The best Black Friday 2025 deals in the UK on the products we love, from window vacs to sunrise alarms

Like Christmas Day, Black Friday has long since ceased to be a mere “day”. Yuletide now seems to start roughly when Strictly does, and Black Friday seemed to kick off around Halloween. But now, at last, we’ve reached the day that puts the “Friday” into Black Friday.

Black Friday is a devil worth dancing with if you want to save money on products you’ve had your eye on. Some of the Filter’s favourite items spent most of November floating around at prices clearly designed to make them sell out fast. Other deals have been kept back until now, and some won’t even land until the daftly named Cyber Monday (1 December).

As ever, we’d encourage you not to buy anything unless you really need it and have the budget to do so – read our advice on how to shop smartly.

Here’s our fully updated guide to the best genuine Black Friday bargains on the Filter’s favourites, from Anker battery packs to KidiZoom cameras via the espresso machine you loved more than any other product this year.

For more, read the best Black Friday deals under £50 and the best PS5, Xbox and Nintendo Switch 2 deals

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How we selected these deals (and excluded others)

The key to shopping smart on Black Friday, Cyber Monday or any discount event is to know what you want – and we’re here to help you target the good stuff. We’ve tested thousands of products at the Filter in 2025 and warmly recommended hundreds of them, including many that have genuinely good Black Friday discounts.

Instead of listing price cuts on all the products we’ve featured, we’ve focused on the things you’ve liked the most this year, and looked for deals that undercut their long-term average prices by a significant amount. Ideally, their Black Friday price will be their lowest of the year.

We don’t take retailers at their word on discount size, either. Amazon may say it’s “70%” off the RRP, but we study the price history of every item using independent tools such as the Camelizer to find out how generous a discount really is. If an item’s price has been all over the place in 2025, we’ll give the average price below instead of a “was …” price, so you can judge how good a deal it is.

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The best Black Friday deals on the Filter’s favourite products

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The best home and mattress deals

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The best artificial Christmas tree

Habitat 6ft mixed top upswept Christmas tree, £84 (was £120)

£84 (with code XMAS30) at Argos

Habitat’s gloriously lifelike and easy-to-assemble tree topped our test to find the best artificial Christmas trees, and as December rattles towards us it’s inevitably discounted for Black Friday. The code XMAS30 will get you 30% (£36) off.

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Heated fleece throw

Silentnight luxury heated throw, from £36 (was £45)

£36 at Boots £38.25 at Amazon

One of Amazon’s best sellers this Black Friday but 25p cheaper at Boots, Silentnight’s toasty fleece blanket was one of the lighter and thinner options in our best heated throws roundup. That makes this 120 x 160cm throw ideal for wrapping around yourself (and no-one else) on the sofa as the evenings grow ever colder.

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Smart baby monitor

Owlet Dream Sock, from £199 (was £299)

£199.99 at John Lewis £199 at Amazon

Owlet’s feature-packed smartphone-compatible baby monitor was one of the favourite baby products when we spoke to parents last year. If you’d rather not give your £199 to Amazon, John Lewis is only 99p more.

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The best combination steam cleaner

Vax Steam Fresh Total Home mop, from £84 (was £160)

£84 at Currys £84 at Amazon

Emerging from Stuart Andrews’ best steam cleaners test as the “best combination cleaner”, Vax’s versatile mop proved easy and effective to use on multiple surfaces and tight corners. The handheld bit detaches easily from the body then slots back in when needed, and you get an array of brushes, scrapers, pads and nozzles. This dirt-blitzing package has dropped more than 40% at Currys and Amazon.

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Smart wake-up and reading light

Philips SmartSleep sleep and wake-up light, £139.99 (avg £179.61)

£139.99 at Philips £139.99 at Amazon

When testing products for his guide to the best sunrise alarm clocks, our writer Pete Wise was struck by how well this one worked as a reading light. “Even when a bright setting is selected, the light seems relatively mellow and restful,” wrote Pete, who also liked the range of alarm sounds and audio input option. He found it a little too expensive, however – and it’s still north of £100, but somewhat less so.

