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Black Friday is in full swing, but you don’t have to spend four figures to feel like you’ve gotten a great deal. Great gadgets, including the current-generation Kindle and AirPods 4 with ANC, are on sale for less than $100. Heck, you can get a subscription bundle that includes the ad-supported tiers of Hulu and Disney Plus that’ll only set you back $60 for the whole year.
If you’re the type of person who plans ahead, and wants to get a little healthier and move a little more in 2026, the Amazfit Active 2 Sport (aka our favorite fitness tracker) is sitting at its all-time low. It’s great to feel like you’ve scored a great deal without spending a lot, and it doesn’t hurt that our recommendations are also great gifts!
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The Amazfit Active 2 Sport was already a great value at its $99.99 MSRP, but we’re even more confident in recommending it while Amazon, Best Buy, and Target have marked it down to a new all-time low of $79.99 ($20 off). The surprisingly stylish smartwatch has a bright OLED display, was comfortable enough for our reviewer to wear 24/7, and routinely lasted eight to nine days per charge.
It can record your activity, heart rate, sleep, and has over 160 sports modes to accurately record your workouts. Zepp Coach, the free training software built into the watch, can create a custom running schedule based on your goals (running a 5K for example). Surprisingly, its GPS and heart rate tracking was similar in accuracy to the Apple Wash Ultra 2 in our tests, and its sleep tracking stacked up nicely with the Oura Ring 4. Read our review.
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$99.99 $79.99 20% off Prices taken at time of publishing. |
The Amazfit Active 2 has an OLED display, and is comparable to the Apple Watch Ultra 2 and Oura Ring 4 in certain respects. It also looks way nicer than you’d expect. |
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Both Disney Plus and Hulu have such deep catalogs of TV shows and movies that it’d take a lifetime to get through them, but a bundle comprising the ad-supported version of both is currently $4.99 per month ($8 off) for an entire year. You end up saving $96 over the year, which isn’t too shabby. If you’re unsure of what to watch (remembering which shows are on which services gets confusing), I recommend the reboot of King of the Hill and remastered Beatles Anthology.
You can also check out Fantastic 4: First Steps, Freakier Friday, Bluey, Only Murders in the Building, and Alien Earth, to name a few. If you’d like to download these shows and movies for offline viewing (helpful if you want to binge watch them over the holidays) you’ll need to spring for an ad-free bundle of these services, which is also on sale for $14.99 ($5 off) per month for a year.
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$5.99 $12.99 61% off Prices taken at time of publishing. |
The two-service bundle allows you to stream thousands of episodes of TV and movies on your smartphone, tablet, computer, or media streamer for well under $10 per month. |
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Amazon’s 11th-generation Kindle is our favorite budget e-reader, and it allows you to take an entire library of books with you. Right now, the ad-supported model is down to $79.99 ($30 off) at Amazon, Best Buy, and Target. The latest Kindle has 16GB of storage, which is enough space to hold thousands of books, and a 6-inch 300ppi E Ink display that’s comfortable to read even when you’re sitting in the direct sunlight.
The battery lasts up to six weeks, but will run out of juice more quickly if you regularly use its front light at full brightness to read in the dark. If you prefer audiobooks, you can download titles from your Audible library and stream them to Bluetooth headphones or speakers. Just be mindful that audiobooks eat up a lot more space than books. |
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$79.99 $109.99 20% off
Prices taken at time of publishing. |
The 11th-generation Kindle is the ideal budget e-reader because of its long battery, sharp-looking display, and direct access to Amazon’s digital bookstore. |
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🎧 The AirPods 4 with ANC are Apple’s latest non-Pro earbuds, and they’re currently $99.99 ($80 off) at Target. The earbuds have a hardshell design, which may fit more comfortably in your ears than gummy tips, and we were impressed by both their balanced sound and active noise cancellation performance. The ANC can’t stack up to what you’d get with premium gummy-tip earbuds, but it can block out a lot of sound when you’re listening to music at a moderate volume. The buds should last about four hours with ANC enabled, while their charging case provides 16 more hours of juice. Read our review.
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🎎 Lego’s Technic NASA Mars Rover set lets you keep a spacecraft on the shelf or your desk, and Amazon has discounted it to $69.99 ($30 off), an all-time low. The 1,132-piece set includes the rover itself and a model of the Ingenuity helicopter. The rover can be steered 360 degrees, and its arms can move. A companion AR app overlays a space scene onto your floor or other surface, and you can use it to learn more about different components of the rover. The kit also includes a power unit, antennae, cameras, and scientific instruments.
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🔋 Anker’s Laptop Battery is on sale for $87.99 ($47 off) at Amazon, Best Buy, and from Anker’s storefront. It can help prevent your gadgets from running out of power even if you leave your charging cables at home. The 25,000mAh power bank has two built-in USB-C cables along with a USB-C and USB-A port. Its USB-C cables and port can output up to 100W, which is enough power to refill a 16-inch MacBook Pro’s battery from zero to 50 percent in a little over half an hour. A built-in screen shows you its current power output and charge.
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If you need a quality laptop, now’s your chance to save as much as possible. |
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We found deals on our go-to Xbox controller, speakers, and a surprisingly great pair of noise-canceling earbuds. |
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Build your own Christmas decorations, roller-coasters, and battle droids with these Lego sets — or recreate a classic car with Mattel’s kit. |
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