5 tech products that seriously impressed our experts - and are up to 50% off

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ZDNET's Lab Awards series combines the rigorous testing done in our Louisville, Kentucky-based lab and our decades of hands-on testing expertise. Our lab has tested everything from robot vacuums to phones to VPNs -- in each product category, we award a winner that outperforms the others in a given test, like battery life.

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Many of the products we've tested in the lab are flagship devices from big-name brands, so they don't come cheap. But during Amazon's Prime Day sales event, a few of our Lab Award winners are on sale, so you can save on the best of the best.

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