Amanda Reed

Ororo keeps me toasty when my apartment heat isn't enough. I require many, many blankets. However, it's not practical to walk around with all that fabric.

There's an unopened AncestryDNA test currently hiding in my house waiting to be opened and used during the lull between Christmas and New Year's. I want to know all about my genetic lore: Is my family actually German like my mom claims? Or am I more Irish than expected? I'm about to find out. If you're also curious about where you come from and don't want to pay a bunch of money to do so, consider snagging an

This vacuum is sold out at other retailers, but you can still find it for its best price directly from Shark.

Don't let their looks fool you—they're pretty powerful. I test air purifiers here at Popular Science , which means I often have a rotating

As the coldest woman in the world, I dread when the temperatures drop below 30 degrees. Ever feel a crisp winter wind crack into you and makes your chest hurt? Exactly. And, although I've invested in many down jackets, sometimes I want to bring the heat with me. My favorite

You can reply, "Thanks, it's heated and I got it for 30% off" when people compliment you on that heated gear you bought at Amazon.

As someone born in 1996, I have some tough love for some of you: Your skinny jeans have seen better days. I wore them myself, trust, but I felt like I left the cave and saw the comfortable light when I graduated to a looser, straight-leg fit starting in 2016. If this sent you into an existential dread and you now have to replace all the pants in your closet, you're in luck: Levi's 501 jeans are 40 percent off at Amazon for Cyber Monday. Even better, the 501 jeans are a club classic, and people won't bully you for still wearing them.

The popular ice cream maker is 20% off at Amazon, and you get two pints for even more recipe development fun.

White Elephant gifts get a bad rep. The best White Elephant gifts are equal parts silly and useful, but it's hard finding one at $25 (the typical money cap, in my experience). This Crock-Pot Electric Lunch Box is the perfect mix of silly and useful, and it meets the $25 gift limit thanks to a major discount happening at Amazon for Cyber Monday.

To find out which brands make the best bongs, we tested an assortment of options from the biggest names in the game.