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3 stories filed under review on Spoot: Spotted Early. The newest of them: “Leatherman's sharpest EDC tools quietly slashed to half off”, “The M6 Mac Mini finally stops pretending it costs that much”, and “October Prime Day digs the AirPods Pro 3 out of the noise at $179”. Leatherman just slashed prices on its sharpest EDC tools by up to 50 percent, and if you've been waiting for a reason to finally pocket one, this is it. The M6 Mac Mini finally stops pretending it costs that much. Spoot: Spotted Early New things, caught while they're still new and a little weird. Spoot finds fresh gadgets, clever inventions, crowdfunding campaigns,… The list below is every review story on Spoot: Spotted Early, newest first.
Leatherman's sharpest EDC tools quietly slashed to half off
Leatherman just slashed prices on its sharpest EDC tools by up to 50 percent, and if you've been waiting for a reason to finally pocket one, this is it. Whether you're after a full-sized pocket powerhouse or a keychain addition that quietly does more than it should, the discounts are live and they're real. No fine-print gymnastics, no "up to" nonsense hiding the good stuff. The company's famously overbuilt pliers and blades are suddenly half off, which feels almost wrong, like finding a razor clam in a spec sheet nobody read. If you're already circling back on those Prime Day DeWalt deals we mentioned, this is the same energy but smaller, sharper, and ready to live in your pocket. Stay spooty.
The M6 Mac Mini finally stops pretending it costs that much
The M6 Mac Mini finally stops pretending it costs that much. Apple's latest pint-sized powerhouse debuted at $899, a full $300 jump from the M4's launch price, and for a machine that's mostly unchanged apart from a 20 percent faster chip, that stung. But October Prime Day just clawed $119 off the base model, bringing it to $779.99 at Amazon. That's the first real discount on this thing, and it flips the math completely. Best Buy is still asking $799 for the older M4 version with the same 256GB storage and 16GB RAM, which now feels like a trap. Don't get that one. The M6 is faster, cheaper, and finally priced like the sensible little box it always was. If you've been circling, this is the tab to keep open.
October Prime Day digs the AirPods Pro 3 out of the noise at $179
October Prime Day just dug the AirPods Pro 3 out of the noise at $179, the first time they've dipped below $190 since June. That's $70 off, and for earbuds with five ear tip sizes, live translation, and a heart rate sensor that actually works, that's a razor clam worth circling back for. Apple recently launched the AirPods 5 at $149.99, and those are fine if you hate ear seals. But for thirty bucks more, the Pro 3 hand you superior noise cancellation, better bass, and a fit that stays put. It's the kind of value that makes you wonder why you'd settle. If tiny, clever design decisions are your thing, you'll love how our piece on that 20-foot tiny home burrows into the specs and finds a better floorplan.