diff --git a/day1/Cargo.lock b/day1/Cargo.lock
index ae5bfe8..0087230 100644
--- a/day1/Cargo.lock
+++ b/day1/Cargo.lock
@@ -5,3 +5,21 @@ version = 3
 [[package]]
 name = "day1"
 version = "0.1.0"
+dependencies = [
+ "itertools",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "either"
+version = "1.6.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "e78d4f1cc4ae33bbfc157ed5d5a5ef3bc29227303d595861deb238fcec4e9457"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "itertools"
+version = "0.10.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "69ddb889f9d0d08a67338271fa9b62996bc788c7796a5c18cf057420aaed5eaf"
+dependencies = [
+ "either",
+]
diff --git a/day1/Cargo.toml b/day1/Cargo.toml
index a3c4e52..4e26123 100644
--- a/day1/Cargo.toml
+++ b/day1/Cargo.toml
@@ -6,3 +6,4 @@ edition = "2021"
 # See more keys and their definitions at https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/manifest.html
 
 [dependencies]
+itertools = "0.10"
diff --git a/day1/src/main.rs b/day1/src/main.rs
index 383dec3..99eb70f 100644
--- a/day1/src/main.rs
+++ b/day1/src/main.rs
@@ -1,8 +1,11 @@
+use itertools::Itertools;
 use std::collections::VecDeque;
 use std::env;
 use std::fs::File;
 use std::io::{BufRead, BufReader};
 
+const PART2_WINDOW_SIZE: usize = 3;
+
 fn part1(items: &[i32]) -> i32 {
     let mut prev: Option<i32> = None;
     let mut num_increasing = 0;
@@ -20,14 +23,12 @@ fn part1(items: &[i32]) -> i32 {
 }
 
 fn part2(items: &[i32]) -> i32 {
-    const WINDOW_SIZE: usize = 3;
-
     let mut num_increasing = 0;
     let mut window = VecDeque::<i32>::new();
     // Initialize the window with the first few elements
-    window.extend(&items[..WINDOW_SIZE]);
+    window.extend(&items[..PART2_WINDOW_SIZE]);
     let mut last_window_sum = window.iter().sum::<i32>();
-    for &item in &items[WINDOW_SIZE - 1..] {
+    for &item in &items[PART2_WINDOW_SIZE - 1..] {
         window.pop_back();
         window.push_front(item);
 
@@ -42,6 +43,26 @@ fn part2(items: &[i32]) -> i32 {
     num_increasing
 }
 
+fn part1_itertools(items: &[i32]) -> usize {
+    items
+        .iter()
+        .tuple_windows()
+        .filter(|(last, current)| current > last)
+        .count()
+}
+
+fn part2_itertools(items: &[i32]) -> usize {
+    items
+        .iter()
+        .tuple_windows()
+        .filter(|(&third_to_last, &second_to_last, &last, &current)| {
+            let prev_window = third_to_last + second_to_last + last;
+            let current_window = second_to_last + last + current;
+            current_window > prev_window
+        })
+        .count()
+}
+
 fn main() {
     let input_file_name = env::args().nth(1).expect("No input filename specified");
     let input_file = File::open(input_file_name).expect("Could not open input file");
@@ -56,4 +77,7 @@ fn main() {
 
     println!("Part 1: {}", part1(&items));
     println!("Part 2: {}", part2(&items));
+    println!("--- alternate solution ---");
+    println!("Part 1: {}", part1_itertools(&items));
+    println!("Part 2: {}", part2_itertools(&items));
 }