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The best heated clothes airer

Dry:Soon Deluxe heated airer, £159.99 (was £199.99)

£159.99 at Lakeland £159.99 at Amazon

A heated airer dries your clothes fast enough to avoid the dreaded stink of slow-dried laundry, and without the cost or noise of a tumble dryer. Lakeland’s three-tier heated airer – the top performer in our heated airers test – has proved enduringly popular with the Filter’s readers, and is now at its lowest price ever. Lakeland has also dropped the price of the airer with cover to £195.98 for Black Friday.

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The best hybrid mattress

Otty Original Hybrid double, £ 533.58with code THEFILTER7 (was £647.99)

£533.58 with code at Otty

The most comfortable and supportive foam-and-springs hybrid of all the mattresses we’ve tested, the Otty already came at an impressive price of £647.99 for a double, but the Filter’s exclusive code gives you a small but perfectly welcome additional 7% off for Black Friday. For a deeper dive into this cosy mattress, read our Otty Original Hybrid review (spoiler: it gets five stars).

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Sunrise alarm clock

£29.99 at Amazon £37.49 at Boots

Lumie Sunrise Alarm, from £29.99 (was £49)

One of your favourite Filter recommendations of the year, this gentle sunrise alarm clock will wake you up with kittens purring, birdsong, gently brightening light – or a plain old alarm sound if you prefer. It’s been around for a few years and saw a price hike in 2022 (cost-of-waking-up crisis?) before settling at just under £50 from most retailers, so this is a deal worth grabbing.

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Simba Pro hybrid mattress

Simba Hybrid Pro king size, £948.27 (was £1,299)

£948.27 at Simba

Mattress “discounts” may seem to be a 24/7/365 thing, but UK watchdogs have given companies short shrift over money-off claims that aren’t all they seem. We’ve certainly noticed Simba playing by the rules lately, and its current 30%-off sale is the first we’ve seen in months. The excellent Simba Hybrid Pro, another of our best mattresses, is now hundreds of pounds cheaper in all sizes, from single (now £599.25) to super king (now £1,091.22).

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Wool mattress topper

Woolroom Deluxe wool topper (double), from £162.49 (was £174.99)

£162.49 at Amazon £165.74 at the Woolroom

The sustainably sourced wool in Woolroom’s bedding is a hypoallergenic temperature regulator, helping to keep you warm in winter and cool on hotter nights. The company’s deluxe mattress topper adds a touch of softness to a too-hard mattress, and is one of the easiest toppers we tested to move and store. Woolroom’s 35% isn’t quite as big a discount as Amazon’s, but it applies to everything on its site, including duvets, mattresses and linens.

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Powerful pressure washer

Bosch UniversalAquatak 135 high pressure washer, £117.99 (was £209)

£117.99 at Amazon £135 at Currys

Blitz the gunk from your patio, decking, gutters and any flat surface you find yourself unable to resist pointing the nozzle at. Our writer Andy Shaw found the UniversalAquatak to be the most powerful of all the pressure washers he tested, and he thought its price was reasonable too. It’s now even cheaper for Black Friday, with its price dropping down to under £120.

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Shark vacuum cleaner

Shark PowerDetect vacuum, £314 (was £549)

£314 at Shark £314 at Amazon

A vacuum cleaner that empties itself? Yes please, said our writer Andy Shaw in his roundup of the best cordless vacuum cleaners – and you agreed, making Shark’s ingenious and powerful cordless cleaner one of your favourite products of the year. Vacuums that look after themselves don’t come cheap, and it’s great to see this one heavily discounted at Shark’s own website as well as at Amazon.

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The best robot vacuum cleaner

Eufy X10 Pro Omni, £499 (was £579)

£499 at Amazon £499 at Argos

You wait a lifetime for a self-emptying vacuum cleaner, then Black Friday brings you two at once. The Eufy X10 was named “best overall” by Stuart Andrews in his guide to the best robot vacuums, and it’s already one of the fastest-selling items in Amazon’s Black Friday sale. Its price cut isn’t quite the 38% Amazon suggests, because it cost £579 throughout 2025, but this is still a legitimately good deal.

