Best Amazon Prime Day Deals Under $25

This is a steep discount on a great dry shampoo that’s normally $24. The majority of evaluators found the Klorane Dry Shampoo with Oat Milk to be very effective in absorbing oil. It blends fine with darker hair, but for our evaluators with lighter-colored hair, the powder changed their hair color slightly. And its drying aftereffect is a bit stronger than the Briogeo product we reviewed.

The Briogeo Scalp Revival Charcoal + Biotin Dry Shampoo is a nearly perfect product among the dry shampoos we evaluated. It absorbs grease well and blends easily with different hair colors. It’s also pretty comfortable on your scalp. Any dryness the evaluators felt was slight and didn’t cause any noticeable discomfort. The scent of the product is light and not too overpowering, according to most evaluators.

This Eucerin Advanced Hydration SPF 50 spray is a solid performer with broad spectrum protection. Its tested SPF comes close to its labeled SPF 50. Like the sunscreen above, it also has that plastic fragrance-free aroma, and it left a slight draggy film on testers’ skin.

This Biore UV Aqua Rich SPF 50 Daily Moisturizer facial sunscreen uses chemical active ingredients and delivers strong broad-spectrum protection, with excellent UVA coverage to help prevent premature aging and long-term skin damage, and very good UVB protection to effectively guard against sunburn. Its high-performing formula makes it well-suited for daily use as well as extended time outdoors, offering reliable defense in a lightweight, comfortable application. It’s a lotion with a citrus and lemongrass aroma, but it is not water-resistant.

The Tangle Teezer brush has what its manufacturer calls patented 2-tiered technology. The 325 bristles are supposed to remove tangles and knots with the taller flexible teeth while smoothing hair for a glossy and frizz-free finish with the shorter teeth. The bristles, being so close together and not as firm, did not work well for thick, hard-to-detangle, or extremely curly hair. But the Tangle Teezer is a good brush for people with thin, fine, or straight hair.

The Gleem rechargeable toothbrush is a great value (it comes in well under $20), does a nice cleaning job, and has above-average battery life. It features two cleaning speeds but stays quiet thanks to a sonic motor that our testers confirm does wonders to minimize noise.

The Conair Double Ceramic Flat Iron is a great lower-cost option if you’re in the market for a new one—it usually retails for $20, so you’re really only saving $5, but $15 for a flat iron is a pretty good deal. It has five temperature settings, a rare find at this price, and it heats up in about 30 seconds, but the temperatures vary about 6 degrees from whatever you set it to. Our evaluator found it to be a bit clunky to use, but it’s small, light, and easy to maneuver thanks to pivoting plates and a swivel cord.

If you’re looking for a nourishing treatment to combat hair dryness, the Siswow Hair Steamer may be the product you’ve been searching for. Of all the hair steamers we tried, this was the only one that made no noise, and its lengthy cord added extra convenience. Setup was effortless, and our evaluator didn’t notice a single drip while using the cap. It has three settings—30, 45, and 60 minutes— and after use, she and her daughter both had noticeably softer and easier-to-detangle hair.

The Papillon Shiatsu Neck and Back Massager Pillow is at the lowest price we’ve ever seen. It checks a lot of the boxes for being the perfect massager. It’s effective and lightweight. In fact, it’s the lightest of all the electric massagers we tried, according to our measurements. It’s also fairly inexpensive. You can use the massager on different body parts, such as your back, neck, shoulders, legs, and feet. It also offers a good amount of heat.

The Arctic Air neck fan has the best airflow angle of every model our evaluator tried (and it’s not even adjustable). It’s also on the louder side, so it may only be a good choice if you don’t mind a little extra noise near your ears. This is about $7 more than the best price we’ve seen, but it is still a great price for a handy item to have on a hot day.

This neck fan may be a great tool to keep in your arsenal for hot days. For the price, you don’t get any bells and whistles like cooling or mist that you can find in pricier models. It simply blows air at three speeds. It’s also not adjustable, so you can’t aim the airflow, but the vents wrap all the way around the fan to cool your face and neck.

