I’m A Prime Day Expert. These Are The 9 Deals I Personally Waited All Year For

After finally getting more serious about my physical activity, I finally found myself wishing I had a fitness watch to keep up with things, especially my steps. I hate when I forget my phone ahead of a walk and “lose” steps in the process. I decided in July that I need to bite the bullet and get one, but I refused to buy one until the last Prime Day of the year when I know the price is the best.

If you also need a wrist upgrade and/or a top-notch fitness tracker, then I suggest you also hop on this Prime Day deal pronto: Apple Watch SE 3 without the active calling feature is 20% off, the lowest it's been all year.

I live in an area that’s a little more prone to power outages than I’d like. The last one was in September and it lasted 6 hours. Food in the fridge usually goes bad after 4 hours, so it wasn’t an ideal time block, obviously. I’ve made plans to scoop up a portable generator that can keep my fridge going the next time it happens, but I wasn’t going to buy it outside of Prime Day, because I wanted to be sure I could get the absolute best deal. Thankfully, this Jackery 1000v2 is a solid 20% off for Prime Day. Like its more substantial version, this station can juice up multiple appliances at a time, including AC units, fridges, and electric pots and can pair with Jackery solar panels.

Lancôme's Lash Idôle is one of the most elite mascaras around. It’s so good that it’s a 2026 HuffPost Shopping Award winner and a regular topseller. Featuring a lightweight, long-lasting formula that's infused with white tea extract for conditioning your lashes as it coats them, it helps fan lashes out and gives them a whole lot of fluttery oomph sans smudging. “Goes on smoothly,” user me q. wrote. “I am 68 years old, and my lashes look like lashes of a 20-year-old. I won’t be using anything else.”

The full-size tube sold like hotcakes during June’s Prime Day sale and even briefly sold out. I didn’t buy it then because years of Prime Day coverage pointed toward it being a better deal in the fall, and here we are. The full size is now under kidy $20 and it hasn’t been this cheap since Black Friday of last year. Godspeed!

I’m obsessed with this low-maintenance shower cleaner and I use it after every single shower. It promises to require no scrubbing at all, and it doesn’t. You just spray it your shower walls, let sit overnight and then rinse to get rid of built-up soap, grime, stains and body oils. It’s bleach-free and safe for most surfaces, including glass, porcelain, sandstone and tile (though it’s not recommended for use on natural marble). I rarely have to buy it because it’s a big enough jug to last me from Prime Day to Prime Day. Today’s my day to re-up!

If this doesn’t communicate how GOOD of a buy this is, nothing will:

I’m still working through the huge tub I got during the June 2026 Prime Day. I went ahead and scooped some while they were discounted in June, even though I wasn’t out. I probably cracked the tub open a few weeks later, and it’s still half full now that October’s here. For clarity: I use my dishwasher at least every other day. I’m definitely gonna do the same thing this time and scoop it again while it’s on sale.

Basically, if you don’t have a Costco membership, this deal might entice you: 62 dishwashing tablets for just $14. With that math, you’ve basically got a membership to a wholesale club, and a few months’ worth of clean dishes.

The hype is REAL. This foaming dish spray works superbly and most professional cleaners will tell you that you can use it to clean more than dishes. We love it so much here at HuffPost that we even gave it a HuffPost Shopping Award. 108,033 Amazon shoppers have also helped the product earn a 4.8-star rating.

I personally love it so much that I’ve banned everyone in my house from buying any other brand. And I only ever buy it on Prime Day, because since I first bought it on Prime Day a few years ago, the four containers have always lasted me until the next one. Grab this household staple plus refills in this sale and you probably won't need to buy dish soap again for the rest of 2026.

I’m a person who takes my laptop everywhere. Although working remotely is a blessing, I get sick of being in the house and try to work elsewhere half the time. Those places don’t always have an outlet I can conveniently pop my block into, so a portable charger strong enough to juice up a laptop is something I’ve been eyeing. I’ve been holding out until Prime Day to grab this because it’s always the best price during this sale, even compared to Black Friday. Also, HuffPost Shopping’s resident tech expert and Shopping Editor, Kevin Cortez, swears by this thing. “It’s a literal powerhouse that’s replaced almost every travel charger I own,” he writes.

“It has two built-in USB-C cables — one retractable and the other doubling as a lanyard — plus a screen that shows exactly how much power it’s delivering at any given time,” he continues.

“That makes it easy to see how quickly your device is charging while it’s plugged in. And because it can deliver up to a whopping 100 watts, it has more than enough juice for your laptop and can quickly top off other portable devices, from a Nintendo Switch to a Kindle. Despite all that power, it’s surprisingly lightweight and packable, so I just slip it into my backpack and head out the door. I rarely leave home without it.”

As I continue furnishing my home, multifunctional furniture is a huge priority for me because it’s a real way to save money on buying two separate items. Instead of nabbing a separate electric fireplace and TV console for my space, this sleek, stylish modern design gives me both in one design. That said, I have been watching the price like a hawk and holding out all summer for Fall Prime Day to make my final decision about it. Today, as I suspected, it’s the lowest price in three months with a 15% discount!

If you desire pristine white chompers — and really, who doesn’t? — you’ll want to jump on this deal pronto. Both my hygienist and dentist recommended that I use Crest’s 3D White Brilliance mouthwash for real whitening results. The dentist specifically recommended that I use it at night without rinsing it out so the whitening agents continue working while I sleep. I tried it, saw the results and haven’t looked back since. When I buy a two-pack, I typically don’t need one for a long time. This means I probably won’t be buying this for the first Prime Day of 2027, because I won’t be due for a re-up until October!

Today it’s 22% off.

Touchland’s hand sanitizer really is pretty good. Beyond the brand’s pretty packaging, the formulation is a far cry from the dry, sticky-feeling gel-based sanitizers that most most brands make. It also doesn’t have that strong alcohol smell. I pretty much always buy these on Prime Day because at full price, I still find them to be too expensive for what they are. Grabbing them at discount for Prime Day is always the best move. With Touchland's Power Mist hand sanitizer set, they’re $7 a piece when they’re usually about $10-$15 each depending on the store.