The Amazon Prime Big Deal Days Event Has Arrived – Here's What Our Editors Are Shopping
Amazon's October Prime sale is the perfect time to refresh your home ahead of the cozy fall and winter seasons
The Amazon Prime Big Deal Days event is here, taking place from Tuesday, October 6th to Wednesday, October 7th. The two-day sale is providing major discounts across all categories for Prime members, but naturally, we're interested in the home and garden deals.
Our team of shopping editors has already been doing the hard work for you in rounding up the very best Amazon Prime deals that are on offer right now. From a $49.99 saving on our best non-toxic air fryer, the Typhur Sync Smart Air Fryer (now $159 at Amazon), to a huge $626.91 saving on the La Pavoni PC-16 Professional Espresso Machine (now $716.09 at Amazon), one of our favorite non-toxic coffee makers.
Throughout Amazon's October Prime Day event, we'll be here pointing you to the very best deals and sharing live coverage of the sale. You can also explore our dedicated Amazon storefront, filled with curated collections from our shopping editors, from chic fall and Halloween decor to appliances, houseplant accessories, and more.
Below, we've compiled quick links to where to shop for the best Amazon home deals, as well as handpicked deal spotlights from our shopping experts. So sit back, relax, bookmark this page, and let us sort the rest.
Shop Amazon Sales by Department
We've curated a quick list below to take you to each Amazon sale by department.
- All Amazon home deals: save on appliances, decor, seasonal favorites, and more.
- Amazon bath deals: discounts on towels, bath mats, organizers, and shower upgrades.
- Amazon floorcare deals: enjoy savings on top-rated vacuums, robot vacuums, and vacuum-mop combos.
- Amazon furniture deals: save on Amazon furniture for the whole house, including sofas, desks, shelving, and mattresses.
- Amazon garden and outdoor deals: discounts on lawn mowers, outdoor lights, robots, and patio furniture.
- Amazon home decor deals: save on mirrors, rugs, curtains, lighting, and more.
- Amazon home improvement deals: enjoy savings on video doorbells, power tools, outdoor lights, and security cameras.
- Amazon kitchen and dining deals: great discounts on favorite brands, including Ninja, KitchenAid, Vitamix, Smeg, and more.
- Amazon smart home deals: enjoy savings on smart lights, robot vacuums, smart hubs, and voice assistant speakers.
Top Deals
Below, we've curated our top deals to shop in the Amazon Prime Big Deal Days event. These are the standout products that our expert shopping team doesn't want you to miss, from best-on-test air fryers and vacuums to the chicest decor finds hiding on Amazon.
How Can You Tell If You've Found a Good Deal at Amazon?
Use a Price Tracking Tool
Shop like our shopping editors and use a price tracking tool, which gives you access to the price history of a particular product. That way, you can work out from context whether you're actually getting a good deal, or if you'd be better off waiting for prices to fall further in future sales.
For Amazon, we recommend CamelCamelCamel. Here's how it works: Paste the Amazon link into CamelCamelCamel's search bar, and you'll see the product's lowest recorded price, as well as its average price, and which month that price tends to fluctuate.
These figures form 'humps' on a line graph, like the back of a camel, hence the name. Sometimes, Amazon stores up the prices before a sale event, and this is a great way to catch when they're emphasizing how big the discount is.
Use Comparison Sites
This could be as easy as clicking the Google 'Shopping' tab at the top of your search engine results page. You might find that the best deal isn't on Amazon at all, but Walmart, Target, Wayfair, QVC or direct from the brand you're shopping.
Only Buy the Items You Actually Need
Throughout the year, many of our editors keep an Amazon wish list of the items and appliances they want to buy (if you ever need inspiration, these are some of our favorite Amazon storefronts).
If you're looking for something specific, whether it's the best non-toxic coffee makers, the best soundbars, or the best mattress toppers, read real, hands-on reviews to hone in on the product that's right for you and your home.
When the sales start, be strict with yourself – look to your wish list and your wish list only.
FAQs
When Is the Best Time to Get an Amazon Deal?
You can find deals at Amazon all year round, but during sale events like Prime Day, Labor Day, Black Friday, and the spring sales, you'll find the best selection and the deepest savings.
Amazon is one of the best retailers for low prices and frequent discounts, and whether it's furniture, appliances, or essentials you're shopping for, you're pretty much always guaranteed to find some savings.
Do You Have to Be a Prime Member to Access Amazon Deals?
