Walmart’s holiday deals event ends tonight, here’s what our shopping experts found
The final hours of Walmart’s Holiday Deals event are here and many items are starting to sell out completely. Our shopping experts have been keeping an eye on this event all week and you can still find great discounts on tech gadgets, home goods, outdoor gear and new or nostalgic toys for kids of all ages. Whether you need a new one Apple Watch to track your steps and out-of-control notifications, new patio chairs to lounge on while the leaves change, or a Ninja Creami Ice Cream Machine to show off to your friends and family, there are at least a few sales here that you can enjoy without thinning your wallet. Those patio chairs in particular are quite popular and have reached their last five color options. If I had a patio, one would come home with me.
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While these sales are exciting, they can also feel overwhelming. To help you with your shopping, we’ve looked at the reading discounts that are still available. Our list includes everything from small phone accessories to expensive tech like Samsung TVs and MacBooks. But be warned: when the clock strikes midnight, these deals turn back to pumpkins.
Best Walmart Holiday Deals on Tech
This isn’t the newest model on the market, but this price makes it hard to pass up, and it is CNET’s top pick for the best budget MacBook. It has an Apple M1 chip with an eight-core CPU and a seven-core GPU. It also features 8GB of RAM, 256GB SSD and a long-lasting battery that can run for up to 18 hours between charges.
While this deal is for a previous generation pair, the Beats Solos are some of the best on-ear headphones on the market today. The Solo 3 is equipped with Apple’s W1 chip and boasts an impressive 40 hours of battery life, although it lacks noise cancellation capabilities. Right now you can grab the black, red, and rose gold variants on sale.
Best Walmart Holiday Deals for Home
The Dyson V8 Absolute cordless vacuum cleaner is a convenient cleaning solution. It turns into a handheld, so it’s not limited to just carpets or floors. You can tackle a variety of surfaces, especially those hard-to-reach places and tight spaces.
A big discount has been applied to this robot vacuum cleaner from Onson, which is designed as a two-in-one mop combination that can tackle everything from hard floors to pet hair.
Best Walmart Holiday Deals for the Outdoors
This trampoline has a perimeter net surrounded by RGB lighting and can hold up to 800 pounds, keeping the kids (or kids at heart) bouncing into the night.
With this leaf blower from Greenworks you can prepare your garden for winter. It comes with a 4.0 Ah battery with a runtime of 80 minutes and has a power equivalent to that of a 28cc gas engine. It is also considerably quieter than a gas fan.
Best Walmart holiday deals on games and toys
This 2,660-piece set is the perfect holiday gift for the Harry Potter fanatic in your life. The completed model measures 9.5 inches tall and features iconic landmarks such as the Astronomy Tower and the Great Hall.
Sony’s latest sequel in the God of War saga has just arrived on PC, but can still be found at a discounted price on PlayStation 5. It continues with Kratos and his son Atreus, in the middle of Fimbulwinter as they prepare for the end of days. This action-adventure is one of the best games on the platform, offering a fantastic climax to the Norse saga that started with God of War in 2018.
When does Walmart’s Holiday Deals event sale end?
Walmart’s holiday deals run today, October 13, and end at 12pm ET Monday morning. This event started on October 8, and Walmart Plus members got the first information about the deals, with a 12-hour exclusivity window on October 8, with the deals opening to everyone at 12pm ET on October 9 (or 6am in physical store locations).
What’s on sale during Walmart’s Holiday Deals sale?
There are discounts of up to 30% on technology, kitchen, power plants and selected clothing. In addition, many toys have a 40% price cut, candles are down 50%, floor care and beauty are down 60%, and a huge 70% cut has been applied to luggage.
Do I need to be a Walmart Plus member to shop Walmart’s Holiday Deals sale?
No, you don’t have to be a Walmart Plus member to shop Walmart’s Holiday Deals sale. Paid subscribers had early access to the sale, but it’s now open to everyone.
Should I Buy Walmart Holiday Deals or Amazon Prime Day?
The two events started on the same day and even though Amazon Prime Day is officially over, you can still find quite a few extended deals. If you’re wondering where to spend your money, the first consideration should be whether you have a Walmart Plus or Amazon Prime subscription. This will determine access to some deals for some of the time.
As part of the event, Walmart confirmed that discounts include 30% off tech, kitchen, power plants and select clothing, as well as up to 40% off toys, up to 50% off candles, up to 60% off floor care and beauty and up to 70% discount on luggage. If these categories appeal to you, it’s worth at least perusing Walmart’s sales to find some bargains.
We’re highlighting the best deals from the biggest sales of the year, so keep CNET.com/deals and the CNET Deals account on X for the latest updates.
Does Walmart’s price match Amazon deals?
No, Walmart.com and Walmart store purchase prices do not match Amazon or any competing store’s deal prices. Although Walmart will match in-store item prices with Walmart.com prices for identical items sold by Walmart.com (and not by third-party vendors selling through Walmart’s marketplace) on regular days, Price Match PolicyWalmart explicitly states that it will not match online prices for in-store items during special events such as Black Friday, Cyber Monday and Rollback/Clearance.
However, many deals in Walmart’s Holiday Deals event are also currently available on Amazon, even after Prime Day ends.
How did we choose these deals?
The deals highlighted here have been curated to meet our standards for value, quality and dignity of your wallet. They’re not all glamorous — yes, steel storage shelves aren’t sexy, but they’re incredibly useful in our increasingly cluttered homes — but they’re all the highest quality offerings and products we believe in. also at or near the expected prices for Black Friday itself next month, or matching their deal prices from last Black Friday, so you can buy with confidence without getting deal FOMO.