Leah Stodart

Leah Stodart

Senior Shopping Reporter

Leah Stodart is a Philadelphia-based Senior Shopping Reporter at Mashable where she covers essential home tech like vacuums and TVs as well as sustainable swaps and travel. Her ever-growing experience in these categories comes in clutch when making recommendations on how to spend your money during shopping holidays like Black Friday, which Leah has been covering for Mashable since 2017.

The robot vacuum beat in particular has cemented itself as Leah's main ~thing~ across the past few years. Since 2019, her expertise has been perpetually bolstered by the meticulous eye she keeps on robot vacuum deals and new releases, but more importantly, her hands-on experience with more than 25 robot vacuums tested in her own home. (This number has probably gone up by the time you're reading this.) That at-home testing is standardized through Mashable's robot testing guide — a granular scoring rubric for assessing all aspects of owning and using a robot vacuum on the daily — that Leah created herself.

Leah graduated from Penn State University in 2016 with dual degrees in Sociology and Media Studies. When she's not writing about shopping (or shopping online for herself), she's almost definitely watching a horror movie, "RuPaul's Drag Race," or "The Office." You can follow her on X at @notleah or email her at [email protected].


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All of the top robot vacuums I've tested are at record-low prices for Cyber Monday
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Walmart's best Cyber Monday TV deals are live
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A ton of awesome Lego deals are live before Cyber Monday
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Tracking the best Cyber Monday TV deals live at Best Buy, Walmart, and Amazon
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Walmart's best Cyber Monday TV deals are there for the taking
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All of the top robot vacuums I've tested are still at record-low prices before Cyber Monday
iRobot Roomba j7 and Roborock Qrevo Master robot vacuums arranged on blue and purple backdrop

The best TV deals from the Amazon Cyber Monday sale — these deals are live
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