Hot Back-to-School Must-Haves

From dorm room essentials and tech to healthy snacks and the best ways to stay germ-free, we have you covered

From the LifeMinute.TV Team

August 14, 2024

Summer is almost over, and we know that means back-to-school time. LifeMinute editor-in-chief Joann Butler has four things you must check out for fall.

HP OmniBook X AI PC
This PC helps kids learn by boosting their creativity and productivity while improving communication. It has a battery life of up to 26 hours, 1 TB of storage, and a built-in Snapdragon X Processor, so it’s lightning-fast. And it was made with sustainability in mind, out of recycled materials. Get it at hp.com or bestbuy.com.

HP ENVY Home Printer with the HP All-In Plan
This is the crème de la crème of printers, appropriately named because it will be the envy of everyone else at school. Get it for $129.99, but if you get the all-in package, you’ll get the printer, automatic ink delivery, dedicated 24/7 live support, a new printer delivered the next business day if you need one, and an upgrade after two years. You pay a monthly fee starting at just $6.99 for all of this. HP will ship it all to wherever you are. Plus, you can try it for 30 days with no upfront costs. Check it out at hp.com.

WiZ Connected RGB and RGBIC LED Strips
Every cool dorm room needs cool lighting, and Joann loves WiZ Connected RGB and RGBIC LED strips, completely customizable lighting, and easy to set up. Download the WiZ Connected app to your phone and choose from 16 million+ solid colors and shades of white. You can display multiple colors at once and cool effects, such as chasing rainbows, color fades, and sparkles. They are super simple to install on furniture, walls, and doors. And they come in all different sizes, but you can also cut them. They are secure enough that they won’t fall or go anywhere yet gentle enough that they won’t damage anything when it comes time to take them home at the end of the year. They start at $24.99 on Amazon.

KIND Kids School Friendly Bars
During the back-to-school season, finding a snack both parents and kids love can be difficult, but KIND bars always make it easy. They are nutritious, delicious, and filled with nutrient-dense first ingredients. Their new school-friendly bars are gluten-free with no tree nuts or peanuts, made with 100% whole-grain oats. With five grams of protein per bar, kids love them because they taste good. Since every school has its own definition of "school friendly," check with your local school district to confirm that they meet its requirements.

Lysol Disinfecting Wipes and Lysol Disinfectant Spray
When the back-to-school season starts, it is no secret germs can spread in the classroom and make their way into your home, which is why Lysol Disinfecting Wipes and Lysol Disinfectant Spray are essential. When used as directed, they kill 99.9% of viruses and bacteria, including cold, flu, and the COVID-19 virus, and they can be used on many surfaces in the classroom and at home, including desktops, door handles, and countertops. 

For year six of the Lysol HERE for Healthy Schools program, the brand is teaming up with creative kids' co-design lab, The GIANT Room, to create the Lysol Minilabs Science Kits to help educate elementary students and their teachers on germ prevention with hands-on activities. They are donating Lysol Minilabs Science Kits to Title I schools nationwide this upcoming school year. For more information, visit thegiantroom.com/lysolminilabs.