The best deals from the October Prime Day sale: Save on KitchenAid mixers, Peloton bikes and more

2022-10-16 17:56:37 By : Mr. ydel ydel

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For the first time in Prime Day’s history, Amazon is hosting two Prime Day-like events in the same year. The second sale — dubbed the Prime Early Access Sale— runs through Oct. 12 and offers sitewide savings for Prime members on popular categories ranging from skin care and home goods to tech and fitness equipment. Since it’s so close to the holiday season, Amazon is also introducing a Top 100 list featuring deals on some of the most popular (and gift-worthy) products, the retailer says.

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Whether you’re planning to outfit your kitchen with new small appliances or are looking for gifts as the holiday season approaches, Amazon is offering great deals across the board on everything from exercise equipment and Instant Pots to teeth whitening stips and smart TVs during the Prime Early Access Sale. To help you make the most of the fleeting shopping holiday, we compiled some of the best Prime Day deals and sales live on Amazon, plus highlighted other notable deals from counter sales at other retailers.

Below, we’re sharing the best deals from the Prime Early Access Sale based on our previous coverage and reporting. To ensure the quality of each deal, we’re running deals through price trackers like Keepa, CamelCamelCamel and Honey — each product is at its lowest price in at least three months.

Chamberlain’s Wi-Fi- and Bluetooth-enabled garage control hub comes with a sensor that allows you to control and monitor your garage door through a companion app. You can create schedules in the app to automatically open and close your garage and get real-time notifications when there’s any garage door activity.

Chamberlain MyQ Smart Garage Control

The AirPods Pro are only 10% off during Prime Day, but it’s the first time the earbuds — the latest AirPods model — has been discounted. The earbuds are designed with active noice cancellation to drown out sounds around you, or you can use them in transparency mode to hear background noise. They have touch controls you can tap to adjust volume and answer calls, for example, and come with a MagSafe charging case as well as ear tips in four sizes to customize their fit to the size and shape of your ear canal.

Apple AirPods Pro (2nd Gen)

Philips Sonicare’s electric toothbrush has a 14-day battery life, the brand says, and offers three modes: clean, whiten and gum care. It’s designed with a two-minute timer and a pressure sensor to help guide your brushing. The toothbrush also reminds you when you need to replace the head and has a battery indicator light that tells you when it’s time to recharge.

Philips Sonicare ProtectiveClean 5300 Rechargeable Electric Power Toothbrush

The Echo Show 8 smart home hub can control compatible smart devices like cameras, lights and more through its interactive display. You can also use it to stream movies or music, video chat, display photos, set reminders and follow recipes hands-free. It’s compatible with Alexa voice assistant, so you can use your voice to interact with the device.

One of the best at-home teeth whitening treatments, Crest’s whitestrips come in a pack of 44, giving you enough strips for 22 treatments. The strips are formulated with hydrogen peroxide, a whitening agent that bleaches teeth, according to the American Dental Association.

Crest 3D Whitestrips $ at Amazon

The Keurig K-Mini is one of our favorite single-serve coffee makers. It’s ideal for smaller kitchens since it’s less than 5 inches wide, the brand says, but you have to refill the water reservoir each time you make coffee. You can brew up to 12 ounces of coffee at a time and the drip tray is removable to accommodate travel mugs.

Laneige’s lip mask is one of the best options you can purchase and a Select reader favorite item from July’s Prime Day. It’s formulated with coconut oil, shea butter and murumuru seed butter to moisturize lips, as well as vitamin C to nourish skin while you’re sleeping, the brand says. The lip mask is available in flavors like berry, gummy bear, sweet candy and more, and it comes with an applicator.

This Wi-Fi-enabled digital frame has a 10.1-inch screen that flips through pictures you upload to the device’s companion app. The frame is designed with a built-in speaker so you can hear audio from videos, and it comes with unlimited cloud photo storage, according to the brand.

Aura Carver HD Smart Digital Picture Frame

This water-resistant e-reader has a 6.8-inch glare-free display and an adjustable warm light, according to Amazon. The Kindle offers up to 10 weeks of battery life on a single charge, the brand says, and you can pair it with Bluetooth headphones if you prefer to listen to audiobooks.

This indoor gardening system allows you to grow herbs indoors year round. The AeroGarden Harvest 360 holds up to six plants and is designed with LED grow lights that automatically turn on and off as needed. The control panel tells you when to add water and food, and the device comes with an herb kit that includes seeds for basil, parsley, dill and more.

Kitchenaid’s stand mixer is one of the best options available, especially if you have a smaller kitchen — it takes up less space compared to the brand’s Classic Stand Mixer and comes with a 3.5-quart stainless steel bowl. You can choose from 10 mixing speeds and connect attachments like a pasta maker or grinder (sold separately). The mixer comes with a flex edge beater, dough hook and wire whip.

