Memorial Day deals on road trip essentials
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Memorial Day is a time of remembrance, gratitude, and often, travel. Many families celebrate by traveling to visit friends and family or road-tripping to their favorite vacation spots.
If you’re hitting the road this long holiday weekend and realizing you need to pad out your gear a bit, here are some great Memorial Day deals on harnesses for your pets, car seats, and other road trip essentials like dash cams, coolers, power stations, and more.
Uniden DFR1 Long Range Laser and Radar Detection - $52.60 (12% off)
Key Features
Features long-range sensitivity with false alert filtering
Front and rear protection
Includes 3 modes: Highway, City and City 1
Saves user's most recent settings when disconnected from a power source
Includes a power cord, dual suction cup window mount, hook and loop fastener tape and a spare fuse
If you're looking to spring for an Uniden radar detector but don't want to spend the hundreds of dollars it costs for an R3 or R7, this Uniden DFR1 may be the best radar detector for budget-minded drivers. It's a significantly more affordable way to try to avoid laser detection and features long-range sensitivity, front and rear protection, multiple driving modes, false alert filtering and a mute button. It even comes with its own suction cup mount. At this price point, it's tough to ignore.
iZEEKER Dash Cam for Cars - $29.99 (40% off)
Key Features
Records at a 1080P HD video quality with 30 FPS resolution
Features a 170° wide angle lens field of view w/ a F1.8 aperture, WDR and night vision capability
USB connectivity
Records onto a MicroSD card
Has auto start/stop and loop recording
Built-in G-sensor allows the cam to detect crashes or sudden vibration/shock
Includes parking monitoring
Easy set up
Comes with a 2 year warranty
This iZeeker dash cam is one of the best bang for your buck deals you can find in car video. For only $31.99 you get a dash cam that records in 1080P full HD with a 170° wide angle lens. Like most other cams, this one saves videos onto a MicroSD card and features loop recording, automatic start and stop and it also employs a G-sensor for crash detection. There's even a parking monitoring feature. iZeeker will provide a 2 year warranty with your purchase. Check out an image from the cam right here.
Nextbase 622GW - $474.98 (5% off)
Key Features
4K, 140° wide capture field of view
Bluetooth and Wi-Fi connectivity
Works with a variety of second camera modules
Features Wide Dynamic Range technology and night vision shooting
Includes 24-hour parking monitoring - thanks to a built-in G-sensor, the 622GW can automatically turn on and start recording if your car gets hit in a parking lot
Loop Recording automatically overwrites old footage
Emergency Accident Lock saves/locks the current video whenever a shake or collision is detected, so it won't get over-written
SD card not included
The Nextbase 622GW is advertised as a top of the line dash cam with the price to match. It features, among other things, 4K video quality recording, image stabilization, enhanced night mode, intelligent parking mode and emergency response built-in. Along with the 4K front-facing camera, there is an entire line of modules that work with the 622GW to provide you with multiple camera angles, protecting you in case of both forward and rear collisions. Want to read more about the Nextbase 622GW? Check out a full review of this camera and the modules that work with it here.
Safety 1st Onboard 35 LT Infant Car Seat - $119.00 (8% off)
Key Features
4-position adjustable harness
QuickClick
Side impact protection
Infant inserts
1 year limited warranty
This Safety 1st Onboard Infant Car Seat is compatible with any QuickClick compatible stroller with one click. This seat is lightweight and easy to carry. The infant inserts will give extra support to smaller babies and can be removed as they grow. The 4-position adjustable harness and adjustable car seat base can keep your baby comfortable with the proper fit for them and the car.
Safety 1st Grow and Go All-in-One Convertible Car Seat - $159.99 (11% off)
Key Features
Rear-facing weight limit: 5 to 40 pounds
Front-facing weight limit: 22 to 65 pounds
Booster seat weight limit: 40 to 100 pounds
QuickFit harness
Easy to clean
This Safety 1st convertible car seat works as a rear and front-facing car seat and as a booster seat. The rear-facing limit is from 5 to 40 pounds, front-facing limit of 22 to 65 pounds and acts as a belt-positioning booster seat from 40 pounds to 100 pounds. The QuickFit harness allows you to adjust the harness easily without the need to re-thread or re-install it.