Memorial Day's best online deals
Memorial Day was not conceived as an excuse to grill and shop. It is a day to remember those and honor those who have died in service to this country. According to the
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, what we now know as Memorial Day was born three years after the Civil War ended, on May 5, 1868.
“The head of an organization of Union veterans — the Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) — established Decoration Day as a time for the nation to decorate the graves of the war dead with flowers. Maj. Gen. John A. Logan declared that Decoration Day should be observed on May 30. It is believed that date was chosen because flowers would be in bloom all over the country.
The first large observance was held that year at Arlington National Cemetery, across the Potomac River from Washington, D.C.”
All Americans are encouraged to pause wherever they are at 3 p.m. local time on Memorial Day for a minute of silence to remember and honor those who have died in service to the nation. As Moment of Remembrance founder Carmella LaSpada states: “It’s a way we can all help put the memorial back in Memorial Day.”
Once you’ve honored our fallen heroes in your own way, you can go ahead and shop for deals with a clear conscience. With this in mind, Yahoo Shopping teamed up with our favorite deal hunters at Faveable.com
to bring you some of the best bargains you’ll find for Memorial Day weekend.
Mountain Hardwear Paladin Backpack
List price $109.95 | Sale price $52.50
This backpack is versatile enough for a serious day hike or urban adventure, according to Mountain Hardwear. Their Paladin backpack is constructed from tough and durable 840 denier HT nylon and features a CoolWave suspension system and a wide-mouth opening. Mountain Hardwear’s CoolWave suspension system maintains is designed to keep the backpack fitting properly and properly ventilated regardless of how much you’re carrying. The backpack also has two side water bottle holders and padded shoulder straps with an adjustable sternum strap.
Gemmy Outdoor Inflatable 12-Foot Movie Screen
List price $257.99 | Sale price $127.50
This thing is so big and beautiful that you’ll be tempted to find a room in your house for it to live when you’re not outside. The Gemmy Outdoor Inflatable 12-Foot Movie Screen self-Inflates in minutes. All you have to do is plug it in. It’s easy to set up and, even better, easy to store. Everything included, including the stakes, tethers and fan. The whole package contains one Airblown inflatable frame, one movie screen, eight tether stakes, eight base stakes, eight nylon tethers, one spare fuse and a storage bag. While your thinking about this amazing purchase, why not pick up a great projector to go with it?
List price $399.99 | Sale price $349.99
Sonos calls this a multi-room audio starter kit, an easy and economical way to start building your own multi-room wireless audio system. The Sonos Play 1 Starter Kit comes with two of the Sonos PLAY:1 — their most popular wireless speaker — at a special bundle price. You can pair the speakers together for rich stereo sound, or place each in a different room to begin building your multi-room audio system.
If you like what you hear, you can add additional PLAY:1 speakers as you wish, including the larger PLAY:3 and PLAY:5, in every room where you want to listen to music. The players work on your existing Wi-Fi network. Or, you can connect any Sonos speaker to your network router, and Sonos will create its own dedicated wireless network for even better performance. You can operate the system manually, or use your smart device as a remote control. Get Pandora Internet radio, Spotify, iHeartRadio, Rhapsody, SiriusXM, TIDAL, and thousands of free Internet radio stations right on this system.
Sale price $9.25
What’s there to say about a floating flashlight? Well, it floats. It has four bright LEDs that throw a 55-lumen beam up to 31 meters. It comes with a carabineer clip for easy attaching and it’s b
uilt to withstand just about anything. It’s powered by three AA batteries (included) that will keep it going for up to eight hours and 45 minutes.
Intex Excursion 5, 5-Person Inflatable Boat Set
List price $169.99 | Sale price $110.50
Now this thing looks like fun. The Intex Excursion 5-Person Inflatable Boat Set is everything you need to get out on the lake. It features three air chambers including an auxiliary air chamber in the hull for extra buoyancy, a Boston valve on two main hull chambers for quick-fill and fast-deflate and an all around grab line. The floor is an inflatable I-Beam floor for comfort and rigidity, and two welded oar locks are on each side. Approved by the US Coast Guard, this boat has a 1,000-pound weight limit and is designed to seat five people.
iRobot Braava 320 Floor Mopping Robot
List price $199.99 | Sale price $129
“I-Robot” was a movie about the dangers of robotic artificial intelligence. It seems odd that a company that makes robots would choose the name. (Maybe Cyberdyne was already taken?) Either way, if mopping and vacuuming our floors is the first step toward the rise of the machines than we probably have a long time to go before they start dropping nukes on us.
This B320020 iRobot Braava 320 Floor Mopping Robot uses dry or damp cloths to clean floors for you, keeping dirt and dust under control automatically. It systematically covers your entire floor in a single pass using either disposable, or microfiber cleaning cloths. Whisper quiet, this Braava robot picks up dirt, hair and dust from all your hard surface floors including tile, vinyl, hardwood and laminate. It even has a NorthStar Navigation System – an
indoor GPS that helps Braava keep track of where it has been and where it needs to go. Watch out, Sarah Connor.
Everlast Boxing 100-lb C3 Foam Heavy Bag Kit
List price $99.99 | Sale price $60
This is all you need to start getting into shape this memorial Day. The Everlast C3 Foam Heavy Bag Kit includes a 100-pound C3 Foam Nevatear-constructed heavy bag, wrist wrap heavy bag gloves and hand wraps for a total body workout. It comes with an adjustable-height chain to accommodate all sized users. The gloves protect your hands from the abrasion of the bag and the wraps keep the hands and wrists safe and supportive.
