I’m keeping a close eye on the biggest Black Friday discounts on low-cost products. Here’s the best stuff I found from top-rated brands like Apple, Beats, Razer, and Samsung.
Looking for stocking stuffers that won’t clean out your wallet? If you want to get in on Black Friday savings, but don’t have the budget for laptops, TVs, and other high-price products, I’ve got deals for you on earbuds, headphones, speakers, trackers, and much more. I’ll be updating this list of under-$100 deals through Cyber Monday, so check back for fresh sales and discounts on affordable gear.
For more deep discounts, check our editor-curated mega-post of the Black Friday deals in 15 key tech categories including PCs, TVs, headphones, smart home, and gaming gear.Best Under-$100 Black Friday DealsFitbit Inspire 3 Fitness Tracker Deal
The Fitbit Inspire 3 fitness tracker features a colorful screen with a legible interface, allowing you to effortlessly view your metrics while working out. It’s also waterproof and sports an impressive battery life, lasting up to 10 days on a single charge so your workouts won’t be interrupted.
Our consumer electronics managing editor, Angela Moscaritolo, awarded it an «Excellent» rating in our Fitbit Inspire 3 review. «With long battery life, a color touch screen, and all the basic activity and sleep features you need, the Fitbit Inspire 3 is the best fitness tracker you can get for under $100.» And with this Black Friday sale, it’s well below that price.Amazon Fire HD 10 Tablet Deal
The Amazon Fire HD 10 tablet allows you to stream apps and play games anywhere you’d like, and you can access services such as Amazon, ESPN, Netflix, and Hulu. With its compact form and battery life of up to 10 hours, it’s an easy tablet to carry around. It has an Echo Show mode, which basically turns the tablet into a smart display, which is a nice bonus. Alexa offers a hands-off experience and you can check the weather, time, and more. You can talk to Alexa without using your hands and see the weather forecast, time, trending topics, and more, making you more productive.
Mobile analyst Sarah Lord awarded it a «Good» rating. In our Amazon Fire HD 10 review, she said, «The 2023 Fire HD 10 offers the best blend of performance, price, and size in the Fire lineup, making it the best cheap tablet for most people as long as you don’t mind being locked into Amazon’s ecosystem.»PlayStation 5 DualSense Controller Deal
The PS5 DualSense controller features haptic feedback and adaptive triggers that help increase immersion during gaming. Whether it’s pulling back the drawstring on a bow or driving over rocky terrain, you’ll feel every environment and weapon. It has a built-in microphone that you can speak through to communicate with other players, and you can plug in a headset for clearer audio.
Will Greenwald awarded the premium version of this controller, the PS5 DualSense Edge, an «Excellent» rating. In our DualSense Edge review, he said, «The DualSense Edge is the best premium controller for the PlayStation 5, but its short battery life means you should keep a charging cable close by.»Amazon Fire TV Stick 4K Plus + Luna Controller Deal
The Amazon Fire TV Stick 4K Plus has a remote with dedicated service buttons for channels like Prime Video, DirecTV, Netflix, and Peacock, giving you easier access to your favorite shows. It also uses Wi-Fi 6E, which results in a blazingly fast and responsive connection. This bundle also gets you an Amazon Luna controller, and the cloud service contains big games like Assassin’s Creed Odyssey and Star Wars Jedi: Survivor.
Our expert awarded it an «Excellent» rating. In our Amazon Fire TV Stick 4K Plus review, he said, The second-generation Amazon Fire TV Stick 4K Plus adds Wi-Fi 6 to one of the best media streaming devices at the same affordable price as the previous model.Amazon Fire TV Cube Deal
A purely voice-controlled streamer, the Amazon Fire TV Cube is unique among media streaming devices. It’s faster than the Amazon Fire TV Stick Max, can output video up to 4K and 60fps, and supports HDR content in Dolby Vision, HDR10, and HDR10+. Plus, there’s no remote control to lose.
Our expert Will Greenwald awarded it an «Excellent» rating in our Amazon Fire TV Cube review. «The Amazon Fire TV Cube remains one of the most capable media streamers on the market thanks to its hands-free Alexa voice control, and the third-generation model adds Wi-Fi 6E and HDMI pass-through», he said.Apple Pencil Pro Deal
The Apple Pencil Pro is a handy stylus for artists and students alike to use with their iPads. The new squeeze gesture is particular useful for artists, and the haptic feedback feels responsive to help confirm your actions. It’s also supported by Apple’s Find My network, meaning that if you lose it, you can track it down and retrieve it. While it only works with the latest iPads, particularly the ones with M2, M3, M4, and M5 chips, along with the iPad mini (A17 Pro), it’s by far the best stylus for them.
Managing editor Eric Zeman awarded it an «Outstanding» rating. In our Apple Pencil Pro review, he said, «The Apple Pencil Pro is the stylus that serious artists and creators should get for the latest iPad Pro or iPad Air thanks to its advanced writing features and controls.»Beats Pill Speaker Deal
The portable Beats Pill wireless speaker delivers the strong bass-forward sound that the brand is known for. It boasts up to 24 hours of battery life and carries an IP67 rating, meaning it’s dust- and water-resistant. If you pair two of these mono speakers together, you can either enter Amplify Mode for louder playback or Stereo Mode for a left-right channel spread.
Our audio expert Tim Gideon awarded the Pill an «Excellent» rating, writing, «The durable, feature-rich, and stylish Beats Pill speaker delivers impressive bass for its size and costs much less than the original.»Apple AirPods 4 Deal
The comfortable AirPods 4 earbuds fit snugly in your ears, ensuring they stay in place, and boast spatial audio integration to enhance your listening experience. You can get up to five hours of listening time on a single charge, or a total of 30 hours with the charging case. They’re rated IP54, meaning they’re dust-, sweat-, and water-resistant, so perfect for working out or hiking.
In his review, our audio expert Tim Gideon awarded them an «Excellent» rating, saying the AirPods 4 «offer exceptional audio performance for an open-ear design.»Beats Studio Buds Deal
The Beats Studio Buds are wireless earbuds that deliver impressive noise cancelling and support spatial audio. They also come in three different eartip sizes, allowing you to choose the ones that are most comfortable and secure. The earbuds offer eight hours of listening time, with an additional 24 hours of playback time when used with the charging case, ensuring that your listening sessions won’t end prematurely. They also feature an IPX4 rating, meaning they’re sweat and water-resistant, allowing you to go worry-free during workouts and in light rain.
PCMag’s audio expert, Tim Gideon, awarded them a «Good» rating. He said in our Beats Studio Buds review: «From an audio standpoint, the Studio Buds deliver a powerful, bass-forward experience, and manage to keep the highs crisp. Noise cancellation is decent, but you definitely get what you pay for.»JBL SoundGear Sense Open Ear Headphones Deal
Open-ear headphones are becoming popular due to the fact that they can keep you aware of your surroundings while listening to your audio. The JBL SoundGear Sense headphones include 16.2mm drivers that deliver bass boosting sound to enhance your immersion. They’re rated IP54, meaning that they’re dust and water resistant, making them durable. The ear hooks keep the headphones in place, and there’s also headband included that offers additional stability so they stay secure on your head.
Audio expert Tim Gideon awarded it a «Good» rating. In our JBL SoundGear Sense review, he said, «The JBL Soundgear Sense earbuds fit comfortably and let you hear everything in your environment, but some open-ear competitors produce better bass.»Samsung Galaxy Buds FE Deal
The Samsung Galaxy Buds FE offer solid noise cancellation tech that can drown out background noise so that you can focus on what you want to hear.
