12 Things That Delighted Us Last Week: Headband Headphones to Handheld Fans
We write about hundreds of products every week. Here, in our version of the Sunday circular, we’ve plucked some of our recent favorites: expert-recommended essentials, life-changing stuff you didn’t know you needed, newly launched gizmos, and very good deals we uncovered while trawling the vast online-shopping universe — a non-touristy handheld fan that charges your phone and lights up after dark, actress Anna Cathcart’s patches to curb even the deepest breakouts overnight, and the water-filtration system that separates pro Pacific Coast Trail thru-hikers from the amateurs.
October 3, 2023
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