According to Persil, this formula of their liquid laundry detergent is hypoallergenic, dye-free, and perfume-free. Persil Sensitive excelled in removing chocolate from the test swatches in our lab. It produced very good results in removing body oil, dirt, and blood. Though it didn’t completely remove salad dressing and grass stains from our test fabrics, it still earned good scores for these stains. One 82.5-ounce bottle is enough for 110 loads of laundry.

If you’re often washing coffee stains from clothing on laundry day, this is not the single-dose laundry detergent for your home. Persil Ultra Pacs Everyday Clean Original received poor scores for their removal of coffee stains in our lab tests. It fared better against body oil, dirt, and chocolate stains. At a discount of over 70% off, if you have minimally stained clothing, this could be a great buy this Amazon Prime Deal day. Like many other laundry detergent pacs we’ve tested, their performance was minimally affected by water hardness.

With savings of 63% during this year’s Amazon Prime Deal event, Persil Ultra Pacs Advanced Clean Oxi+Odor Power laundry detergent pacs are worth checking out. Their cleaning performance was not as stellar as other single-dose laundry detergent pacs we’ve tested in our lab, but our testers did see very good results in its removal of chocolate, body oil, and dirt. Even in very hard water, they maintained their cleaning performance. If you’ve got sports players at home, this may not be the right choice for you, since they struggled to remove grass stains from our test fabrics.

Dreft Pacs rank fourth in our ranking for single-dose laundry detergent pods/pacs. They received an excellent score in their removal of blood and chocolate, and very good scores for their removal of body oil, dirt, salad dressing, coffee, and grass. According to the brand, its formula is gentle enough for washing babies’ clothing and is “lightly scented”.

While Arm & Hammer Deep Clean Stain Formula Paks did not receive great scores in our lab tests, with a savings of nearly 43%, they are still worth considering during this Amazon Prime event. They received very good scores in removing body oil, dirt, chocolate, and blood. Plus, they maintained their cleaning performance well enough even in very hard water. The one stain they really struggled to tackle was coffee.

Uniquely basil scented, Mrs.Meyers Clean Day Dish Soap was a welcome departure from the usual dish soap scents. It produced rich suds and saturated our sponge with soap for longer than many of the others we tested. The bottle was light and easy to dispense soap from. You can reuse the 16-ounce bottle and refill it from the 48-ounce bottle when it’s time to restock your kitchen sink. According to the brand, it’s made from “plant-derived” ingredients.

A soapy bowl of water made with Gain dish soap showed little difference in suds after washing dishes, and the time it took to rinse a sponge holding 1.2 grams of dish soap in it was among the middle of the pack of dish soaps we tried—about half as long as it took to rinse Dawn out of a sponge. The scent of this dish soap was very strong. It wasn’t totally unpleasant to our testers, but for someone sensitive to overpowering smells, it could be too much.

This basic toilet paper performed nicely in our tests while also being among the most budget-friendly. We appreciated that it produced little lint, though it wasn’t as rough and papery as others we tried; it also disintegrated well, so it’s a good option for sensitive plumbing. 

16.99 Seal’s Flex Caulk was the top performer in our test of caulks and sealants. One of my favorite features is the built-in dispenser, which means you don’t have to buy a separate caulk gun if you just need caulk for a one-time project at home. Though it had a 24-hour cure time, we found that it was impermeable to water instantly and adhered really well to painted wood and ceramic tiles. A twist of the top controls the flow of caulk being dispensed, offering greater control than others that you have to cut the tip to use. It was the most expensive caulk we tested and isn’t on sale often, so you don’t want to skip this Prime Day deal.

If you love cold coffee but dislike the flavor when ice waters it down, consider this a fix. Fill two of the HyperChiller’s three separate inner chambers with water, freeze, then pour hot coffee into the third for nonwatery cold coffee 60 seconds later.

