The offers that the Engadget workforce spent our hard-earned cash on

Amazon’s Prime Day is in full swing, and now that two full days have handed, a few of us have gotten previous our resolution paralysis and checked out our on-line procuring carts. It is no shock that the Engadget workforce consists of people who find themselves followers of tech (and non-tech) merchandise, and we additionally love a very good deal. As we have put collectively roundups and information tales in regards to the best things to buy this week, we have additionally been tempted by the financial savings. Here is an inventory of what a number of of our workforce members purchased, not solely to share our lives with you however to additionally present you among the offers we deemed adequate to spend our personal cash on.

(Ed. word: Igor Bonifacic saved a whopping $2 on this guitar tuner, but it surely was value it to him. I am going to let him clarify.)

In Canada, the D’Addario tuner I ended up shopping for is often slightly costlier at $20 CAD, however I figured there was an opportunity it could go on sale for Prime Day. So I arrange a Camelcamelcamel alert, and on the morning of July 8 I obtained an e-mail from the web site saying it was… $2 off. Not the best low cost, however hey, in such an costly interest, each greenback counts, proper?

This previous spring, I picked up the guitar for the primary time in about 15 years. The way it occurred would not matter. What does matter is that now I play on a regular basis, and I have been asking myself why did I ever cease within the first place. I really feel extra artistic, my eyes really feel more healthy from much less display time and I am higher now than I ever was as a teen.

As I’ve gotten again into the interest, I’ve slowly been shopping for all of the little equipment that may make it simpler to keep up your guitar. With Prime Day across the nook, I set my sights on a headstock tuner. These little devices weren’t round after I first began studying the instrument, however let me let you know they’re nice.

Just like the title suggests, you connect one to the headstock of your guitar. It then permits you to tune the instrument by measuring the vibrations produced by the strings. Whilst you might simply as simply use an app like GuitarTuna to do the identical, clip-on tuners aren’t affected by ambient noise, making the complete tuning course of quick and simple. Better of all, they’re low cost. Within the US, you possibly can spend as little as $15 to purchase the model I purchased for Prime Day. — Igor Bonifacic, senior reporter

With out even making an attempt, I’ve turn into a devotee of Apple’s Continuity Camera over the previous few years. I feel with my laptop computer and monitor setup, it is simply all the time made extra sense to make use of my iPhone as a digicam slightly than shopping for some type of USB-C docking station or giving up one other port on my pc. Sadly, I additionally discover having my cellphone inside arm’s attain whereas I am writing to be fairly distracting. Making the most of a Prime Day deal on a devoted webcam this 12 months is my answer.

I bought an off-white Logitech Brio 500, which usually prices $130, however is $50 off for Prime Day via Amazon or Logitech. It is a type of an extended, tube-shaped 1080p webcam, so not the sleekest or best choice on the market, but it surely has the fundamentals I would like, like a handbook shutter and auto-framing, and critically, it matches my Logitech mouse. If, like me, you possibly can’t stand the concept of paying over $100 for a webcam, I feel it is a fairly interesting possibility at $80. — Ian Carlos Campbell, contributing author

I lately found that as all my gear transitioned to USB-C, I not had any appropriate thumb drives. Moderately than purchase an adapter dongle that I’d inevitably lose, I figured it could be sensible to have a brand new thumb drive that would deal with each USB-C and USB-3. The low cost on the SanDisk drive I purchased wasn’t enormous, however Prime Day appeared like a very good time to avoid wasting a couple of bucks on a sensible buy. — Anna Washenko, contributing reporter

Though it wasn’t on sale this week, I pre-ordered a re-issue for the Studio Series version of Blaster from Amazon as a result of he’s one among my favourite Transformers of all time. After which I added Soundwave to my cargo as a result of he is one other one among my prime 10 favourite bots and you may’t actually have one with out the opposite. After which I discovered a small deal on Heatwave, so we picked that up too as a option to save a pair bucks on a gift for my son’s birthday subsequent month.

It’s kind of bizarre to say that as an grownup I am nonetheless this fascinated by plastic toys, however generally it appears like we’re dwelling via a golden age for Transformer figures regardless of the terrible films we have been subjected to during the last decade and a half (apart from Transformers One). As dangerous because the Bayverse movies are, there’s nonetheless a wealthy historical past of exhibits and toys and I’ve had a blast diving again into all of that with my child. — Sam Rutherford, senior reviewer

I made a really quick, targeted record of three issues to purchase on Prime Day — a Nori Press, a strolling pad and the Ms. Rachel Tonie toy for the youngsters in my life. However after I was trying via our roundup of one of the best offers this week, the discounted entry-level iPad caught my eye.

My dad had been asking me repeatedly for weeks about an iPad for watching movies and flicks whereas him and my mother had been touring, and I wasn’t in a position to give them a solution as I used to be weighing loads of considerations. What’s the greatest working system for them? Do they want one thing launched lately, or might they avoid wasting cash on an older mannequin?

Seeing this current-generation iPad on sale prompted me to simply purchase it for them. It simplifies issues as my dad makes use of an iPhone and is acquainted with iPadOS, and apps like YouTube and Netflix would fulfill their needs to obtain movies to observe offline. Saving $70 on what’s a really strong gadget felt like an amazing deal, however extra importantly it earned me factors with my household. — Cherlynn Low, managing editor

What we’re nonetheless contemplating

As Prime Day goes on until the top of the week, many on the Engadget workforce are nonetheless weighing their choices. Govt editor John Falcone, for instance, hasn’t purchased Anker’s UFO 3-device charger, however says he needs he did. I am going to replace this put up if he does, as a result of he’ll save nearly 30 p.c on it.

Not all our purchases have been via Amazon, both. Editor-in-chief Aaron Souppouris is considering shopping for “a bizarre digicam for an excessive amount of cash not on Amazon.” It is a full-spectrum conversion digicam, and if and when he does make that buy, we’ll you should definitely disgrace him right here.

Lastly, senior editor Billy Steele has made arguably one of the best procuring resolution all week, on or off Amazon. He purchased “three Blissful Meals making an attempt to get the cool toys. I obtained three of the identical toy. :(“

Replace, July 10 2025, 5:00PM ET: This story has been up to date so as to add a piece on what senior reviewer Sam Rutherford purchased.