During Amazon's Prime Days, anything labeled as a 'Prime Day deal' is exclusive to members. Most of the deals during Prime Day are exclusive to Prime members.
Other Amazon sales, such as Black Friday and the spring sales, are generally not exclusive to Prime members, but to access the deepest discounts and the widest range of deals with fast delivery, you should sign up for Amazon Prime.
Here's a workaround if you want this access but don't want to pay for Prime all year: Sign up for the one-month free Amazon Prime trial right before you want to shop.
For that month, you'll get free one-day delivery, plus access to Amazon's Prime Video streaming service. As long as you cancel before the 30-day cut-off, you won't be charged. If you forget to cancel your payment, you'll be charged $14.99 a month.
What Time Do Amazon Prime Days Start and End?
Amazon's Prime Day sales start at 00:01 on the opening day, and finish at 23:59 on the final day, Pacific time. So, if you're on the West coast, they start at midnight, but if you're on the East coast, they begin at 3am.
Are Amazon Sales Worth It?
It might seem like over-hype, but Amazon's sales are a better time to find a deal than almost all other sales events (even the chicest interior designers we know take advantage). Other than Black Friday, these sales are where you'll see the most choice of what's on offer and some of the lowest prices all year.
We've seen products from the best soundbars to the best grills discounted to around half their retail price, which is not a discount to be ignored.
When Is the Next Amazon Prime Day?
Amazon typically runs two Prime Days every year, one in Spring/Summer and one in Autumn.
This year, the first Prime Day sale took place from June 22-26. The second Prime event will run this October 6-7.
It's similar to Black Friday (and occasionally, more fruitful), but where Amazon's Black Friday deals are open to everyone, you can only make the most of Amazon Prime Day deals if you're a Prime member. You can always start a 30-day free trial when Prime Day comes around and cancel it before the first payment comes out to make the most of the deals.
Also, many other major retailers, including Walmart and Best Buy, tend to run their counter-sales around Amazon Prime Day, and you don't have to be a member to shop at those.
What is Amazon Renewed?
Amazon Renewed is a hub to find appliances and gadgets that have been refurbished and tested by qualified suppliers, offering goods for a fraction of their original price.
It's a great way to minimize e-waste, which is a growing concern worldwide. You can also find refurbished goods at Walmart Restored and Best Buy Outlet.
How Can I Prepare for an Amazon Sale?
Our tips on finding a good deal at Amazon include using comparison sites and doing your research beforehand, and you can still do this now that the event is up and running. The team at Amazon has its own dedicated suggestions on how to head into the sales.
We also love keeping an eye on Amazon's Best Sellers list as it reflects popular items thousands of people are snapping up.
- Available on the Amazon Shopping app in the US, Rufus is a new AI assistant designed to help save time and make more informed decisions when shopping. It uses information from product listings, reviews and community Q&As to recommend products, compare options, and help with current and past orders.
- Alexa+ is Amazon's latest update to Alexa: a new personal assistant that uses generative AI to answer a whole host of queries from booking restaurant reservations to controlling your smart home. For Prime Day, it can be used to track discounts across the products or topics that you're interested in. If you have an Alexa device like the Amazon Echo Pop or Amazon Echo Dot, use it to your advantage when the sales arrive. Alexa+ is free if you're a Prime member.
- Part of the new Alexa+ suite of AI features is Interests, which is software that can personalize lists of products based on your favorite interests using prompts. You can write 'Brewing tools and gadgets for coffee lovers' to browse highly-rated goods, or go as specific as 'I want something abstract or modern made of black metal, not canvas.'
Can I Get Alerts for Amazon Deals?
Yes. Download the Amazon Shopping app at Google or Apple and subscribe to deal notifications on items on your wish list.
Amazon Lightning Deals
Amazon Lightning Deals are flash sales that pop up around major sales periods. You're less likely to find small or large appliances in the Lightning Deals section – think more along the lines of skincare, make-up, and other impulse buys.
You can make Lightning Deals work for you by stocking up on a few inexpensive items to get you over the threshold for free delivery. So, if I were buying a $35 sheet set, but I needed to spend $40 to qualify for free delivery, I could shop the Lightning Deals section to pick up a few cheap favors. Anything from your essential cleaning toolkit would be perfect.
Amazon is an enormous website, with hundreds of product launches and new deals every day. To save you from feeling overwhelmed, we wrote a guide that teaches you how to shop on Amazon like a style editor. That way, you can save time and money and while finding what you need easily.
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