Prime Day
Prime Day at Spoot: Spotted Early is a file of 6 stories. The newest of them: “Two Anker 45W chargers for under fifty bucks sounds like a dare”, “Amazon's Prime Day price cuts on DeWalt tools are a garage-sized trap”, and “Prime Day's cheap seat: six things under $25 that don't suck”. Two Anker 45W chargers for under fifty bucks sounds like a dare. Amazon just dangled a stack of DeWalt tools in front of your garage door and whispered *come on, you know you want to*. Spoot: Spotted Early New things, caught while they're still new and a little weird. Spoot finds fresh gadgets, clever inventions, crowdfunding campaigns,… The list below is every Prime Day story on Spoot: Spotted Early, newest first.
Two Anker 45W chargers for under fifty bucks sounds like a dare
Two Anker 45W chargers for under fifty bucks sounds like a dare. Anker's latest single-port USB-C charger packs 45W, foldable prongs, and a front-facing smart display that shows charge level and power flow at a glance. Normally $39.99, it's down to $23.99 during Amazon's October sale, which means you can grab two for less than what one usually costs. That's the kind of math I can get behind. The deal runs until 3 AM ET on October 8th, 2026, so this window is narrow and fast. If you've been circling back on a compact travel charger that actually tells you what it's doing, this is the razor clam. Also worth a look: our roundup of Prime Day's cheap seat, six things under $25 that don't suck. Stay spooty.
Amazon's Prime Day price cuts on DeWalt tools are a garage-sized trap
Amazon just dangled a stack of DeWalt tools in front of your garage door and whispered *come on, you know you want to*. And sure, the Prime Day price cuts are real, the kind of discounts that make a cordless hammer drill feel like a necessary life upgrade, even if the most ambitious project you've got planned is hanging a single shelf. The trap isn't the price. It's the question nobody asks until after checkout: *what does your garage actually need?* Spoot has been poking around the October sales, and we found that the same impulse buying energy applies to smaller things too, like the six surprisingly useful items under $25 we rounded up in "Prime Day's cheap seat." Sometimes the best deal is the one you didn't have to justify to your spouse.
Prime Day's cheap seat: six things under $25 that don't suck
You could spend a Prime Day budget on one big thing, or you could let six smaller ones burrow into your life for under $25 total. This roundup sniffs out the deals that actually deliver: JLab Go Air Pop earbuds with a charging case that doubles as a plug, an Anker 45W charger that shows you its power flow like a tiny dashboard, and a LifeStraw that filters microplastics from whatever questionable water you find. The Best Picture winner *Everything Everywhere All At Once* on 4K Blu-ray for twelve bucks? That's the kind of chaos we can get behind. Fewer picks this year because everything costs more, which stinks, but the ones here earn their spot. If you're hunting bigger prey, our robot vacuum roundup shows how Prime Day scrubs prices there too.
Leatherman's sharpest EDC tools quietly slashed to half off
Leatherman just slashed prices on its sharpest EDC tools by up to 50 percent, and if you've been waiting for a reason to finally pocket one, this is it. Whether you're after a full-sized pocket powerhouse or a keychain addition that quietly does more than it should, the discounts are live and they're real. No fine-print gymnastics, no "up to" nonsense hiding the good stuff. The company's famously overbuilt pliers and blades are suddenly half off, which feels almost wrong, like finding a razor clam in a spec sheet nobody read. If you're already circling back on those Prime Day DeWalt deals we mentioned, this is the same energy but smaller, sharper, and ready to live in your pocket. Stay spooty.
Nothing Ear 1 dips to a whisper while October deals circle the drain
October deals are circling the drain, and Nothing's first over-ear headphones are whispering from the discount bin. The Nothing Ear 1, sorry, *Headphone 1*, drops to $189 at Amazon, which is $110 off a $299 launch price that always felt a little ambitious for a first-gen product. But that retro transparent design? Still gets me. Active noise cancellation, spatial audio with head tracking, plush pads, and a paddle button that lets you flick through tracks without fishing for your phone. It's a lot of personality for under two bills. The question, as always with Nothing: does the polish match the panache? At this price, the answer gets easier. Also worth a peek at our "Prime Day's cheap seat" roundup if you're hunting for deals that don't demand a Prime subscription.
Amazon's October Prime Day leaks early, and it's already hunting for deals
October Prime Day hasn't even waited for October. Amazon's already letting some Prime Big Deal Day discounts loose on its own hardware, plus a heap of other popular stuff, all ahead of the October 6th, 3AM ET kickoff that runs through the 8th. That means you can start chipping away at holiday shopping before the seasonal chaos fully descends, and since these deals often circle back for Black Friday and Cyber Monday, it's a decent sneak peek at what's coming. The Ring Battery Doorbell 2K at $39.99 is a proper score, though that built-in battery means you'll be unclipping it for USB-C charges. The Ecovacs Deebot X12 OmniCyclone is a beast of a robovac with a dock that washes its mop with heated, pressurized water.