7 early Black Friday deals worth grabbing before the rush

by · The Gadgeteer

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Black Friday is still weeks out, but Amazon has already cut prices on the gear people actually buy, and some of these cuts are the kind that usually wait for the day itself. A tablet at half price. A camera that watches a whole room for twenty bucks. Espresso at home for the price of a month of coffee runs.

Every price below was checked on Amazon this morning, list price included, and the math is printed in each box so you can see the cut for yourself. Seven deals made the list.

Two of them are cheap enough to buy on impulse. One is the sort of discount that disappears the moment the real sale starts and the crowd shows up.

1. Amazon Fire HD 10

The Fire HD 10 is the cheapest way into a big screen that still feels quick, and at $72.99 it sits at 53% off the $154.99 list. The screen is a 10.1-inch Full HD panel. The newest model adds an octa-core processor and 4GB of RAM, a step up that shows when you’re flipping between a show and a browser tab.

The Fire HD 10 splits its screen between a podcast and a game without breaking a sweat

Battery runs 13 hours of video playback. Storage starts at 32GB, and a microSD slot takes it to a terabyte if downloads pile up.

Amazon rates the body 2.7 times as durable as Samsung’s Galaxy Tab A8 in its tumble test, the right kind of overbuilt for couch duty.

It travels in a tote, rides along on road trips, gets handed to a kid in the back seat without a second thought, and survives the couch-to-floor drop that kills expensive glass. At this price it’s a second screen for the kitchen, a kids’ tablet you won’t panic over, a bedside reader, or a travel slab that costs less than the case for a flagship.

Amazon Fire HD 10
10.1-inch Full HD display, octa-core chip, 4GB of RAM, 13 hours of video playback
Price: $72.99 $154.99 (save $82.00, 53% off)
Where to buy: Buy on Amazon

2. Blink Mini Pan-Tilt 2K+

Twenty dollars is impulse money, and that’s exactly what the Blink Mini Pan-Tilt 2K+ costs right now, down from $49.99. The camera shoots 2K video from a motorized base that pans a full 360 degrees and tilts up and down, so one unit covers a room that used to need two fixed cameras.

The Mini Pan-Tilt 2K+ sits on a motorized base that turns a full 360 degrees

Auto Tracking follows people and pets through the frame. Night vision shows true color in low light, then black and white in full dark.

It plugs in, so there’s no battery to babysit, no charging routine to keep. A pet cam, a door watcher: pick one job, it justifies its twenty.

Blink Mini Pan-Tilt 2K+
2K video, Auto Tracking, 360-degree pan
Price: $19.99 $49.99 (save $30.00, 60% off)
Where to buy: Buy on Amazon

3. De’Longhi Classic Espresso Machine

De’Longhi’s Classic is the brand’s entry ticket to real espresso at home, and it’s $149.95 against a $229.95 list.

Shots pull at a consistent 9-bar extraction pressure, and Thermoblock heating gets the machine there fast. It stops on its own when the shot’s done, single or double.

The Classic pulls two shots at once and stops on its own

A manual frother handles dairy and plant milks for lattes and cappuccinos. Presets brew a single or double, and the tall drip tray fits a latte glass.

No grinder is built in, so budget for one. Rigs start near three hundred dollars. This one starts at a hundred and fifty.

De’Longhi Classic Espresso Machine
9-bar extraction, Thermoblock heating, milk frother
Price: $149.95 $229.95 (save $80.00, 35% off)
Where to buy: Buy on Amazon

4. Soundcore Boom 2 Plus

The Boom 2 Plus is Soundcore’s big outdoor speaker, built to be heard across a yard and over a crowd, and it’s $169.99 from a $249.99 list. Output peaks at 140 watts with BassUp 2.0 engaged. Dual woofers and tweeters do the work, and the IPX7 shell floats.

Dual woofers, dual tweeters, and a shoulder strap for a speaker built to carry

Playtime runs 20 hours, a 30-watt charger refills it in three, and a USB port charges your phone while the music plays.

A shoulder strap and a handle manage the size. It’s not a pocket speaker, not one bit.

Soundcore Boom 2 Plus
140W peak output with BassUp 2.0, IPX7 waterproof and floats, 20 hours of playtime, charges your phone
Price: $169.99 $249.99 (save $80.00, 32% off)
Where to buy: Buy on Amazon

5. Apple AirPods Max 2

Apple’s over-ear flagship rarely moves, so a hundred off is worth a look. The Max 2 is $449.99 against $549.00, running the H2 chip.

Midnight is one of five finishes, and every one of them is the same price this week

The design carries over what worked: a knit-mesh canopy that spreads the weight across your head, memory foam cushions, and spatial audio with dynamic head tracking built in.

Live Translation is the new party trick: hold the listening mode button and it translates whoever is speaking in front of you. Five finishes share the cut.

Apple AirPods Max 2
H2 chip, stronger noise cancellation, spatial audio
Price: $449.99 $549.00 (save $99.01, 18% off)
Where to buy: Buy on Amazon

6. Apple AirTag (2nd Generation)

The second-generation AirTag is $23.00 for one or $69.99 for the four-pack, and the four-pack is the buy: $17.50 a tag against the $99.00 list. Apple’s upgrades are the practical kind. Precision Finding range stretches up to 1.5 times farther. The speaker plays 50% louder, with a new chime.

The second generation finds from up to 1.5 times farther and plays 50% louder

Battery life runs past a year on a replaceable cell, and setup is the same one-tap pairing. Locations can be shared with contacts or airlines.

Keys, a wallet, the good suitcase: four tags cover things you’d tear the house apart for. Singles cover the one-thing losers.

Apple AirTag (2nd Generation), 1 pack
1.5x finding range, louder speaker
Price: $23.00 $29.00 (save $6.00, 21% off)
Where to buy: Buy on Amazon

Apple AirTag (2nd Generation), 4 pack
Four trackers on the Find My network
Price: $69.99 $99.00 (save $29.01, 29% off)
Where to buy: Buy on Amazon

7. Levoit Vital 200S-P

Plain talk first: 11% isn’t a Black Friday discount, and nobody here is dressing it up as one. The Vital 200S-P is $169.96 against $189.99.

What keeps it on this list anyway is the machine itself: an AHAM VERIFIDE purifier rated for rooms up to 1,875 square feet.

The Vital 200S-P pulls air through a U-shaped inlet that wraps the front and sides

The inlet wraps the front and sides, pulling air from more directions than a flat-front box. Bedroom mode runs at 27 decibels. The app tracks filter life, and Alexa handles voice control.

Buying one this month regardless? Twenty off is twenty off, and it spends like cash anywhere. Waiting for a dramatic cut instead? Keep waiting.

Levoit Vital 200S-P
AHAM VERIFIDE up to 1,875 square feet, U-shaped inlet, quiet 27dB bedroom mode
Price: $169.96 $189.99 (save $20.03, 11% off)
Where to buy: Buy on Amazon

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