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Damp-destroying dehumidifier

ProBreeze dehumidifier, from £151.99 (was £189.99)

£151.99 at Amazon £159.49 at ProBreeze

This “workhorse”, which “extracted moisture powerfully” in our best dehumidifiers test, has tumbled to its lowest price of the year (except for a few days in May, because no one buys dehumidifiers in May). If the recent cold snap gave you the condensation blues, here’s your chance to snap up the ProBreeze for a chunk below its average Amazon price of just over £180.

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Microchip cat flap

SureFlap microchip cat flap, from £55.99 (was £61.99)

£56 at Currys £55.99 at Amazon

Let your cat (and only your cat) come and go without the risk of the neighbourhood Billy Six Dinners sneaking in through the flap. One of our top cat essentials, the SureFlap hasn’t been this cheap at Amazon since 2023, and Currys is only a penny behind. The moggie-tracking Connect version is also discounted at £119.99 – its lowest price since 2022.

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Cuddly heated throw

Beurer HD150 heated throw, £79.99 (was £84.99)

£79.99 at Amazon £79.99 at Beurer

Beurer’s “soft and sumptuous” fleece blanket was crowned “best throw overall” in our guide to the best electric blankets thanks to its ability to get toasty fast without using much energy. A fiver off is not a massive discount, but this is its cheapest recent price on Amazon, where it normally costs £84.99. Beurer has now matched Amazon’s Black Friday price, dropping from £94.99 to £79.99.

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Google video doorbell

Google Nest doorbell, from £119.98 (was £179.99)

£119.98 at Amazon £129 at Currys

Sort the cold-callers from the welcome visitors when they’re still metres away from your front door, with this outstanding battery-powered doorbell that crashes to its lowest price since Black Friday 2023. Andy Shaw named it the best video doorbell overall, but lamented that you also have to fork out for a Nest Aware subscription at £80 a year to save recordings.

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Subscription-free video doorbell

Tapo D235 video doorbell camera, from £79.99 (avg £101)

£79.99 at Amazon £89.99 at Hughes

The Tapo doorbell camera from router giant TP-link emerged as a fine mid-range choice in Andy Shaw’s test to find the best video doorbell, thanks to its good picture quality and ability to record video locally on a microSD card. With more than £30 shaved off Amazon’s average price for the camera, it’s now an even more reasonable buy.

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Budget electric blanket

Slumberdown Sleepy Nights electric blanket, king size, from £30.59 (was £45.99)

£30.59 at Amazon £34.20 at Slumberdown

This Slumberdown Sleepy Nights performed admirably in Emily Peck’s test of the best electric blankets, heating quickly to a temperature that was comfortable to keep our reviewer warm through the night. It also has elasticated fitted straps to make fitment easy, and comes in a variety of sizes to suit your bed size. It’s the king-size one that’s been discounted.

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Subscription-free video doorbell

Eufy Security doorbell E340, £74.99 (avg £151.29)

£74.99 at Amazon

Lots of video doorbells and home surveillance systems come with a recurring subscription to access some of their features, which you may wish to avoid. If so, then the Eufy Video Doorbell E340 was Andy Shaw’s pick in his testing of the best video doorbells out there. He liked the E340 precisely because of its dual camera setup to make keeping an eye on parcels a breeze, plus the onboard storage to stick it to cloud storage. Reliability of movement detection needed some work, though. At £74.99 from Amazon, it’s also at its lowest price ever this Black Friday from the big online retailer.

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The best tech deals

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Roku’s best streaming stick

Roku 4K Streaming Stick Plus, £24.99 (was £39.99)

£24.99 at Argos £24.99 at Currys

A new streaming stick is a much easier and more future-proof way of upgrading your streaming experience than buying a new smart TV, and you can replace it far more cheaply when needed. Just plug the Roku into your TV’s USB port to get access to any streaming service you desire (well, any supported by Roku, which is most of them) in 4K ultra-high-definition. At £25 this is an absolute steal.

