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The best dorm room essentials for college students

If you're looking for cool dorm room gadgets, you're in the right place. Find out what you need to upgrade your college dorm room.

After getting an Echo Dot, I now use Alexa to set alarms, play focus music, remind me about stuff and keep tabs on the weather — all of which would have been very helpful back in school. Zwilling’s Electric Kettle boils water eerily fast and doesn’t have an exposed heating element, which some housing regulations don’t allow. Each is filled with pockets of glass microbeads that gently compress without feeling overly hot, and they all have a slim and smooth covering that’s sharp-looking and machine-washable.

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