Kitchenaid Artisan Mini Plus 3.5-Qt. Tilt-Head Stand Mixer

Kitchenaid Artisan Mini Plus 3.5-Qt. Tilt-Head Stand Mixer $ at Amazon

This tool combines heated and ionized air to help you dry and style hair quickly, according to Shark. You can customize the 1690-watt blow dryer’s heat and airflow settings or allow its built-in sensors to adjust them for you based on how you’re styling your hair. The blow dryer has a cool shot button to help keep ‘dos in place and comes with styling accessories.

Shark Hair Blow Dryer HyperAIR

Shark Hair Blow Dryer HyperAIR $ at Amazon

The Fire Stick TV plugs into a TV’s HDMI port to enable streaming across platforms like Netflix, Hulu, Peacock and more. You can use the stick to access live TV from subscriptions, access over 200,000 free episodes of shows, or listen to music on music services like Pandora or Spotify. The Fire Stick comes with voice assistant Alexa, which lets you use your voice to search for shows or launch apps.

Furbo’s dog camera — one of Select associate reporter Mili Godio’s favorite products for her dog Bella — is designed with a wide-angle camera that rotates 360 degrees. The camera automatically follows your pet as they move, and once you connect the device to the companion app, you can get real-time activity notifications on your phone, watch or tablet. There’s also a compartment built into the device to fill with treats, which you can toss to pets through the app.

The Peloton Bike — equipped with a 22-inch touchscreen, speakers, a camera and a microphone — allows you to take interactive Peloton’s fitness classes (so long as you have the brand’s All-Access Membership, sold separately). The exercise bike has a 4-foot-by-2-foot footprint, according to the brand, and is built with a resistance knob to control the difficulty of your ride.

Hamilton Beach’s food processor has a wide food chute that the brand says can fit large or bulky foods. The appliance comes with a bowl scraper attachment that keeps ingredients close to the blade, a reversible stainless steel disc for slicing and shredding and an s-blade that chops, mixes and purees.

Hamilton Beach 10-Cup Food Processor

Levoit’s top-rated air purifier — also a Select favorite product — has a HEPA filter that helps remove dust, pet dander, pollen and other allergens from the air. The air purifier can clean rooms up to 129 square feet in 15 minutes, according to the brand, and it operates quietly so as to not disturb you while you’re sleeping.

Levoit LV-H132 Personal True HEPA Air Purifier

Levoit LV-H132 Personal True HEPA Air Purifier $ at Amazon

Kasa’s Wi-Fi-enabled smart plug allows you to turn electronics on and off from anywhere using the brand’s companion app. The smart plugs also add voice control to outlets — they are compatible with Amazon Alexa and Google Assistant.​​ These plugs come in a set of two and can be stacked on top of each other in one wall outlet, the brand says.

Kasa Smart Plug $ at Amazon

The 6-quart Instant Pot Duo Plus is equipped with nine cooking functions, including pressure cook, slow cook, rice cooker, steamer and more. It quietly releases steam, according to the brand, and has an LCD display to show you cooking progress, instructions and more. The Instant Pot’s lid and cooking pot are dishwasher-safe, the brand says.

Instant Pot Duo Plus Electric Pressure Cooker

The Orolay Down Jacket has something of a cult following online — it's become so popular that people now refer to it as "the coat from Amazon." The oversized down jacket is made of 100% polyester with a 90% duckdown/10% duckfeather filling and has a warm fleece lined hood to stay warm during the upcoming winter season.

Orolay Women's Thickened Down Jacket

Orolay Women's Thickened Down Jacket $ at Amazon

JBL’s wireless Bluetooth speaker offers up to five hours of playtime on a single charge, according to the brand. It has an IPX7 water-resistance rating, so you can use it by the pool or at the beach. The speaker comes with an audio cable input if you want to stream music from a device that’s not Bluetooth-enabled.

This Samsung TV has a 4K resolution to enhance visuals on screen, according to the brand, and it's designed to reduce glare from all viewing angles. The TV is built with Dolby Atmos speakers and is equipped with voice assistants like Amazon Alexa, Google Assistant and Bixby.

SAMSUNG 65-Inch Class Neo QLED 4K QN90B Series TV

This hair tool dries and styles your hair simultaneously. It has a 1-inch barrel with bristles to comb your hair and the brush sleeve is removable so you can clean it after each use. The tool offers two heat and two speed settings, as well as a built-in switch to unlock and rotate the barrel when you want to release hair from it.

Hot Tools Pro Artist Hot Air Styling Brush

Hot Tools Pro Artist Hot Air Styling Brush $ at Amazon

GE’s countertop ice maker can produce up to 24 pounds of nugget-shaped cubes each day, according to the brand. It holds up to 3 pounds of ice at a time and comes with a scooper. The ice maker returns melted ice to the water reservoir, according to GE.

GE Profile Opal Ice Maker

GE Profile Opal Ice Maker $ at Amazon

You can use Amazon’s smart plug to toggle on your fans, coffee makers or schedule lighting fixtures to turn on and off even when you’re not home. There’s also no need to purchase a smart home hub if you own the Amazon smart plug, which is compatible with the Amazon Alexa app. The brand says it is compact enough that it will not block a second wall outlet.

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