The Sweet Alice grinders operate differently from other sets we’ve tried. When you invert them, as you would with a manual pepper grinder, the mills automatically start up. They have soft LED lights that beam toward the area you’re seasoning. And the high-volume reservoirs are attractive, too: You can see right inside the mills. We appreciated the even grind, even on coarse settings, and found them to be quite easy to fill. They were among the most difficult of these grinders to clean, though.

Made by one of the most trustworthy thermometer companies in the grilling industry, the ThermoPro TP19H instant-read meat thermometer offers temperature readings with a single stowable probe. There’s a built-in LED and rotation lock for the display, and a magnetic backing allows you to store it on your refrigerator between meals. Perfect for checking meats, this simple thermometer delivers reliably accurate readings within seconds.

If you’re looking for a toaster on a budget and don’t need a ton of bells and whistles, this Bella 17612 two-slice model may be perfect, especially at this price. It can toast bagels and bread quickly and evenly, whether you’re toasting one or two slices. Slight drawbacks: the Bella is a bit fiddly to use and clean, with just middling scores in those evaluations.

We saw this sell for $16 earlier in the week, but this is a decent price.

The runner-up in our digital food scale test, the Etekcity Digital Food Scale, came very close in ranking to the Escali Primo. Still, it needed to be more accurate and precise, and measure a 1-gram measurement in our testing (it remained at zero during this test). It was on target with weights between 2 and 20 grams. It was also the only digital scale that gained 20 percent accuracy when measuring high weights of up to 5,000 grams, but be aware that this accuracy percentage is still low overall, as this model was on target only 1 out of 5 times.

The Culligan Zero Water ZD-012-RP is a rare water filter pitcher that is certified to remove PFAS, lead, and chlorine from your drinking water. It demonstrated very good results in our tests for flavor and odor reduction and proved resistant to clogs. It can filter 15 gallons before requiring replacement of the filter cartridge, which at about $105 a year is more than most pitchers we’ve tested.

The Anker Nano is particularly pint-sized, at just 3.6 ounces. It receives solid marks for charging speed, both when it’s charging a device and when it’s being recharged at the wall. And it has two USB-C ports, including a foldable male USB-C port you can plug directly into your phone—no connecting cable needed. The Anker Nano only has enough capacity to fully charge an average smartphone from zero battery about once or to top it off a few times—so this wouldn’t be the charger to take on a days-long trip. But it does have handy LED lights that show you its battery status, so you know when it’s time to plug it back into an outlet.

Much like trackers made by Samsung and Tile, Apple AirTags work best if it’s within Bluetooth range (roughly 30 feet) of your own phone. But, that said, there are millions of iPhones and other Apple devices roaming around out there that can pick up a signal and discreetly convey it to you when you find yourself searching, say, a park or a school campus for the keys you dropped. Is the tracking pinpoint accurate? No. But it’s close enough to give you a huge head start in your search.

If you want a super cheap pair of wireless earbuds, Amazon’s Echo Buds are on sale, though they were $5 less on the first day of Prime Day. Not only are they under $25, but they have Alexa built in, so you can use voice commands to do things like control your music and make calls. They get middling scores for sound quality, but for the price, that’s not a bad deal.

The Amazon Echo Pop is the perfect way to test out a smart speaker in your home at a low cost. It’s 50 percent off right now, putting it at under $20, the lowest price we’ve seen for a smart speaker from the Echo family. The sound quality leaves a lot to be desired, so it may not be ideal if you’re looking primarily for music playback. But if you are more excited about adding smart functionality to any room in your house, this may fit the bill.

The Guohaoi Cooling Blanket offers strong cooling performance—second only to the Elegear Revolutionary Cooling Blanket (also on sale)—and features a similar smooth, swimsuit-like feel. It’s made with a nylon-polyester front and a cotton back, and includes a satin border, though the build quality and stitching are less refined than the Elegear. While it stays cool during use and doesn’t retain heat, issues like the loosely attached layers and less comfortable design make it a less compelling option, given its similar price point.

