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It’s just about that time of year when you stop believing that skies can be blue. For more deals information, check out our Deals page, follow us on Twitter and subscribe to our daily deals newsletter. In our deal blog posts (like this one), we highlight the discounts that we think Wirecutter readers will love.

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