Wirecutter - The best deals from REI's sale

After 7 years of tests, we've found a set of Christmas string lights that offer an unmatched combination of durability, light quality, color accuracy, and wide availability.

Consider all that your shoes endure during the winter: packed snow, fluffy snow, chunky ice, black ice, wet ice, slush, a cocktail of oil and grit. You’re going to want a good pair of boots.

Deal price: $200 | Street price: $280

Striking the perfect balance between sport and everyday wear, this refined and highly-wearable fitness tracker is a great choice if you’re especially active and want to keep in-depth records of all your workouts. It’s more expensive than our other picks, but it’s also the most accurate tracker when it comes to measuring steps and distance.

Deal price: $130 | Street price: $180

Our upcoming top pick for the best fitness tracker, the Fitbit Charge 5 is a great way to monitor your active time and sleep cycles. Replacing the discontinued Charge 4, the Charge 5 is smaller, lighter, and has a better and brighter color AMOLED screen.

Deal price: $225 | Street price: $300

With the weather finally getting cool enough, it’s the perfect time to sit outside and warm up by a roaring fire. As our top pick for the best smokeless fire pit, the Solo Stove Bonfire is down to the lowest price we’ve ever seen. While no fire pit is truly “smokeless,” the Solo Stove Bonfire does a great job reducing the smoke by about 70% to 80%.