Here are the best “early Black Friday” deals we’re seeing this weekend [Updated]

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Update (11/6/21 9:00am EDT): For this weekend’s Dealmaster roundup, we’ve updated our list of the best offers we can find from the various “early Black Friday” sales going on at Amazon, Best Buy, Target, and other retailers this week. We’ve ensured that the prices of our curated picks are all up to date, and we’ve added a few new offers, marked below by the “NEW” tag.

Our additions include a joint-lowest price on Amazon’s latest Fire HD 10 tablet, which we recommend for those on a budget who want a large-screen tablet for casual media consumption. It’s down to $100. Meanwhile, the PS5 and PS4 versions of Hades, our 2020 game of the year, are available for a new low of $20. A couple of HyperX gaming headsets we like, the Cloud Alpha and budget-friendly Cloud Stinger, are also down to lower-than-usual prices at $60 and $30, respectively. We’ve also got an all-time low on the Sky Blue version of Apple’s high-performing AirPods Max noise-canceling headphones, discounts on Amazon’s Kindle Unlimited and Music Unlimited services, a good price on a well-reviewed Lenovo Chromebook, and a new low on an excellent gaming chair from AndaSeat. You can find all these offers, along with a refreshed version of our original roundup, below.

Original post (11/1/2021 6:30pm EDT): With each passing year, “Black Friday” becomes more and more like “Black November.” What used to be a single weekend of sales has increasingly stretched out to weeks of breathless promotions. Much to the dismay of the Dealmaster’s work-life balance, this trend is not stopping any time soon. So, right on cue, retailers such as Amazon and Best Buy have already started to roll out so-called “early Black Friday” events that promise to offer the same discounts that’ll be available at the end of the month.