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Amazon TV streaming stick

Amazon Fire TV Stick 4K, £19.99 (was £49.99)

£19.99 at Amazon

Surprise surprise, Amazon has undercut Roku with a massive Black Friday discount on the latest version of its own streaming stick. If you have other Alexa-based smart home devices, this may be a better choice for you than Roku, but they both support a huge number of streaming services including iPlayer, Netflix, Disney+ and the rest.

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Instant film camera

Fujifilm Instax Mini 12, from £69 (was £79.99)

£69 at John Lewis £69.99 at Argos

Relive the joy of instant Polaroid-style photos that come to life in your hand with this cute pastel-coloured camera from Fujifilm. It’s not wildly cheap given that companies like Snapfish let you print your phone photos for next to nothing, but it’s a serious thrill for youngsters, who chose it as one of the best gifts for 13-year-olds. Picture quality is very good, and there’s even a built-in mirror for selfies.

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Child-friendly camera “phone”

KidiZoom Snap Touch 5MP camera, from £42.49 (avg £59.23)

£42.49 at Amazon

“Can I have a smartphone for Christmas?” are the seven little words every parent of a six-year-old really doesn’t want to hear in November. Here’s a brilliant compromise solution: a fully-functional camera in a touchscreen device so your child can take photos, record videos, play games, listen to music, make voice recordings and even send messages to nearby friends via Bluetooth. It’s just not a smartphone – and it’s much cheaper than one.

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Silk sleep headphones

Snoozeband Silk, £84 (was £99)

£84 at Snoozeband

Block out the world and drift off to whatever music, podcast or white noise you choose with this comfy silk sleep mask that incorporates flat Bluetooth speakers for pairing with your phone. It impressed our writer Jane Hoskyn in her mission to find sleep aids that actually work, but she found it a little pricey – so this discount is very welcome, and makes the Snoozeband an even better Christmas gift idea.

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Running watch with Spotify

Garmin Forerunner 165 Music smartwatch, £208.05 (was £289)

£208.05 at John Lewis £208.05 at Amazon

One of our favourite fitness tech gadgets, Garmin’s GPS smartwatch can’t run a marathon for you, but it sure can help ease the pain with its pace-tracking tools, offline Spotify support and 19-hour battery life. John Lewis and Amazon are both offering this deal on the aqua green edition of the watch, now at its lowest price ever.

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Professional DJ headphones

AiAiAi Audio TMA-2 DJ headphones, £124.94 (was £159)

£124.94 at Amazon

Many headphones claim to be pro or DJ-level, but this modular set is a favourite with actual DJs. DJ and producer Sophie Lloyd told the Filter’s Kate Hutchinson that she loves the sound quality, size and durability of these phones, adding that their modular design means “you can buy a new lead or earpieces separately, which is essential when you’re using them all the time”. This Black Friday deal takes them to their lowest price of 2025.

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Portable Bluetooth speaker

Bose SoundLink Flex 2nd gen, £108.95 (was £149.95)

£108.95 at John Lewis £108.95 at Amazon

This fab portable speaker boasts 12-hour battery life, durability and a range of swish colours, making it a must-have for university life and beyond. It’s a superb piece of kit for the price, with excellent sound quality, nine-metre Bluetooth connectivity and smart TV support.

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The best kitchen deals

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Affordable Morphy Richards slow cooker

Morphy Richards 3.5l slow cooker, from £24 (was £34.99)

£34.99 at Morphy Richards £24 at Amazon

Our writer Joanne Gould chose Morphy Richards’ ceramic 3.5l model as one of her top budget-friendly slow cookers, and this Black Friday deal makes it an even more pocket-friendly purchase. It’s also pocket-sized compared with some of the 7l and 8l beasts you can buy, but it happily accommodated 500g of potatoes, half a lamb shoulder and various vegetables in Joanne’s test.

