Walmart is giving Amazon a run for its money ahead of Prime Day

Here are the best early Deals for Days sales at Walmart as of June 15:

With more than two million deals planned for this year’s two-day shopping extravaganza — that’s the most deals ever offered in its six-year history — Amazon Prime Day is officially too big for other stores to ignore. Walmart included.

The big box store will kick off its annual Deals for Days event on Sunday, June 20, with four whole days of special offers coinciding with Prime Day planned for its online *and* in-store shoppers. (It’s not explicitly billed as a response to Amazon’s shindig, mind you, but seeing as though Prime Day falls on June 21 and 22, that timing is a little sus.) Walmart says the sale will usher in some “Black Friday-like savings,” so we’re expecting to see some huge discounts on big-ticket items like 4K TVs, Chromebooks, robot vacuums, and a handful of Apple devices. 

SEE ALSO: All the best early Prime Day deals so far

As far as a game plan goes, we recommend trying to split your time equally between both sales events: Walmart tends to match Amazon’s discounts on most items, sometimes even beating them by one or two cents, so you’ve got another retailer to fall back on in case one sells out of an item on your wishlist. Plus, Walmart also offers free two-day shipping on orders of $35 or more. (Suck it, Bezos.)

If you’re jonesing to get a head start on your summer shopping, you’re in luck: Walmart just started trickling out some Deals for Days offers to compete with Amazon’s early Prime Day deals. Some caution is in order, though: We noticed a fair amount of price-anchoring while we were scoping out Walmart’s Savings Spotlight page. (Take this Sony TV, whose MSRP was inflated from $650 to $750 to make a $648 sale price look more enticing.)

To make things easier on everyone, we’re keeping a running list of all the early Deals for Days sales that are actually worth shopping — check ’em out below:

There’s already no shortage of stellar early Prime Day deals on robot vacuums from brands like iRobot, Shark, and Ecovacs, but Walmart’s lineup is also holding its own: It’s got this smart RoboVac on sale for just $149 (normally $300) and a mid-range Roomba listed at only $179 (usually $330). Meanwhile, both models are sold out on Amazon as of this writing. 👀

Deals for Days offers on newer Apple devices like the AirPods Max, AirTags, and the M1 iPad Pro have yet to arrive, but discounts on older devices are ripe for the picking. The last time we checked, highlights included a sub-$300 iPad, $197 AirPods Pros, and a snazzy Apple Watch Series 6 that’s hanging around the same price as an entry-level SE with cellular connectivity.

AIRPODS

APPLE WATCHES

• Apple Watch Series 3 (GPS, 38mm) — $169 (save $30)

• Apple Watch Series 3 (GPS, 42mm) — $199 (save $30)

• Apple Watch SE (GPS, 40mm) — $269 (save $10)

• Apple Watch SE (GPS, 44mm) — $299 (save $10)

• Apple Watch SE (GPS + Cellular, 40mm) — $319 (save $10)

• Apple Watch SE (GPS + Cellular, 44mm) — $329 (save $30)

• Apple Watch Series 6 (GPS, 40mm) — $329 (save $70)

• Apple Watch SE (GPS + Cellular, 44mm) — $349 (save $10)

• Apple Watch Series 6 (GPS, 44mm) — $359 (save $70)

• Apple Watch Series 6 (GPS + Cellular, 44mm) — $458.40 (save $70.60)

IPADS

• Apple 10.2-inch iPad, 8th Gen (WiFi, 32GB) — $299 (save $30)

• Apple iPad mini (WiFi, 64GB) — $369 (save $30)

• Apple 10.2-inch iPad, 8th Gen (WiFi, 128GB) — $395 (save $34)

• Apple iPad mini (WiFi, 256GB) — $489.99 (save $59.01)

• Apple iPad mini (WiFi + Cellular, 64GB) — $549.99 (save $129.01)

• Apple 10.9-inch iPad Air (WiFi, 64GB) — $559 (save $40)

• Apple 11-inch iPad Pro, 2020 (WiFi, 128GB) — $649.97 (save $149.03)

• Apple 10.9-inch iPad Air (WiFi, 256GB) — $699 (save $50)

• Apple 12.9-inch iPad Pro, 2020 (WiFi, 128GB) — $949.99 (save $49.01)

• Apple 12.9-inch iPad Pro, 2020 (WiFi + Cellular, 256GB) — $1,079.99 (save $169.01)

Steep discounts on 30- to 50-inch TVs have been Walmart’s bread and butter every year since it started doing this “unofficial Prime Day rival sale” thing back in 2015, so a $295 discount on this 55-inch smart TV from Sceptre isn’t a total shocker. But we’re pleasantly surprised to see that it’s now giving the same treatment to bigger, fancier TVs from brands like LG, Vizio, and Samsung — that’s great news for anyone who needs a new display for their Playstation 5 or Xbox Series X.

