With Prime Day now upon us, some of the best star projectors are highly discounted in the Prime Day star projector deals — including one of our favorites, the Pococo Galaxy Star Projector, now $79.99 at Amazon — that's a saving of $46 / 37%.
We reviewed the Pococo Galaxy Star Projector and loved its bright, vivid imagery and thought it came with some excellent projections. It has a simple operation suitable for any and every user, and its simplistic, minimal design won't look out of place in the home. There's no remote, fancy apps or Bluetooth pairing — just a simple three-button operation, and it's rechargeable, which means you aren't limited to keeping it close to a plug socket. We like it as an affordable alternative to the much more expensive Sega Homestar Flux, which we've only ever seen on offer once before.
There are four colors to choose from, and they're all the same price — a blue/pink ombre design, white, black or silver. They're all slightly different 'before' prices, but you can choose from any of these four colors for just under $80. (If we're splitting hairs, the black one is now a cent less than the others!).
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In this Pococo Galaxy Star Projector deal, you'll get a Diamond Stars disc and a 'Westerlund2' disc as well as a USB charging cable — but no plug so you'll need to provide your own.
It has a whisper-quiet operation, so would be ideal for a child's bedroom for drifting off to sleep — we found that we couldn't hear it unless we physically pressed our ear up against it. There's a button to turn it on/off, a second button to start the rotation and a third to set the sleep timer — it couldn't be simpler. And it'll auto power off after 2 hours if you don't set it to a timer.
Key features: LED bulb, no lasers, on-body control, sleep timer, rotation, no speaker, 12 square meter projection surface, measures 157x 120x 120mm.
Product launched: December 2022.
Price history: Before today's deal, it tends to sit between $100 - $130 (regularly fluctuating), and this price of $79.99 is the joint lowest we've seen it in the Prime Day and Black Friday deals.
Price comparison: Amazon: $79.99
Reviews consensus: If you're looking for a good quality but simple star projector to project real-looking imagery, we can't really think of a reason to choose a more expensive model over this one, especially as you aren't limited to where you can put it thanks to its rechargeable battery.
Live Science: ★★★★ | Space: ★★★★
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✅ Buy it if: You want to display good quality projections without having to shell out for the expensive models.
❌ Don't buy it if: You want to play must from it, or are just looking for a super cheap star projector to project colors and patterns into your home — we'd recommend checking out this astronaut star projector deal, in that case.
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