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Ninja assisted barista coffee machine

Ninja Cafe Luxe ES601UK, from £435 (was £549)

£435 at Amazon £439.99 at Argos

Having cornered the market in air fryers, Ninja now has its eye on all your kitchen needs, starting with your morning coffee – however you take it, from cold brew to latte. The “sublime espresso”, “ingenious milk frother” and Barista Assist feature of the Ninja Luxe impressed our writer Sasha Muller enough to win it a place in the best espresso machines and best coffee machines, where Sasha noted that “you get a lot for your money” even at full price.

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Great value kettle

Kenwood Ripple Kettle, from £27 (was £39.99)

£27 at Currys £27 at John Lewis £29 at Amazon

The best budget kettle in Rachel’s best kettles test, the handsome Kenwood looks more expensive than even its RRP suggests, and impresses with a wide pouring spout, single-cup boil and two water windows. Currys has the best Black Friday deal so far, with the white edition dropping to a bargain £27. At John Lewis it’s £28 for white or eggshell blue, while the Amazon deal is for midnight black.

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Guinness draught pourer

Guinness Nitrosurge device, £19.99 (was £30)

£19.99 at Amazon

This curious-looking device is a widget on steroids. It brings the nitro beer effect to your Guinness at home, enabling you to pour the black stuff in two-part draught style, just like any good bartender. It’s a brilliant Christmas gift idea, now with a third wiped off its price … so, sincere apologies if you bought it last week when we first recommended it. Note you’ll need to buy special Nitrosurge Guinness too, but that’s also in the Black Friday sale, at £16.50 for a pack of 10 one-pint cans.

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Versatile espresso maker

De’Longhi Stilosa espresso machine, £84.55 (was £89)

£84.55 at Amazon

The promise of “ludicrously tasty” espresso and “perfect microfoam for silky cappuccinos and flat whites” proved so irresistible that this was one of the Filter recommendations you loved most in 2025. Our writer Sasha Muller was already wowed by its affordability in his espresso machines test, and it’s rarely discounted at all, so we’re not too sad to see it drop just a few pounds for Black Friday.

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Capsule coffee machine

Philips L’or Barista Sublime, from £45 (avg £69.40)

£45 at John Lewis £47.99 at Amazon

The price of this sleek machine has bounced between £105 and about £60 since 2023, only ever dipping to £45 for Black Friday each year. Its compatibility, compactness and coffee impressed the Filter’s cuppa connoisseur, Sasha Muller, enough to be named “best capsule machine” in his bid to find the best coffee machines.

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Ninja air fryer

Ninja Double Stack XL, £188 (was £269.99)

£188 at Ninja £188 at Amazon

If you’re still holding out on buying an air fryer, here’s a rare chance to grab a big-name, big-capacity Ninja without the big price tag. Not quite so big, anyway. Rachel Ogden named the Double Stack XL “best compact air fryer” in her guide to the best air fryers, but with its 9.5lL capacity and four cooking levels, this thing can cook a lot. Still not cheap, but far below its average price of £229.

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The best blender

Braun PowerBlend 9, £140 (was £199)

£140 at Amazon £140 at AO

You can spend about £500 on a premium blender, but this superb model from Braun costs below £200 even at full price – something our best blenders tester, Rachel Ogden, could hardly believe when she named it “best overall”. Hold on to your smoothie, Rachel, because it’s now less than £150, and not just at Amazon.

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Tefal air fryer

Tefal Easy Fry Dual XXL, from £119 (was £199.99)

£119 at Argos £119.99 at Amazon

Tefal is known mostly for its ActiFry tech, so when Rachel Ogden crowned the Tefal Easy Fry Dual XXL as the best air fryer, it made sense. She found it to be a sublime all-rounder in her testing, handling both chips and frozen food very well. With an 11-litre capacity, it’s also Tefal’s largest dual zone air fryer, making it handy for cooking a lot of food for larger families when you need to.

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The best kettle we’ve tested

Bosch Sky kettle, £64.99 (avg £85.38)

£64.99 at John Lewis £64.99 at Amazon

Crowned overall winner in Rachel Ogden’s missions to find the best kettles, this Bosch beauty now comes at a price offer you can’t refuse – and not just from Amazon. “A brilliant blend of robust form and function” wrote Rachel of this fashionably industrial-looking kettle, whose features include a low minimum boil (300ml), keep-warm setting and touch controls. Now its lowest price ever, in white or black.

