The Best Labor Day Deals on Amazon Right Now

It’s almost Labor Day in the U.S., and like most holidays, it’s a time to save money on your favorite gadgets. Before we get to that, though, I want to thank everyone who has followed MacStories Deals on Mastodon and Bluesky.

We brought back MacStories Deals after a seven-year hiatus because I wasn’t happy with any of the deal sites or social media accounts I was following myself. The volume of posts was too great, and the quality of the deals was often suspect, but in the end it all came down to a case of French’s Yellow Mustard.

One day while scrolling through Ivory, I came across a deal for a case of 12 bottles of mustard for $9. That’s a pretty great deal, but it’s not what I wanted.

Amazon and Apple’s stores are full of deeply discounted products, but most of them aren’t what I want to see. The websites and social media accounts following those deals aren’t very discriminating, either, because they’re all about getting people to click links at scale.

Our bet with MacStories Deals is that we can succeed in a much different way. Our occasional deal roundups here and the media picks and deals on MacStories Unwind showed us that the deals we share are popular with the MacStories community because we’re picky. You can get a firehose of deals anywhere, but what you get from us – and now from MacStories Deals – is an editorial filter that respects your time by eliminating the noise.

So instead of sharing as many deals as possible, our approach is to share just a handful of deals each day and supplement MacStories Deals with the occasional post on the site when the deal volume warrants it. In an era when AI is flooding the zone with slop and lowering the common denominator for all content, we believe that experience and editorial constraints will serve the MacStories community better.

So thanks again for following MacStories Deals on Mastodon and Bluesky. It’s just one small project of many that are in the works, but I hope you all appreciate the approach and take advantage of a deal here and there while we earn a small commission from your purchases.

Now, on to the Labor Day deals.

M4 MacBook Airs

The 2025 13-inch M4 MacBook Air in Midnight.

Students are returning to school, and many will be looking for deals on Mac laptops. Currently, every M4 MacBook Air in both the 13-inch and 15-inch configurations is at an all-time low price on Amazon. The MacBook Air is one of my favorite portable computers of all time, and now is a great time to pick one up.

Samsung SSDs

Samsung’s 4TB 9100 Pro SSD.

Samsung has several excellent deals going on for both internal and external SSD storage. Of course, one person’s internal storage can easily become another’s external drive with the addition of an enclosure, so if you’re looking to pick up SSDs on the cheap, check out the Samsung 990 line of internal storage. The 2TB and 4TB models of the 990 EVO Plus SSD are both on sale for a limited time, as is the 4TB 9100 Pro SSD, which was just released a few months ago.

Other Storage Deals

Samsung’s T7 SSD.

Samsung’s 1TB T7 external SSD is also on sale. I’ve used the company’s T5, T7, and T9 drives for years now for backups and portable storage, and I’ve never had one fail. If you need a little extra storage for your laptop or iPad, I’d go with one of these.

I don’t have a NAS, but I wanted to highlight that Seagate’s IronWolf 12TB HDD is on sale on Amazon, too. There has been a lot of talk about Synology’s move toward requiring its own proprietary drives in consumer NAS systems, but if you have an older Synology or one that doesn’t require proprietary drives, Seagate’s IronWolf drives, which are made for NASes, are worth considering.

Batteries and Charging

The Anker C1000 “Big Battery.”

I think most readers know by now that I love a big battery. I’ve been running an Anker C1000 battery as a backup for my desktop setup for about a month, and it’s been great. It just so happens that Amazon has a deep discount on the C1000 for a limited time.

Anker’s “big but not huge” C300 battery.

If the C1000 is too big for your taste, I’d look at Anker’s SOLIX C300. It’s considerably smaller, which means it has a smaller 288Wh capacity, but it has three standard electrical outlets and four USB ports, making it a good option for powering small appliances or just charging all of your devices at once on your next roadtrip.

Anker’s compact power strip.

One of my other favorite accessories is Anker’s compact power strip that has two pop-up standard wall outlets and four USB ports. The power strip can deliver 140W of power and has a little LED display showing the wattage each port is supplying. It’s a simple accessory, but it’s been perfect for working on my balcony, where I don’t have many outlets but often need to charge or power multiple devices.

Sonos

The Sonos Beam Gen 2 soundbar.

Sonos fans can snag some good deals now, too. I have a Sonos Move that I love, and it’s on sale for one of its lowest prices ever. The bargains on Amazon also extend to:

the Era 300 smart speaker,

the Roam 2 portable speaker, and

the Beam Gen 2 soundbar,

all of which have great reputations for sound quality.

Everything Else

Insta360’s Link 2 webcam.

Another deal worth mentioning is the Insta360 Link 2 webcam. I haven’t tried this one myself, but I’ve had enough experience with Insta360’s other cameras to say that if I were looking to buy a webcam now, this is the one I’d buy.

It’s funny looking, but Federico swears by the ProtoArc Ergonomic Mouse.

Also, the ProtoArc Ergonomic Mouse is deeply discounted on Amazon right now. This is the mouse that Federico has been using for quite a while now and loves. It has options for both Bluetooth 5 and 2.4GHz connectivity, plus it can connect with up to three different devices. I’ve been a fan of the Logitech MX Master 3S Mouse for a long time, but ever since I heard about the ProtoArc from Federico, it’s been in the back of my mind as one I’d try if the MX Master 3S ever broke or became uncomfortable.

Alright, folks, that’s it for my Labor Day deals roundup. There are lots of good deals out there right now, so check them out when you have a chance, and if you haven’t already, follow MacStories Deals on Mastodon or Bluesky, where you’ll find more deal recommendations like the ones above every day.

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