The Best Early Black Friday Deals From Walmart, Best Buy, Target, and Apple - The New York Times

You can thank the pandemic for Amazon Prime Day’s shift from mid-July to October 13 and 14 this year. And when Walmart, Best Buy, Target, and the like followed suit with their own sales, they kicked off an avalanche of holiday sales that will carry everyone right into December. So it’s kind of no big deal if you missed the good Prime Day sales (the Wirecutter Deals team found that less than 1% of the total deals scanned met our standards, anyway), because there’s plenty of shopping season left.

Our favorite early Black Friday deals

Dyson V8 Motorhead Cordless Stick Vacuum
Deal price: $230; street price: $350

The Dyson V8 Motorhead is a variant of the top pick in our guide to the best cordless stick vacuums. The V8 operates similarly to the V7 but has a longer battery life and more cleaning power. Typically, the V8 is more expensive than the V7, but we think this price drop makes now a good time to buy. Use your RedCard to save an additional 5%.

Read our review of the best cordless stick vacuums.

Apple Watch SE
Deal price: $230; street price: $280

As the new top pick in our guide to smartwatches for iPhone owners, the Apple Watch SE has a great screen, app selection, and battery life. This deal is a new low for this particular Apple Watch, and if you use your RedCard, you’ll be able to save an extra 5%. Act fast if the SE tops your wish list, though: This deal is selling quickly.

Read our review of the best smartwatches for iPhone owners.

Instant Pot Duo Nova 6-Quart
Deal price: $60; street price: $100

The Instant Pot Duo Nova 6-Quart is a variation of our top pick in our guide to the best electric pressure cookers. It’s very similar to our top pick but has a larger LCD screen and an automatically sealing lid. Usually the more expensive of the two models, the Duo Nova is now on sale for $60, making it quite affordable.

Read our review of the best Instant Pots.

Amazon Echo Show 5
Deal price: $45; street price: $75

Using the Amazon Echo Show 5 smart display on your nightstand is a great alternative to using your phone as an alarm clock since it adjusts its screen brightness to the room’s lighting so it won’t keep you up at night. Now down to $45, this deal brings the Echo Show 5 back to the lowest price we’ve seen.

Read our review of the best smart displays.

Amazon Echo Dot Smart Speaker (3rd Gen)
Deal price: $19; street price: $35

The Echo Dot is the perfect choice for a beginner looking to dip their toe into the world of smart speakers. Though price drops on the Echo Dot are fairly common, this deal brings the smart speaker back down to the lowest price we’ve seen.

Read our review of the best Alexa speakers.

Bose QuietComfort 35 Series II Noise-Cancelling Headphones
Deal price: $200; street price: $300

The Bose QuietComfort 35 Series II Noise-Cancelling Headphones offer great sound, comfort, and excellent noise-cancelling abilities (though you won’t be able to adjust the level of noise cancellation). These over-ear headphones are currently down to $200 in black, silver, and rose gold.

Read our review and our discussion of the pros and cons of Bose noise-cancelling headphones.

Instant Pot Viva 6-quart (black stainless only)
Deal price: $50; street price: $100

There’s not much you can’t do with an Instant Pot, and that makes it one of the most versatile tools a home cook can have in their kitchen. The 6-quart Instant Pot Viva is a variant of our top pick, the Instant Pot Duo, but our guide writers and editors say that it’s very similar to the Duo. The most notable difference is that the Viva has an “easy seal” lid, which handles the job automatically instead of requiring you to seal the lid manually, whereas the Duo does not.

Read our review of the best Instant Pots.

Eufy RoboVac 25C
Deal price: $99; street price: $200

If you’re working with a tighter budget (or if you’re just trying to build a fleet of robot butlers), the Eufy RoboVac 25C is a good option. On sale for $99, this robot vacuum is a variant of our budget pick, the Eufy RoboVac 11S. If you have any qualms about buying a variant as opposed to a Wirecutter pick, let our appliance expert, senior staff writer Liam McCabe, soothe your nerves: “It’s the same damn robot.”

Read our review of the best robot vacuums.

Perfect Fitness Multi-Gym Pro Pull-Up Bar
Deal price: $25; street price: $35

Not only is this the first deal we’ve spotted on the Multi-Gym Pro Pull-Up Bar since January, but it’s also down to a new all-time low. As our top pick for the best pull-up bar, the Multi-Gym Pro is easy to install, fits a wide variety of doorways, and won’t wreck your doorframe.

Read our review of the best pull-up bars.

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