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The best personal care and beauty deals

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Amazon’s smart alarm clock

Echo Spot (newest gen) smart alarm clock, £44.99 (was £79.99)

£44.99 at Amazon

Sunrise alarm clocks have been some of your most liked products of the year, especially at their Black Friday prices, so Amazon’s getting in on the act with its own heavily-discounted version. With Wi-Fi, Alexa and support for Spotify and Apple, it’s a genuinely useful little gadget that always reaches its lowest price on Prime Day and Black Friday.

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Renpho massage gun

Renpho Reach massage gun with detachable handle, £34.06 (avg £44.79)

£34.06 at Amazon

Amazon has beaten its price-cutting rivals again with one of our favourite massage guns, but mainly because other retailers have moved onto the more expensive Renpho Reach 2. Sports Direct, for instance, doesn’t have the original Reach but has the Reach 2 for £104.99, £15 off its headline price. Maybe Amazon found some of the previous edition down the back of the sofa and decided to sell them off.

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Rechargeable hand warmers

Ocoopa portable hand warmers, from £16.99 (was £21.99)

From £16.99 at Amazon

Soothe frozen fingers effectively but slowly enough to avoid chilblains with these ingenious little devices, which featured in the Filter’s Christmas gift guide. This slim, lightweight pair of USB-chargeable warmers are tiny enough to fit in your pocket, then heat up fast when you need them. They’re even magnetic, so you can attach them to your magnetic phone case or keep them on your fridge door.

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The best beard trimmer

Philips Beard Trimmer 9000 Prestige, £89.99 (was £129.99)

£89.99 at Boots £89.99 at John Lewis

Prestige by name, prestige by performance, decided Edward Munn when testing them on his beard for his guide to the best beard trimmers. This magnificent-looking device has a simple scroll wheel to select trimming lengths from 0.4mm to 5mm, using its built-in metal comb and strong cutter. It’s even IPX7 waterproof-rated so you can take it in the shower. Excellent to see so many trusted retailers sharing the best Black Friday deal on this one.

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Premium beauty advent calendar

Boots beauty Advent calendar £127.50 (was £150)

£127.50 at Amazon

December might be just around the corner, but there’s still time to buy a beauty advent calendar. The Boots Beauty Advent calendar is our current top pick (after Cult Beauty and SpaceNK sold out) since it has a brilliant range of full size products, including the bestselling Drunk Elephant Protini Polypeptide cream, a mini MAC Velvet Teddy lip stick and a full-size Sol De Janeiro body spray. Surprisingly, it’s already discounted before the end of the month.

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An LED mask for all skin types

Shark CryoGlow face mask £237.60 (was £299)

£237.60 at Amazon £249 at John Lewis

LED face masks are this year’s most coveted beauty purchase – we tested 10 of the most popular light therapy masks this year and found the popular Shark Cryoglow lived up to the hype. It’s got daily targeted treatments for ‘better ageing’, ‘blemish repair’ and ‘skin sustain’, so there’s something to suit all ages and skin concerns. Sarah first tested this mask a year ago, and she has been using the mask religiously to help calm her breakouts. For £50 off, it’s an easy recommendation. When you buy it from Amazon, check the “apply £11.40 voucher” box to get the lower price.

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Budget-friendly hair dryer

Babyliss Hydro Fusion £27 (was £60)

£27 at Lookfantastic £27 at Amazon

Upgrading your hair dryer is one of Sarah Matthews’ biggest beauty tips, and if you don’t want to spend hundreds, this is her recommendation. It’s not the fastest money can buy but it has varied heat and speed settings, a precise concentrator nozzle and a diffuser for drying natural curls. It’s easily the best budget-friendly hair dryer, and it’s now the cheapest it’s ever been.

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Wet to dry multistyler

Shark FlexStyle £159 (was £269.99)

£159 at John Lewis

The Dyson Airwrap v Shark FlexStyle debate has been raging on for years now, with both manufacturers recently launching upgraded versions. The original Shark FlexStyle still holds up, with brilliant smoothing brushes, a versatile twisting design and good curling power if you’re willing to spend more time styling. Now’s a brilliant time to buy it for £159 – its lowest ever price.