Chromebooks, get yer Chromebooks here! *clangs bell* If you need a new computer for work or school, don’t sleep on the HP Chromebook x360, a 14-inch 2-in-1 laptop that Walmart marked down from $599 to $349 — an impressive $250 savings. (Need a machine with a little more oomph? Opt for one of the several Lenovo gaming laptops it’s also got on sale — this 15-inch one was $300 off at the time of writing.)

Meanwhile, Samsung is the star of the show over in the tablet department — the last time we checked, you could save up to $81 on select models from its Galaxy Tab lineup.

LAPTOPS

• Samsung Chromebook 4, 11.6-inch HD display (Intel Celeron N4000, Intel UHD Graphics 600, 4GB RAM, 32GB eMMC) — $159 (save $70.99); price shown in cart

• Acer Chromebook 311, 11.6-inch HD display (Intel Celeron N4020, 4GB LPDDR4, 32GB eMMC) — $169 (save $60.99)

• Lenovo Legion Y540, 15.6-inch FHD display (Intel Core i7-9750H, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060, 16GB RAM, 512GB SSD) — $169 (save $50)

• Lenovo Chromebook S330, 14-inch HD display (Mediatek MT8173C CPU, 4GB RAM, 32GB eMMC) — $179 (save $60)

• Acer Chromebook Spin 311, 11-inch HD touchscreen (MediaTek MT8183C, 4GB LPDDR4X, 32GB eMMC) — $199 (save $100)

• ASUS Chromebook C423, 14-inch HD Nano-Edge display (Intel Celeron N3350, 4GB DDR4, 64GB eMMC) — $199 (save $70)

• ASUS Chromebook C223, 11.6-inch HD anti-glare display (Intel Dual-Core Celeron N3350, 4GB RAM, 32GB eMMC) — $199.99 (save $50)

• Lenovo Chromebook C340, 11.6-inch HD touchscreen (Intel Celeron N4000, 4GB RAM, 32GB eMMC) — $239 (save $70.99)

• Samsung Chromebook 4+, 15.6-inch display (Intel Celeron N4000, Intel UHD Graphics 600, 4GB RAM, 64GB eMMC) — $249 (save $70.99); price shown in cart

• HP Chromebook x360, 14-inch HD touchscreen (Intel Celeron N4020, Intel UHD Graphics 600, 4GB RAM, 64GB eMMC) — $349 (save $250)

• HP Chromebook x360, 14-inch HD touchscreen (Intel Pentium Silver N5000, Intel UHD Graphics 600, 4GB RAM, 128GB eMMC) — $349 (save $50)

• HP Pavilion, 16-inch FHD display (Intel Core i5-10300H, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650, 8GB RAM, 256GB SSD) — $679 (save $120)

• Lenovo Legion 5, 17-inch FHD display (Intel Core i7-10750H, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660Ti, 16GB RAM, 1TB HDD + 256GB SSD) — $1,049 (save $250)

• Lenovo Legion Y540, 15.6-inch FHD display (Intel Core i7-9750H, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060, 16GB RAM, 512GB SSD) — $1,089.87 (save $203.13)

• Lenovo Legion 5, 15-inch FHD display (Intel Core i7-10750H, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060, 16GB RAM, 1TB HDD + 256GB SSD) — $1,199 (save $300)

• Microsoft Surface Book 3, 13.5-inch touchscreen (Intel Core i5-1035G7, 8GB RAM, 256GB SSD) — $1,399.99 (save $200)

• ASUS ROG Strix, 17.3-inch FHD display (Intel Core i7-10750H, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Super Graphics, 8GB RAM, 512GB SSD) — $1,499 (save $200)

TABLETS

Walmart seems to think that caffeine, carbs, and crunchy snacks are the three main food groups, judging by its excellent deals on the Instant Pod Coffee Maker, a digital bread maker, and a 4-quart Ninja air fryer — and who are we to argue with that? Shop its selection of kitchen appliances and you’ll save as much as $80.