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 choice paralysis and checked out our on-line purchasing 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 a listing of what a number of of our workforce members purchased, not solely to share our lives with you however to additionally present you a number of the offers we deemed ok to spend our personal cash on.

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

In Canada, the D’Addario tuner I ended up shopping for is generally slightly costlier at $20 CAD, however I figured there was an opportunity it might go on sale for Prime Day. So I arrange a Camelcamelcamel alert, and on the morning of July 8 I bought an electronic mail from the web site saying it was… $2 off. Not the best low cost, however hey, in such an costly passion, 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 inventive, my eyes really feel more healthy from much less display screen time and I am higher now than I ever was as a young person.

As I’ve gotten again into the passion, I’ve slowly been shopping for all of the little equipment that may make it simpler to take care of 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. When you might simply as simply use an app like GuitarTuna to do the identical, clip-on tuners aren’t affected by ambient noise, making your entire tuning course of quick and straightforward. 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 develop into a devotee of Apple’s Continuity Camera over the previous couple of years. I feel with my laptop computer and monitor setup, it is simply at all times made extra sense to make use of my iPhone as a digicam fairly 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. Profiting from a Prime Day deal on a devoted webcam this yr is my resolution.

I bought an off-white Logitech Brio 500, which usually prices $130, however is $50 off for Prime Day by way of Amazon or Logitech. It is a type of a protracted, tube-shaped 1080p webcam, so not the sleekest or most suitable choice on the market, but it surely has the fundamentals I would like, like a guide 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 choice at $80. — Ian Carlos Campbell, contributing author

I not too long ago found that as all my gear transitioned to USB-C, I now not had any appropriate thumb drives. Slightly than purchase an adapter dongle that I might inevitably lose, I figured it might be good 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 big, however Prime Day appeared like a very good time to save lots of a couple of bucks on a sensible buy. — Anna Washenko, contributing reporter

Despite the fact that 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 in all my favourite Transformers of all time. After which I added Soundwave to my cargo as a result of he is one other one in all my high 10 favourite bots and you’ll’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 technique to save a pair bucks on a gift for my son’s birthday subsequent month.

It is a bit bizarre to say that as an grownup I am nonetheless this fascinated by plastic toys, however typically it seems like we’re residing by way of a golden age for Transformer figures regardless of the terrible films we have been subjected to during the last decade and a half (except for Transformers One). As dangerous because the Bayverse movies are, there’s nonetheless a wealthy historical past of reveals 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, centered checklist of three issues to purchase on Prime Day — a Nori Press, a strolling pad and the Ms. Rachel Tonie toy for the children in my life. However after I was wanting by way of our roundup of the most effective 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 capable of give them a solution as I used to be weighing loads of issues. What’s the greatest working system for them? Do they want one thing launched not too long ago, or might they avoid wasting cash on an older mannequin?

Seeing this current-generation iPad on sale prompted me to only purchase it for them. It simplifies issues as my dad makes use of an iPhone and is conversant in iPadOS, and apps like YouTube and Netflix would fulfill their wishes to obtain movies to look at offline. Saving $70 on what’s a really stable system felt like an incredible 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 tip of the week, many on the Engadget workforce are nonetheless weighing their selections. Government 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 virtually 30 % on it.

Not all our purchases have been by way of 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 are going to make sure to disgrace him right here.

Lastly, senior editor Billy Steele has made arguably the most effective purchasing choice all week, on or off Amazon. He purchased “three Completely happy Meals making an attempt to get the cool toys. I bought 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.