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Water flosser

Waterpik Ultra Professional, from £59.99 (was £91)

£59.99 at Amazon £73 at Currys

Blast the gunk from your gums without having to grapple with floss. The Waterpik Ultra is a countertop model so it takes up more space than the cordless type, but this gives it more versatility and saw it score top marks with our water flosser tester Alan Martin. If you’d rather avoid Amazon, you can find it discounted by other retailers, albeit not by as much.

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The best IPL device

Philips Lumea 9900 BRI951/01, from £334.99 (avg £501.33)

£334.99 at Amazon £336 at John Lewis

IPL (intense pulsed light) hair remover devices promise to banish stubbly regrowth without the pain of waxing and epilation – at a price. The Philips Lumea 9900, Lise Smith’s pick for best IPL device overall, has cost as much as £599.99 for much of the year, and occasional discounts rarely go below £450. This deal shaves more than £160 off the average price of this model, which comes with four attachments.

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A bargain beauty Advent calendar

W7 Beauty Blast Advent calendar, £16.95 (was £19.95)

£16.95 at Amazon

Advent calendars are a Christmas staple, and we’ve seen lots of brands try to put a different spin on them in the past – beauty Advent calendars are some of the most prominent. This W7 Beauty Blast calendar provides excellent value for money at a deal-busting £16.95 from Amazon, especially as it provides genuinely useful products for most folks. The likes of the eyeshadows, primers, lip balms and such are travel-size, but apart from that, Sarah Matthews had little cause for complaint in her ranking of the best beauty Advent calendars.

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Best toys and games deals

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Classic dart board

Winmau Diamond Plus professional bristle dartboard, from £23.76 (avg £35.96)

£23.76 (board only) at Amazon £38 (with darts set) at Argos

Get in touch with your inner Luke Littler using this classic, professional and surprisingly affordable dart board, which featured in the Filter’s gift guide and is now available for under £25 in the Black Friday sale.

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Tetris-style board game

Blokus, from £10.99 (avg £19.51)

£10.99 at Amazon £12.99 at Very

Mattel’s strategy game for two to four players was recommended in our guide to keeping kids entertained in the summer holidays, and it’s even more useful now that it’s cold and dark. The game is like Tetris with a twist: players compete to fit together blocky coloured pieces on the board, while strategically blocking opponents. Amazon is determined to outdo other retailers on this one, cutting the price to its lowest since 2022.

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Simple but addictive card game

Flip 7, from £7.95 (was £9.99)

£7.95 at Zatu Games £8.48 at Amazon

This blackjack variant is one of those high-stakes card games that’s super easy to learn but fiendishly strategic and addictive, so it slotted perfectly into our gift guide and will help keep boredom at bay over Christmas. Zatu offers an additional 5% discount to students and healthcare workers.

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Uno, only more so

Uno Show ‘Em No Mercy, £5.99 (was £12.99)

£5.99 at John Lewis £5.99 at Amazon

Uno fans have more than 700 editions of the game to choose from, but the one that inspired our food columnist Yotam Ottolenghi to get out of the kitchen and recommend a non-edible Christmas present was this new version, which dials the ruthlessness up to 11 and will currently set you back just £5.99.

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Family board game that isn’t Monopoly

Azul tile laying game, £25.49 (avg £31.42)

£25.49 at Amazon

The Filter team recommended this pattern-building game as an “addictive” Father’s Day gift “guaranteed to be a hit”, but it’s far too good to leave to just the dads. It’s mercifully quick to learn and suitable for tweens and up, so you and your Christmas visitors can have a bout underway faster than you can say “read the instructions”. This is the first time its price has dropped much below £30 since 2023.

