having to refill constantly, and both the “low-water” and “ice-full” indicators mean you’ll know before it runs dry or backs up. The tank detaches for refills and cleaning, the control panel is one-touch simple, and the whole unit is compact enough to live on a counter in a kitchen, office breakroom, or bar cart without eating up a ton of real estate.
Over 2,600 people have rated this on Amazon, landing at 4.3 stars overall, with the vast majority in five-star territory. The consistent praise is that it’s fast, compact, and (for people buying bagged ice all summer) it pays for itself quickly. There are a few caveats though.
Some reviewers note the ice doesn’t stay frozen once it’s made, so cubes can soften in the basket if your kitchen runs warm and you don’t use them right away. Noise feedback is mixed — some call it near-silent, others say it gets loud mid-cycle, which may ultimately come down to unit-to-unit variance.
None of the lesser notes read as any kind of dealbreaker for most shoppers, but it’s fair to go in with realistic expectations versus assuming silent, forever-frozen ice. A few reviewers in hard-water areas also said running it with filtered or distilled water instead of straight tap keeps things running smoother and cuts down on scale buildup over time, which is a cheap habit to build in from the start.
The Ninja SLUSHi has arguably become the machine everyone wants this summer. That also means it’s frequently sold out, while being priced like the premium pick it’s positioned as. Fair.
But if you’re wanting the same basic promise of drinks that go from liquid to slushy without adding a single ice cube, there are cheaper machines capable of doing the same job.
And a few of them are currently on sale right now! Here are three worth a look if you’re not married to the Ninja name.
Iceman by Chefman Slush-Ease MAX, 90oz
This is the one of the closest machines to a Ninja SLUSHi rival in terms of reputation. It’s sitting at 4.6 stars across nearly 7,900 ratings, which is a strong track record for a countertop appliance, let along a Ninja competitor.
The 90oz tank holds 64oz of liquid, enough for eight 8-ounce servings, and it’s not just for slushies, either. The preset programs cover coffee drinks, milkshakes, frappés, juices, and cocktails too. Reviewers seem to like that it freezes fast and holds the chill for hours afterward, with one parent describing plowing through two dozen cans of soda at a kid’s sleepover and the machine keeping up the whole time.
The touch controls are waterproof, there’s a built-in “add sugar” alert if your mix needs help freezing properly, and the auger and tank are dishwasher-safe—a Godsend for parents everywhere.
Patience need not be a virtue for this one. The NEOISM is the fastest of the three on paper, promising a finished drink in as little as 15 minutes thanks to its compressor.
It runs six presets, including slushie, spiked slush, margarita, frappé, milkshake, and soft serve ice cream, with eight adjustable temperature and texture levels layered on top. The 61oz tank is built for sharing, though the brand recommends capping liquid fill at 54oz to leave room for expansion as it freezes.
Reviewers describe it as reliable and easy to clean, and more than one mentioned it looks good enough to leave out on the counter permanently.
The REVOTIO has the largest tank of the three, and it comes with the most detailed usage guidance, including a hard sugar requirement: your liquid needs 13-18% sugar content or the mixture can freeze into a solid block instead of a slush. So, heads up, diet soda purists… this machine probably isn’t the one for you.
Reviewers who followed the sugar guidance closely reported smooth, consistent results, including one who’s been running two of them at a pizzeria and wine bar to make frozen wine drinks all summer. Others had a rockier experience, with a handful reporting the unit stopped freezing properly after light use. It’s backed by a 24-month warranty, though, and at its current 32%-off sale price, it’s probably worth the risk—especially if you happen to host a lot of get-togethers.
None of these are going to out-brand the Ninja SLUSHi. However, if what you actually want is a machine that turns liquid into slush without a wait list or a premium price tag, any of these three will get you there.
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