The Pzotruf Automatic Soap Dispenser is easy to use and fill, with a system that doesn’t drip or make a mess, and it has a 17-fluid ounce reservoir—the largest capacity of all of the dispensers we evaluated—so you don’t have to fill it often. The Pzotruf runs on external batteries (not included), which may be ideal if you don’t want to rely on a charging cable or port. The dispenser has a button system that you can use to toggle through the five volume modes; this system works okay, but there’s no label, so you have to guess which setting you’re on. We found that we actually liked this setup because we had more control over the volume. 

The Utopia Bedding duvet insert is perfect if you don’t want to spend a ton on a new comforter. I have one that I’ve been using for the past three years, and I find it to be lightweight and perfect for warmer nights. And with a good duvet cover, it gets cozy and warm. CR’s reviewer pointed out that it’s not as fluffy as other duvets (it is on the thinner side). The material is synthetic, so it doesn’t allow for the airflow that those made with natural fibers like cotton can provide.

This is back down to the same low price we saw on the first day of Prime after a $5 price hike earlier this week..

The Weekender Gel Memory Foam pillow marries the cooling properties of a gel pad with polyurethane foam. It offers only average support for back sleepers, but it’s very good at supporting those who sleep on their side. Our testers find the resiliency and breathability of the pillow to be top-notch, as is its breathability.

The Cozy Essential Vacuum Storage Bag comes in various combo packs. This set includes 20 bags, with four each of these sizes: jumbo, large, medium, small, and travel roll-up. Our evaluator liked that they were easy to both pump and compress, and the variety of sizes offers a lot of convenience for travel and storage.

This portable HoMedics humidifier offers solid overall performance and is intended to humidify areas up to 25 square feet. It earns top marks in our noise and efficiency tests, but performs poorly when filled with hard water. Despite this and a few other drawbacks—a short power cord and only two settings—it’s still a solid choice, especially in this price range.

This is a great, budget-friendly option if you’re not sure your pets will adapt from a bowl to a fountain. You can try it out without investing too much (and you can always invest more in an upgrade later on if you want). The Veken water fountain, consisting of five parts, was intuitive for our tester to assemble, and the carbon and foam filter replacements are low-cost as well, at $10 for a four-pack or $24 for 16. It was the noisiest option, but that didn’t deter the tester’s pets. And the flower can be removed for a low-profile bubbler effect rather than a raised fountain.

The Gonicc Pet Nail Trimmer is basic and inexpensive, but it gets the job done. The clippers have a guard along the back to prevent you from clipping more than you intend to, which could cause your dogs’ paws to bleed. Because they’re manual, they’re quiet. (This is ideal for skittish dogs.) And they almost always cut the entire nail within one go, making for an efficient process. The only downside is that these clippers aren’t high-powered. If your dog has long, unmaintained nails, you may need to use a grinder first to get them down to baseline, then use the Gonicc for maintenance every few weeks.

The Casfuy Dog Nail Grinder is a two-speed grinder with three grinding ports that are designed to suit the size of your dog’s nails. Because it was less powerful than the Dremel, it took longer to get a nail down to the same length. However, it was also quieter, which made it a better choice for the more anxious dog in our evaluations. It does lack a safety guard, but because it operates more slowly, it’s easier to watch your progress and stop before you reach the quick.

“I have two of these, and they’re great because they encourage the cats to drink more water,” says Amanda Arnold, senior manager of business analytics at CR. “Cats notoriously don’t usually drink enough water, so having these helps keep their water cleaner and the kitties healthier!” The fountain comes with a filter inside and is dishwasher-safe.

If you can have only one pet hair removal tool in your cleaning toolbox, this is the one. The ChomChom is the only tool our testers evaluated that gathers and picks up all of the pet hair it touches. After just three forward and backward swipes, our velvet and linen-polyester pillows were left almost completely free of hair. It was the best tool on carpet, too, and no other tool we tested left it as hair-free as the ChomChom. An evaluator who has carpal tunnel syndrome noted that this tool required significantly less pressure to use, which meant that her condition wasn’t aggravated as it was with a few of the other pet hair removers. It’s also worth noting that three of our at-home evaluators liked this tool so much that they bought it for themselves post-evaluation.

