An affordable, long-lasting AirTag alternative is $15 right now

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There are galore solid Bluetooth trackers for iPhones that pat into Apple’s expansive Find My network. Some are thin, immoderate are a spot chunkier. And, evidently, immoderate look similar tiny shot balls. Ugreen’s FineTrack 2 glows successful the dark, and it has a large 110-decibel alarm erstwhile you request to find it. It’s conscionable $14.99 astatine Amazon for Prime members (originally $19.99). Ugreen besides sells it for $14.99 done its site.

Ugreen FineTrack 2 Bluetooth tracker

Where to Buy:

• $19.99 $14.99 astatine Amazon (for Prime members)
• $19.99 $14.99 astatine Ugreen

Instead of offering replaceable coin batteries, similar galore trackers bash astatine this point, the FineTrack 2 has a built-in, non-rechargeable artillery that tin unrecorded for up to 7 years. Some whitethorn see that a flaw, but it’ll beryllium bully not to person to interest astir replacing its artillery for a agelong while. The ball-shaped tracker besides features IP68 h2o and particulate resistance, and includes some a abbreviated and agelong lanyard you tin swap retired astatine your leisure.

Other deals to consider

• Google’s Pixel Buds 2A, its latest entry-level wireless earbuds, are down to $109 astatine Amazon, B&H Photo, and Best Buy, which is their second-best terms to date. They’re stacked with much features than their 2021 predecessor (not to notation cooler colors), including progressive sound cancellation, transparency mode, and spatial audio. That’d beryllium capable to marque them worthy the merchantability price, but they besides diagnostic IP54 extortion against sweat, and up to 20 hours of full artillery beingness with the charging case. At $80 more, the pricier Pixel Buds Pro 2 present somewhat longer artillery life, a wireless charging-ready case, and large sound protection. Read our review.
• Here’s different woody connected headphones: Bose’s first-gen QuietComfort Ultra over-ear wireless headphones are disposable refurbished successful achromatic for $188 (originally $449, but regularly $329 new) astatine eBay. Notably, Bose is the seller here, and it claims the headphones are successful “pristine, like-new condition,” and volition get successful caller packaging implicit with each accessories. The first-gen QC Ultra headphone are inactive spectacular erstwhile it comes to dependable quality, comfort, and for canceling retired sounds. The item improvements of the $399.99 QC Ultra (Gen 2) see somewhat much artillery beingness per charge, lossless audio implicit USB-C, and an improved transparency mode. Read our reappraisal of the first-generation model.
• Samsung precocious debuted a fleet of gaming monitors, and it’s offering perks for aboriginal adopters. One of the astir affordable options is the $899.99 27-inch Odyssey G8 G80HF 5K model. If you bargain it present done Samsung, you tin take either a $200 Samsung acquisition paper to usage connected a aboriginal purchase, a Music Studio 5 Wi-Fi and Bluetooth speaker, oregon the Galaxy Buds 4 Pro wireless earbuds arsenic your escaped gift. Its specs are unsocial compared to different 5K monitors successful that it tin enactment 5K astatine up to 180Hz, oregon swap to 1440p astatine 360Hz (most 5K models apical retired astatine 60Hz). Plus, its 218 pixel density matches that of the Apple Studio Display and different 5K monitors. Oddly, though, the G80HF lacks a USB-C larboard for easy connecting a MacBook. Read our 2026 Apple Studio Display review.