Ember’s latest self-heating 14-ounce mug is $50 off

If you were cool on the $149.95 original price of the 14-ounce Ember Mug 3, you might warm up to the current discount happening at Amazon, Ember, and Best Buy for several colors of the (top rack) dishwasher-safe mug. It’s 33 percent off, dropping to $99.99 — still not cheap, but cheaper, and notably just $10 more than the 10-ounce version.

The Mug 3 affords you a couple of ways to control your drink’s temperature. A power button on the bottom of the mug can cycle between five temperature presets (125 to 145 degrees Fahrenheit), or you can use the app. It includes a sipping lid, and Ember claims that the Mug 3’s battery can keep drinks hot for up to three hours with the lid on. Without it, drinks stay hot for 80 minutes, the same battery claim as the Mug 2.

As we inch closer to the gift-getting season, the Ember Mug 3 seems like a solid product to snag for a coffee or tea lover who works from home, or for parents who have their hands full with kids and could always use a cuppa.

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Some more great Verge-approved deals

• Criterion Collection DVDs and Blu-rays are half off through December 6th at Amazon and Barnes and Noble, meaning you have plenty of time to assemble a wishlist of movies you want to buy ahead of the holiday season. The company’s catalog of films is vast, and it’s the best place to get limited edition releases of cherished films, old and new. Some of Criterion’s recent physical releases have been a hit, especially because they’ve quickly sank in price. KPop Demon Hunters on 4K Blu-ray is just $24.99 at Amazon and Barnes and Noble. Also, The Complete Kubrick boxset (currently the only way to get 4K Blu-ray versions of every one of the director’s legendary films) is half off, too, down to $299.99.
• I’ve been wanting a USB-C cable that coils itself magnetically since my colleague Sean Hollister wrote about his favorites last year. That said, they tend to be a little pricey even if their tech specs are similar to cheaper cables, mostly due to the party trick. However, Werewolf (the company that makes the clever VFLEX for powering older gadgets via a USB-C power bank or wall charger) makes its own six-foot magnetic USB-C cable that’s just $12 right now (originally $27.50). It’s braided and supports up to 240W power passthrough, so it meets my criteria.
• Google’s Pixel Watch 5 smartwatch is $100 off in both the Wi-Fi and LTE configurations at Amazon, though not all colors are included in the discount. The most affordable (and smallest) option is the 41mm Wi-Fi Pixel Watch 5, which costs $299.99. The larger 45mm watch face adds $30 to the price tag compared to the smaller version, whether you want Wi-Fi or LTE. One of the biggest improvements made to this generation is its GPS tracking. Google claims that it can outperform the Apple Watch Ultra 3 and Garmin Fenix 8 Pro — both of which cost a lot more — and we were impressed during our hands-on testing. Victoria Song tested it in the signal-congested West Village in Manhattan, walking in zigzags in an attempt to throw off the tracking. It wasn’t perfect, but it more accurately tracked turn-by-turn movement better than the Ultra 3. Read our review.