The Analan Mini Pet Hair Remover is a triangle-shaped device that has three unique ridged sides, and it did very well in our evaluations. The rubber material created a static attraction with our velvet pillow so that it was able to pick up all of the cat hair we applied to the surface. But this was the only surface where it picked up hair. On the polyester-linen blend pillow, it bunched up the hair in easier-to-pick-up piles. Ditto for the carpet, where it did a great job of gathering up the hair in neat piles, but we did notice some redepositing of hair on subsequent swipes as it became stuck on the ridges. The hole in the center of the triangle allows for a comfortable grip. Because the ridged surfaces are so small, cleaning a large area, like a whole upholstered couch, takes a significant amount of time.

With their fabric exterior and interior, rubber sole with grips, and double adjustable fabric fasteners with reflective strips, the QUMY Dog Shoes resemble traditional sneakers. But the QUMY proved slightly difficult to get on and off (they have a narrow opening) and they sat a little low on our dogs’ legs.

The Chuckit Classic is ideal for dog owners who are searching for a low-tech ball launcher. It requires no setup and still allows you to get involved in a game of fetch, but takes your natural throwing arm to the next level. The plastic handheld launcher comes with one fuzzy 2.5-inch tennis ball that is stored in its “claw,” which keeps a solid grip on it so that it doesn’t fall out. When you’re ready to play with your pup, you treat the launcher like it’s an extension of your own arm—pulling it back and then launching it forward to release the ball from the claw. 

One of the nicest things about this launcher is that you can retrieve balls (including saliva-coated slobbery ones) with the claw itself so that you never have to touch the ball with your hands.

Looking for an interactive toy to entertain and distract your cat that doesn’t require your full attention? This could be just the thing you’ve been searching for. Here’s how it works: Insert the small rolling, tweeting, light-up ball into the mat, then sit back and watch as your cat attempts to hunt down the ball.

The Brightech Pro Solar Powered Outdoor String Lights are the best in class in our tests, with above-average marks for light duration and a top score for ease of use. Long and widely spaced, these lights provide flexibility. You can run the strand as is for more subtle lighting or double up the cord to concentrate more of the light in a tighter space. Each of its 12 separate Edison-style oval-shaped bulbs has 24 LEDs, resulting in exceptionally bright light. The lights can’t be manually charged, but they do have replaceable batteries and an on/off button to preserve power.

It’s hard to compete with the value offered by the Gigalumi Grid Solar Pathway Lights. Their cost is lower (on a per-light basis) than just about any other path light we’ve seen, and yet they earn solid marks for both light duration and ease of use. The lights cast a dimmer glow than the other products we tested. But that may not be a deal breaker if you’ve got supplemental lighting elsewhere or you’re using these strictly to create ambience. There’s a single setting, an on/off button, and a removable battery, but the lights can’t be charged or angled.

These flat skewers are a great choice for your grilling needs this year. Unlike round skewers, they keep even really tender foods (like scallops) from spinning, making it easy to turn each kebab. Right now, you can get them for a hefty discount.

This kit is exactly what you want if you’re grilling on the go, like at a park or on a beach. It has all the essential tools and comes in a nice case, which makes it easy to transport. This sale price is only $1 more than the lowest price we’ve seen in recent times.

The TP-Link Kasa Smart KL125 smart bulb offers the best deal of the 10 smart lightbulbs we evaluated. It retails for $15 per bulb and has a great array of colors and dimming performance that come close to the pricier Philips Hue. The bulb also works with Amazon Alexa, Google Home, and Samsung SmartThings for voice and/or app control. These bulbs are back down to their Black Friday prices. You can buy one bulb for $7 or two bulbs for $12.

The Amazon Smart Plug is essentially an accessory for consumers who use Amazon Echo speakers and Alexa to run their smart home, because it’s managed entirely from the Alexa app and doesn’t work with other smart home systems. It performs quite well in our tests of the best smart plugs, with our experts finding it very easy to set up and use. It also provides strong data security.

