Staff Picks: The Best of the Best
When you see a Staff Pick deal, you know someone at Castle DealNews has declared it a particularly noteworthy bargain. So allow us to quickly highlight some of the... um... highlights. (Of what are already highlights. It recurs.)
Pro Deal Tip: There's many more Staff Pick deals beyond the ones we've highlighted here. Keep scrollin' to see them all.
REI Outlet DealsStore: REI
Discount: 20% off 1 outlet & 1 full priced item for members via code "MEMBER2025"
Shipping: Free shipping
Expiration: March 25
A lifetime membership at REI costs $35, which is as nothing next to the cost of, say, a decent Patagonia coat, or a bunch of skiing or camping gear, or whatever else you might be shopping for here. But that membership gets you 20% off one full-price item and one outlet item, which will likely include at least one fairly pricy item, so the membership will almost certainly pay for itself. Not literally. You still have to pay for it. Our lawyers are sick of me promising that things pay for themselves — ironically, their retainer fees definitely mean their law degrees paid for themselves.
Steam Spring SaleStore: Steam
Discount: Up to 95% off
Shipping: Digital downloads
Expiration: March 20
It's an immutable law of the universe that your backlog must increase by three for every game you complete on Steam. It also has to increase for every game you don't finish, and also sometimes just increases apropos of nothing. The collected Steam backlogs of the gaming community will eventually generate its own gravitational field, which will play havoc with the scientists trying to work out if we're already inside a black hole. Buy discounted games! Delay existentially-significant science!
PlayStation Store Mega March SaleStore: PlayStation Store
Discount: Up to 90% off
Shipping: Digital downloads
Expiration: March 26
Video games continue to exist and the PlayStation variety are now discounted to varying degrees. March has been declared as mega by Sony and when you've got Silent Hill 2 at 30% off, Star Wars Jedi: Survivor at 75% off, and the heavenly Windjammers 2 at 60% off, I'd be hard pressed to disagree. Therefore, there shall be no such disagree from me. Instead, enthusiastic nodding and proclamations of great dealery, all while my colleagues exchange worried glances wondering if I'm ok or need a hard reboot.
Big Lots Closeout SaleStore: Big Lots
Discount: 50% to 80% off
Big Lots feature in our Staff Picks roundup for potentially the final time — their closeout deals are so closed out that online ordering isn't even possible anymore. No, these are close-proximity-out deals, meaning you have to conduct your bargain-hunting business in-store. But what deals await: everything at least half off. Don't it always seem to go that you don't know what you got till it's going out of business. They've paved paradise and didn't put up any more Big Lots.
Biowind Smart Register VentStore: Amazon
Price: $40
Shipping: Free shipping
Lowest By: $10
Weak vents? The Biowind Smart Register Vent says "no more!" and promises to boost air flow in vents that are sorely lacking. A temperature sensor, a remote, and a price that has returned to the best we've ever seen ensure you will no longer live in vent mediocrity. Meanwhile, the display on the vent automatically turns off after a few minutes to avoid being a distraction. As a disdainful disliker of distracting lights, this is good. Very good.
Polibi 83" Modern 3-Seat Home Theater Recliner SofaStore: Home Depot
Price: $644
Shipping: Free shipping
Lowest By: $644
The key to this 3-seat recliner sofa is the ability to squish the person in the middle under the drop down table, and honor their noble sacrifice by stashing your 16-oz. bottle of Coke in one of the brace of waiting cupholders. It's a dark chapter in seat technology, but at least the 50% discount gives it a silver lining.
