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It's back-to-school season and with it comes a flurry of activities from school orientation to extra-curricular events. Whether you're cheering from the sidelines or just too busy to notice, your coffee is probably cold by now. Thankfully, the Ember smart mug can ensure that busy parents and teachers alike can sip coffee or tea at the perfect temperature. Though these temperature controlling mugs are expensive, right now there are a number of ways to get your hands on one for less. Namely, you can shop directly on Ember where you'll find a back-to-school discount of 20% off with the offer code B2S20 from now until midnight PT on Aug. 13.
While this discount code applies to any of the lineup in their smart mug and travel mug ensemble, plus select accessories, we've also highlighted some individual products we've spotted on sale at Best Buy and Amazon as well. For example, the 20% discount can bring you the 12-ounce Ember Travel Mug 2 with Apple Find My feature regularly priced at $200 down to $160 with the offer code entered at checkout. At Best Buy, we've found it at the identical price of $160 and we've also spotted it at Amazon for the same price as well.
Ember smart mugs aim to keep your drinks at the ideal sipping temperature, and you can control the temperature of your beverage via an App, allowing for optimum temps for up to three hours when resting on the coaster or an hour on its own. Our editor Adam Oram loved that this mug "can keep your drink at your preferred temperature for over an hour. Compared to the 10 minutes it usually takes to go cold while caring for a little one, that's a lifetime. And while I don't like that it can't go in the dishwasher, I love that you can keep the contents warm for much longer than an hour with the included charging coaster."
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You can get the 14-ounce Ember Mug 2 in a wide array of colors for $144 at Ember's site using the offer code B2S20, a nice $36 in savings. If you want this same mug in blue, you can nab it at Best Buy for $120 (blue variant only). Amazon has pricing closer to Ember's, with mixed colors available in the 14-ounce Ember Mug 2 at $144.
Here are a few more of the Ember deals we've spotted:
- Ember 6-ounce smart cup: $80 (save $20 with code B2S20)
- Ember 12-ounce Travel Mug 2 with Apple Find My: $160 (save $40)
- Ember 16-ounce tumbler: $144 (save $36)
- Ember extra charging coaster for Ember Travel Mug 2: $31 (save $9 with B2S20).
Be sure to check out some of our favorite other back-to-school deals on Amazon right now for students, teachers and parents alike.
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