The TP-Link Tapo C120 is an affordable outdoor security camera that offers impeccable performance for its price. It also offers a ton of features and doesn’t require a subscription to take advantage of them. Those features include activity zones, AI alerts (for people, pets, and vehicles), color night vision, two-way audio, built-in spotlights, and local video storage using up to a 512GB microSD card (not included).

The Wyze Cam V4 is a tiny, yet mighty, security camera that works indoors and out. It offers great video quality and speedy response times for motion alerts. It works with Amazon Alexa and Google Home, but cloud video storage and certain features require a Wyze Cam subscription.

Veken Packing Cubes provide great bang for your buck, though they are a few dollars more than we’ve seen recently. This set has the largest capacity among the cubes we tried, and you get eight different ones to stay organized: four small, medium, large, and extra large, a laundry bag, a shoe bag, a toiletries bag, and an accessories bag. The laundry bag, in particular, is on the larger side, which can be a real asset when you’re on a longer trip.

The Bagail 8-Set Packing Cubes won CR’s evaluator over with the sheer number and variety of cubes it offers. In addition to three packing cubes (medium, large, and extra large) that have mesh on the top panels to help you identify the contents inside quickly, it also comes with two zipper bags, a cosmetics bag, a shoe bag, and a drawstring bag that you can use to separate your dirty laundry. The extra organizational features were ultimately what gained Bagail the edge over the other packing cubes CR tried.

You can save a few bucks on this packing cube set from Amazon. The cubes come in small, medium, large, and slim. Overall, the quality is reflected in its name: It’s good but basic. And though it might not have extra features such as pockets or buckles, the Amazon Basics 4-Piece Packing Travel Organizer Cubes Set is perfect for people who don’t want to deal with too many cubes and just want something simple and functional.

The Mzoo typically costs $23, and its sale price tends to hover around $20, making this an excellent time to add it to your cart. It’s also well-designed and effective at blocking light for most face shapes and head sizes. CR’s team of evaluators had a wide range of preferences and needs, and yet most agreed that the Mzoo mask was a great option.

If your wallet can use a little tidying up, consider taking a slimmer approach. Think of the Vulkit VC-104 as a low-risk stepping stone toward minimalist wallets. Featuring an aluminum case with an elastic front pocket (that’s great for folded dollar bills or coins), the wallet is available in a wide range of colors, including two-tone.

Traveling and want to stay safe and secure in your hotel? Keep this handy flashlight in your luggage to detect urine or other substances in your hotel room or Airbnb.

The Alcedo digital thermometer earned top marks for accuracy and consistency, and despite its very reasonable price, it’s packed with features. This model can be used as an in-ear thermometer and, when an included cap is affixed over the probe, it can also be used as a forehead thermometer. It isn’t used with disposable plastic probe caps, so it needs to be thoroughly cleaned after every in-ear use. But our testers found that it was quite easy to clean. The memory recall on this thermometer stores up to 20 temperature readings. You can also use the forehead mode to measure the temperature of objects, such as bottles of formula.

These soft, silicone bottles are 28 percent off for Prime Day, and proved popular in our recent tests. Parents gravitated toward the Comotomo bottle in part because it resembles a breast and, for a baby, might be closer to the experience of breastfeeding. Overall, parents were happy with the ease of use and cleaning but rated the ease of filling a 4/5. When transferring liquids into these bottles, put a bowl or other container underneath to catch spills. But once the bottle is filled, one Utah mom said older babies would be excellent at feeding themselves because the material and shape are comfortable to hold, and squish with their adorable baby hands.”

The Yiveko nail clippers are on sale for Prime Day for around the same sale price we always see, but they were among the sharpest our evaluators tried. They’re on the smaller side, so those with big hands may have a little trouble getting a comfortable grip. The nail kit comes with an owl-shaped case as well as nail scissors, a glass rounded nail file, and soft, nonslip tweezers.