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Family card game

Dobble original, £6.99 (avg £9.16)

£6.99 at Amazon

Race to find the matching images in this popular observation game – one of our top tips for keeping kids entertained on long train journeys. You can mix things up with games-within-games such as “hot potato” and “catch them all”, and it’s versatile enough to suit any number of players from two to eight. This deal isn’t quite the 50% off that Amazon claims (its average price on the site is under £10), but this is its lowest price of 2025.

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EA Sports FC 26

EA Sports FC 26 for PS5, from £34.99 (was £69.99)

£34.99 at Amazon

EA’s FC 26 was released to great fanfare in September, and it’s proved to be one of Amazon’s best Black Friday sellers so far. As Ben Wilson explains in his four-star review, this versatile game is a sim offline and a whole other beast online, where it’s purely an esport with shots and goals prioritised over defending. Unusually, Amazon is beaten to the lowest price on this one – by the PlayStation Store, no less.

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Best outdoor deals

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Women’s running T-shirt

Under Armour UA Launch Elite women’s short sleeve top, from £12.83 (was £32)

From £12.83 at Amazon

Running gear is a great winter illustration of supply and demand economics. No-one wants to run outdoors wearing black in the dark, so the black edition of Under Armour’s sweat-wicking T-shirt gets the biggest reduction, to under £13 – making it an even better-value gift for the runner in your life. The high-vis yellow, meanwhile, remains a relatively costly £21.90.

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Road-to-trail running shoes

Merrell Women’s Morphlite gore-tex running shoes, from £60 (was £100)

£60 at Amazon £69 for members at Go Outdoors

Trail shoes can feel (and sound) like rubber clown shoes when you wear them on the pavement, which for most of us is the only way to get to the trails on foot. These shoes from Merrell, recommended by Lisa Buckingham in winter running essentials, bridge that gap with greater versatility. Amazon’s prices vary by colour; black and white is cheapest at £60, but a lovely pale cherry pair isn’t far off at £64.

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Winterproof Sealskinz socks

Sealskinz Raynham unisex socks, £25 (was £42)

£25 at Amazon £37.80 at Sealskinz

Let your toes breathe while keeping them warm and dry with these cold-weather Sealskinz socks, which have a breathable waterproof membrane and merino wool lining to make them among our favourite winter running gear. They’re still not particularly cheap, but this is their lowest price since 2023.

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The best city bike lock

Kryptonite Evolution Mini-7, £32.49 (was £44.99)

£32.49 at Amazon £44.68 at Halfords

The combination of U-lock, cable lock and higher-security disc-style cylinder make this Kryptonite set the best bike lock for anyone leaving their bike in cities and high-risk spots. Once again Amazon wins the Black Friday outdoor-gear price war by some way, but you can also buy this lock at a discount at Halfords and Tredz.

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Winter-proof beanie hat

Buff Thermonet Beanie, from £12.57 (was £21.95)

From £12.57 at Buff From £13.77 at Amazon

“The right headgear can save a run when the wind is blowing hard,” wrote LIsa Buckingham in her guide to the best winter running gear, noting that Buff’s Thermonet range of beanies are a great choice for men and women because they’re breathable and quick drying as well as reliably warm. It comes in various colours, with the black appropriately enough getting the biggest reductions for Black Friday.

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Fruity electrolyte fizzers

Science in Sport hydro electrolyte tablets, from £4.99 (was £7.50)

£4.99 at Amazon £5 at Holland & Barrett

Electrolyte supplements are a fitness essential because they replace the salts your body loses when you sweat. They can help rehydrate you in hot weather, too, so Lily Smith was wise to include them on her ultimate festival packing list. SiS’s tasty electrolyte fizzers can get pricey, so take this chance to stock up.

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Blackout tent for two

Coleman Darwin 2 plus blackout tent, from £64.74 (was £99.99)

£64.74 at Amazon £69.99 at Camping & General

The classic Coleman Darwin tent has a porch canopy that keeps the rain off your boots and other muddy stuff you’d rather leave outside, writes Tom Bruce in his camping essentials guide. It also provides a lovely link between indoors and outdoors. The tent comes in various sizes, but the best deal is on the two-plus blackout version, which claims to “block up to 99% of daylight” to stop you waking up at the crack of dawn.

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