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What Is Amazon’s Prime Big Deal Day?
Amazon’s second Prime Day event of the year, Prime Big Deal Days, started yesterday and will run through 11:59 pm PST tonight. Over those 48 hours, Amazon is offering thousands of deals across all shopping categories, including art supplies and equipment.
What’s the Catch?
To get access to the deals (or most of the deals), however, you have to be an Amazon Prime subscriber.
Amazon Prime costs $14.99 a month or $139 a year. Its benefits include faster shipping on Amazon orders, discounts at Whole Foods, and access to Amazon’s streaming entertainment. You can also pick up a free 30-day trial of Prime here.
What’s on Sale?
Prime Days feature deals across all of Amazon’s categories, including tools for artists. Many of these deals are Lightning Deals, lasting only a few hours. A word of advice: Move fast, as the most desirable products will sell out quickly.
What’s On Sale Right Now?
While (frankly) many deals are not worth shopping, we’ll be tracking the best deals on tech for artists and galleries as they become available. Some can be accessed without a Prime membership, though with Prime membership you’ll get free shipping. Others are only available to members. See our picks below and check back in with us often to find our favorite Prime Big Deal Days deals and discounts. Happy browsing!
***NEW*** 36% off Epson EcoTank ET-4850 Wireless All-in-One Printer—Buy for $349.99
It’s been about nine years since Epson broke new ground in the consumer-printer market by introducing a new type of printer: the EcoTank. With the EcoTank, you didn’t have to rely on ink cartridges—possibly the most detested of all home office technologies (they’re too expensive, they don’t last, they never work right, they stain fingers, etc.).
Like all EcoTank models, this Epson ET-4850 all-in-one printer is easy to set up by opening each of the four colors of ink bottle and filling each of the corresponding ink tanks. According to Epson, you won’t have to add more ink for another two years (although that depends on how much printer you use your printer). Speaking from personal experience, I can tell you that the mid-range Epson EcoTank printer I bought two years ago has been among the most reliable peripherals I’ve even owned. At the very least, it’s worth considering EcoTank printer if you can find one that fits in your budget.
***NEW*** 50% off Beats Solo 4 Wireless Bluetooth On-Ear Headphones—Buy for $99.00
Buy: Beats Solo 4 Wireless Headphones – Matte Black $99.99
Although some might prefer over-the-ear type headphones to these on-ear style headphones, this generation of Apple Beats Solo headphones are designed to be more comfortable that their predecessors. They also give you up to fifty hours of battery life. They don’t come with active noise-cancelling technology, but they are wireless with the option of connecting to and streaming music from devices via a USB-C port. Lastly, they also support spatial audio and lossless audio (through that same USB-C connection).
20% off Canon EOS R6 Mark II Mirrorless Camera (Body Only)—Buy for $1999.00
This, the second iteration of the Canon EOS R6 full-frame mirrorless camera, adds more resolution to the sensor (now with 24 megapixels). There are other enhancements as well—for instance, in burst mode, the R6 Mark II doubles the number of frames per second when shooting with the electronic shutter from 20 fps to 40 fps. Its battery life is a little better too. Like its predecessor, it can still capture 4K-resotuion video in 60p, has dual memory card slots, includes built-in image stabilization, and has powerful AF subject-detection technology (for people and animals).
25% off Apple MacBook Air Laptop—Buy for $749.00
This 2022 MacBook Air has a 13.6-inch Liquid Retina display, 8GBs of RAM, a 256GB SSD hard drive for storage, and a backlit keyboard. It also includes a built-in 1080p FaceTime HD camera, a three-mic array, and a four-speaker sound system with spatial audio. Overall, it’s a very portable laptop that weighs just 2.7 pounds.
49% off Samsung Galaxy Watch—Buy for $169.00 with an Amazon Prime Membership
If you’re looking for an outstanding smartwatch, but aren’t interested in buying into the Apple ecosystem, you should take a close look at this Samsung Galaxy watch. It’s great for keeping track of the number steps you take each day, the quality of your sleep, and how many calories you burned during your workout, along with many other tasks.
50% off SimpliSafe 10 Piece Wireless Home Security System with Outdoor Camera—Buy for $214.99 with an Amazon Prime membership
Keep your home studio or gallery safe with this product, which is a whole security system right out of the box. It comes with two 1080p, full-HD resolution wireless security cameras, one for indoors, and another—with color night vision—for outdoors. It also includes a base station, keypad, motion sensors, and entry sensors. There’s even a downloadable SimpliSafe mobile app designed to let you effectively interact with your entire setup. Though this system is usually a bit pricey, it’s now 50 percent off for Amazon Prime members.
50% off Wacom Intuos Medium Bluetooth Graphics Drawing Tablet – Buy for $99.95
There’s a lot for artists to like about this drawing tablet from Wacom, which is the company’s medium-sized Intuos tablet. For starters, it comes with a battery-free pen, so no charging is necessary. The tablet itself comes with lots of free software, has four customizable express keys, and Bluetooth technology that lets you connect to your laptop or desktop computer. Best of all, while the sale lasts, it’s half off!
42% off Amazon Fire TV Stick 4K Max streaming device—Buy for $34.99
If your job includes keeping up-to-date with the latest streamers, consider this inexpensive but very capable device, which can stream content in 4K (3,840 x 2,160 resolution). It was already reasonably priced, but now its more than 40% off.
62% off Blink Outdoor 4 wireless smart security cameras (3 camera system)—Buy for $99.99
This great deal gets you 3 fourth-generation Blink Outdoor wireless, smart security cameras for more than half off. Mount them outside your art studio, gallery, or even your outdoor installation. They’re easy to use and to set up: simply pop in two AA batteries. Each camera provides you with a 1080p full-HD live view (which is also enhanced with motion detection and person detection), plus infrared night vision and crisp two-way audio.
