The best tech gifts you can buy under $100

• Price: $52 (save $48)
• Features: 5 built-in modes | Fast-charging battery | 180-degree foldable design
  

The Renpho Eye Massager is a must-have in any wellness toolbox. It uses compression, heat, and vibration to massage your eyes and temples, effectively giving your head and eyes well-deserved TLC. Especially if you work on a computer, using this eye massager at the end of a workday is a game-changer.

Also: The best massage guns you can buy

It also plays gentle, relaxing music while massaging and heating your eyes. It's so soothing I've fallen asleep while wearing it more than a few times. However, you can connect the mask via Bluetooth to play your own music or sounds like white noise, which can actually help relieve migraine symptoms.

• Price: $70 (save $10)
• Features: 12-hour battery life | Waterproof | 95 Hz-20 kHz frequency range

JBL is known for making great portable speakers like the JBL Flip 7, but ZDNET's Jack Wallen went so far as to call the Clip 5 "one of the best portable speakers I've tested." 

Even hand-sized and weighing in at under a pound, this speaker delivers booming, clear sound. It has an IP67 waterproof rating and uses Auracast to link up with other speakers for a surround-sound experience. 

• Price: $100
• Features:  6-ounce capacity | App control | Auto-sleep function 

Let's face it: Nobody likes microwaved coffee. For the person in your life who drinks their java hot year-round, the Ember mug -- a ZDNET staff favorite -- is the answer to their ever-cooling cup of coffee. 

Especially during the colder months, this mug comes in handy by keeping your beverages warm via a customizable app. Plus, at just six ounces, this mug is small enough to keep caffeine crashes to a minimum. 

• Price: $50
• Features: Three color options | Built-in motion and temperature sensors | Lossless high-definition audio support

In addition to controlling your smart home, this Alexa speaker has excellent sound quality when playing your favorite music, podcasts, or audiobooks.

Also: Echo Pop vs Echo Dot: Which Alexa smart speaker should you choose?

It doesn't have a smart display, but the Echo Dot is the perfect bedside companion. With Alexa, it's easy to set alarms with a voice command or in the app. You can also control Alexa-compatible devices triggered by the temperature or built-in motion sensors.

• Price: $50 (save $20)
• Features: 64 preset lighting effects | Matter, Google Assistant, and Amazon Alexa compatible | AI light suggestions

For the person who always has a vibe-y home, the Govee Neon Rope Light 2 looks almost exactly like a neon sign from a few feet away. It's the softest, most shapeable neon light strip ZDNET's Maria Diaz has tested, with the extra convenience of bend clips that allow you to create corners and angles for beautiful shapes.

Review: Govee Neon Rope Light

Plus, an AI Lighting Bot that lets you use text and voice prompts to generate new light effects, making the customization options endless.

• Price: $77 (save $33)
• Features: 15W charging | Adjustable stand | Qi2 certified

For those who own everything Apple, the Anker MagGo Wireless Charging Station leverages Qi2 technology charge an iPhone, an Apple Watch, and AirPods simultaneously, delivering 15W fast charging. 

Review: I found a Qi2 charging station that can do it all (and Apple users will love it)

When ZDNET's Sabrina Ortiz tested it last year, it boosted her iPhone 14 from 40% to 60% in just 30 minutes. Ortiz also found that the charger steadily charged her multiple devices relatively evenly when 3-1 charging was used. 

• Price: $60
• Features: 40 pages | Pilot FriXion erasable pen | Scratch-resistant faux leather cover

For the person always making to-do lists, this smart notebook features an embedded near-field communication (NFC) chip that, when held up to an NFC-enabled smartphone running iOS or Android, leads to the Rocketbook app. This will then let you scan your pages and save them as a shareable PDF, individually or as a bundle. 

Review: Why this reusable smart notebook is the perfect tech gadget for students

It can be preset to automatically send the scans to different destinations like OneDrive, Evernote, Slack, email, iCloud, Google Drive, box, and OneNote; all with different codes that are at the bottom of each page. 

• Price: $75 (save $24)
• Features: Real-time tracking | More than a year of battery life | Connects via Bluetooth, UWB, NFC, Find My Network 

The technology in an AirTag makes it easy to locate anything attached to it. If you open the Find My app on any Apple device and choose the appropriate tag, the selected AirTag will beep, helping you to find a nearby missing item. 

Review: Apple AirTag 

It's our pick for the best Bluetooth tracker thanks to its dependable Find My Network and long battery life. 

• Budget and research: We researched trusted brands all while keeping budget in mind, careful to read customer reviews to ensure that the products didn't compromise price for quality. 
• ZDNET product reviews/testing: We recommended products within the $100 and under bracket that our team has tested and would personally buy or recommend. 
• Use: We were intentional with our selections, making sure each had a "real life" purpose recipients would use and enjoy. 

Sales events like Prime Day, Black Friday, and Cyber Monday are by far the best ways to save on tech, especially big brands like Apple, Samsung, and LG. 

Also: Everything you need to know about Octiber Prime Day

This year, October Prime Day sales happen Oct. 7-8. Black Friday will be on Friday, Nov. 28, and Cyber Monday falls on Dec. 1. 

To help you find the best deals on the most popular tech products, ZDNET's team of experts combines hands-on testing, a keen eye for savings across trusted retailers, familiarity with product pricing, and over 30 years of authority in the tech space to curate deals on dozens of tech items – from small accessories to laptops to 98-inch TVs and beyond. 

Some tips from us include: 

• Look for deals discounted 20% or more -- those ones are more worth your money 
• If a deal is marked as a "Flash deal" or "Lightning deal," snag it ASAP, since it won't last that long. 
• Only shop at reputable retailers like Amazon, Walmart, Best Buy, etc. You may find a too-good-to-be-true deal at a random site, but it probably means it's a scam. 
• Check for additional promo codes before checking out. A lot of retailers offer a first-time buyer discount, so be sure to cash in on that.