Best Buy Cuts ASUS ROG Strix G16 24% to $1,749.99 in Labor Day Sale

Q: Could a new mechanical arm on discounted robot vacuums finally solve the ultimate household nightmare of stray socks?

Not yet. The new mechanical arm on some discounted robot vacuums, especially Roborock’s Saros Z70, can help with stray socks, but current evidence suggests it is still a limited convenience rather than a full fix for cluttered floors. The Saros Z70’s foldable OmniGrip arm is designed to pick up small, lightweight items such as socks, sandals, tissues, and towels, with a lifting limit of about 300 grams. Roborock says it can move those objects aside and then return to clean the blocked area. That addresses one of the most common robot-vacuum frustrations: a single sock stopping the cleaning run. But reviews indicate the feature remains narrow in practice. Testing cited in shopping and tech coverage found the arm does work, yet often slowly and inconsistently, and its usefulness is constrained by the short list of supported objects. One reviewer described it as “more gimmicky than useful” at its original premium price, even while praising the machine’s strong suction, slim design, and solid mopping. That matters for shoppers looking at Labor Day discounts. If the Saros Z70 appears in Best Buy’s broader Roborock sale, a steep markdown could make the arm easier to justify as a bonus feature. Still, buyers should see it as an early experiment in home robotics, not a substitute for basic tidying. For now, the arm may reduce the “rogue sock” problem, but it does not eliminate the need to prep floors before a cleaning cycle.

3 articles · Updated · Windows Central · Sep 2

$1,749.99 buys the ASUS ROG Strix G16 at Best Buy through Sept. 7, a $550 drop from its $2,299.99 list price.
The deal spotlights a premium AMD-based gaming laptop with a Ryzen 9 8940HX, RTX 5070 Ti, 16GB RAM and 1TB SSD.
Best Buy pitches the discount as a break in a market where gaming laptop prices have been pushed higher by a worsening memory crunch.
The G16 also offers upgrade headroom, supporting up to 64GB of DDR5 RAM and as much as 4TB of PCIe 4.0 SSD storage.