The 5 best Amazon deals you can get this weekend

Nicole Briese, Reviewed
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The weekend has finally arrived in all its leisurely glory, giving you plenty of time to reflect on all your hopes and dreams for the new year. And, as always, we here at Reviewed are here to help you achieve them with the best products on the market for getting the job done—whatever it may be.

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Want a cleaner house? We’ve got you covered with a robot vacuum that will change your world. A more balance meal? There’s a device to help with that, too—meet the Zojirushi NS-ZCC!0 rice cooker. Find these and more of our top picks for the best Amazon deals you can shop on the site today below.

1. Save $250: A Roomba with unrivaled pickup power

This little vacuum packs a lot of power.
This little vacuum packs a lot of power.

If there's one thing we know to be true about Roombas, it's that not all of them are created equally. One model you can’t go wrong with, however, is the iRobot Roomba i6+, which is up for grabs at $250 less than its regular selling price of $799.99 at $549.99. In testing, we found that this high-performing floor cleaner was basically a cheaper version of the best robot vacuum we've ever tried, the i7+ ($779). Both feature a self-emptying bin and pick up an impressive amount of grime from your floors (roughly 10.45 grams each). You won't get the extra dust bags, spare side brush and spare filter with the i6+ that you'll get with the i7+, but for less than $600, we think this is a great deal.

Get the iRobot Roomba i6+ for $549.99 (Save $250)

2. 20% off: This best-selling tea organizer

Buh-bye, tea clutter!
Buh-bye, tea clutter!

We don’t know about you, but we’re throwing our clutter out with 2020—including the mess we regularly make of our kitchens with our tea packets. This YouCoupia tea stand, which has fallen in price from $24.99 to $19.99, is the perfect solution to our woes, with space for up to 120 tea bags and clear, removable bins that will allow you to sort through your favorite flavors with ease. BPA-free and top-rack dishwasher safe, this little organizer is Amazon’s No. 1 best-selling tea storage chest and boats more than 2,500 reviews from happy customers. “Love how you can pull the whole thing out and clearly see the variety of tea bags, raved one buyer. “What a gem of a product!”

Get the YouCoupia Tea Stand for $19.99 (Save $5)

3. Less than $40: This rustic wine rack with glowing reviews

Store your wine in style.
Store your wine in style.

Whether you received a ton of wine for the holiday or you’re stocking up for the long winter ahead, having a sturdy, attractive wine rack on hand will always pay off. This one from Soduku has more than 1,000 rave reviews from Amazon shoppers, who say it’s all that and more. With the ability to stand upright or lie on its side, this 4.41-pound pick is great for small spaces, according to buyers. It’s made of metal and wood for a chic rustic look, and right now, you can snag it for $32.99, which is 7% off its usual $39.99.

Get the Soduku 6-Bottle Wine Rack for $32.99 (Save $7)

4. Down 14%: A monitor that’s great for both work and play

This gaming monitor will work just as well for your home office.
This gaming monitor will work just as well for your home office.

Plan to work from home well into 2021? You might be on the hunt for an affordable monitor for your at-home office. One of the best monitors we’ve ever tested under $200, the 24-inch ViewSonic VX2452mh monitor, is currently up for grabs for 14% off on the site today, falling from $139.99 to $119.99. While it’s technically a gaming monitor, we found that it also works “splendidly” for general purposes. And, when 5 o’clock hits, you’ll be able to switch to play mode, as we found that it delivered much quicker response times than other gaming monitors around this same price point thanks to its TN type LCD panel. We also liked the tilt-adjusting screen and VGA, DVI and HDMI connectivity.

Get the ViewSonic VX2452mh 24-Inch Monitor for $119.99 (Save $20)

5. More than $100 off: The best rice cooker we've ever tested

The Zojirushi Neuro Fuzzy Logic is the best rice cooker for most people.
The Zojirushi Neuro Fuzzy Logic is the best rice cooker for most people.

Rice can not only help you to feel more full during a meal, according to a 2014 study published in the journal of Food and Nutrition Sciences, certain types, such as brown rice, are chock-full of vitamins and minerals. There’s more to making it than just throwing it in the pan and watching it boil, however. For mastering consistently high-quality rice, there’s the Zojirushi NS-ZCC10, which just so happens to be more than $100 off right now at Amazon. Normally $256 and now $149.99, this machine is the best rice cooker on the market for its innate ability to adjust its own temperature and cooking time based on the amount of water placed into its 5.5-cup pot. While it takes a minute to figure out, in our experience, once we did, it made the best rice of the bunch. It was also the only cooker that included side handles, giving it a leg up in the safety department. The one catch? It's on backorder, so it won't ship before the end of January. Still, we think it's a great little appliance to invest in

Get the Zojirushi NS-ZCC10 Rice Cooker for $149.99 (Save $106.01)

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