Early Black Friday deals are here – follow live

We’re rounding up the best offers and discounts from brands we’ve tested and loved (The Independent)Black Friday 2022 is still weeks away, but plenty of brands and retailers are already dropping early deals ahead of the biggest sale event of the year.The shopping bonanza sees all of your favourite retailers, including Currys, Argos, John Lewis & Partners, Boots and Amazon slash the price of everything from TVs, Nintendo Switch consoles and gaming to beauty, home appliances and kids’ toys. There’s no better time to find a deal and sort out your Christmas shopping.To help you find the best bargains during Black Friday, our crack team of IndyBest deal-hunters will reveal the best deals as they drop – whether that’s on Dyson vacuum cleaners or Ninja air fryers. Happy shopping!Read more:1667899206Hello there! If you were with us yesterday, welcome back. If you’re new to the IndyBest Black Friday liveblog, hello and welcome!We’ll be sharing the best early Black Friday deals, while answering all your burning questions about the mammoth shopping event – so you’ll know what’s what when it comes to finding a whopping air fryer deal or whatever it may be. Let’s go…Lois Borny8 November 2022 09:201667858436That’s all from us today! We’ll be back bright and early to share some more of our favourite Black Friday deals this month. In the meantime, you can follow our individual guides to help you find the best sales. Here’s the full list of every guide, whether you’re looking for good deals on energy-saving home appliances, gaming or somewhere in between. We’ll be keeping these up to date with new offers and discounts as Black Friday slowly approaches.How to get the best Black Friday deals this year – when the sale starts and how to prepareBest Black Friday tech deals – whether it’s noise-cancelling headphones, tablets or a smartwatch, these are the offers to expectBest Black Friday home appliances deals – upgrade your vacuum cleaner, coffee machine or stand mixer during the saleBest Black Friday gaming deals – Xbox, PlayStation or Nintendo? Our experts are on hand to help find you the top discountsBest Black Friday Nintendo Switch deals – level up with discounts on the OLED, lite or original deviceBest Black Friday mattress deals – rest easy with big discounts on brands such as Emma, Simba and Brook + WildeBest Amazon Black Friday deals – find out when the retailer will kick off the sale and the best bargains to expectBest Apple Black Friday deals – from AirPods to iPhones, we predict the rare offers on the brand’s bestsellersBest Currys Black Friday deals – all the details of the sale with deals on everything from TVs and laptops to kettles and coffee machinesBest John Lewis & Partners Black Friday deals – the high-street stalwart will have great prices across fashion, beauty, tech, kids and homewareBest Boots Black Friday deals – save on skincare, make-up, electricals and moreBest Argos Black Friday deals– find discounts on everything from kids to homeware, fitness and DIYBest Black Friday Dyson deals – bag a bargain on the brand’s corded, cordless and handheld vacuum cleanersJasper Pickering7 November 2022 22:001667856036Microwaves are a versatile piece of kit, not only for their ability to heat up leftovers, but they cost just 8p a day to run, according to research from Utilita. So, this Black Friday is the perfect time to snap up a microwave deal.Named best solo microwave in our round-up, our writer said of the Russell Hobbs Scandi compact manual microwave: ‘If simplicity and style top your wish list, this Russell Hobbs microwave is a winner’. It’s great for ‘straightforward cooking, reheating and defrosting’ and ‘has everything you will need at a great price’.Jasper Pickering7 November 2022 21:201667853096Very has sliced a sizeable £90 off the GoPro hero 9 action camera in this early Black Friday deal. The hardy snapper landed a spot in our round-up of the best action cameras, receiving a 9/10 rating. ‘The GoPro hero 9 packs a punch with 5K recording and the addition of a highly useful front-facing screen,’ our writer said in their review. ‘With the new processor included in the 10 Black, the hero 9’s touchscreen and general interface response is found a little lacking in comparison, but for most casual or enthusiast users, we don’t think this will be a deal-breaker.’Jasper Pickering7 November 2022 20:311667848896Remember when phones used to fold and bend when we wanted them to, and then they started bending when we didn’t? Well we’re happy to report that it’s come full circle, and bendy phones are cool again. Which is just as well as Amazon currently has a saving of a cool £600 on the Galaxy Z fold3. The Galaxy Z fold3 may have been replaced by the ever-so-slightly more-advanced fold4, but it’s still managed to stay at the top of our list for best folding phones despite the brand’s upheaval, and for good reason.We’re always ready to sing the fold4’s praises, but as noted in our review of the latest flagship model, the tiny improvements make the upgrade a much tougher sell than its predecessor, so we can wholeheartedly recommend the previous iteration.Samsung’s flagship phone of 2021 has been reduced, saving customers £600 this November 2022. Here’s where to shop the dealJasper Pickering7 November 2022 19:211667845896If you’re hoping to find the best gaming deals on Black Friday, Amazon currently has a deal on God of War Ragnarok that will save shoppers 10 per cent off the cost of their pre-order.It’s on track to be one of our favourite games of the year. In our 5/5 review, we said: ‘After the dust has settled and the credits have rolled, God of War Ragnarok is as strong a continuation as anyone could have hoped for, and a fitting end to Kratos’s latest chapter. On its own merits, it’s difficult to fault but on the foundations of 2018’s God of War, it’s nothing short of a masterpiece.’God of War Ragnarok takes everything its predecessor laid bare at the altar and delivers it with near perfect execution. Read our full reviewJasper Pickering7 November 2022 18:311667842296Although not strictly a Black Friday deal, we’ve spotted Amazon has an offer where two third-generation Echo dot speakers can be snapped up for £29.98. That’s a saving of £14 over the usual price when buying a pair. All you have to do is add them both to your basket and use the code ‘2ECHODOT3’ at checkout. With a pair of these Alexa smart speakers, you can set up a home intercom system, or use them to create a stereo pair when listening to music.Jasper Pickering7 November 2022 17:311667838876If you’re looking for a serious heavy-weight food processor to handle your blitzing, pulsing and pureeing needs, you may want to turn to Ninja’s range of products. ‘The perk to this particular appliance is its 3-in-1 USP, offering itself up as a food processor, multi-serve blender and personal blender,’ our reviewer said. Praising the automatic one-touch for blending and processing, they also added ‘these programmes really took time out of our food prep tasks.’Jasper Pickering7 November 2022 16:341667836296John Lewis is one of the top retailers in the UK when it comes to electronics, appliances and other goods, so we’ve been expecting to see some good deals pop up there.This deal sees £100 knocked off a bundle that include the latest-generation iPad pro tablet, plus Apple’s second-generation Pencil stylus and the company’s magic keyboard dock. More specifically, this is the 11in version of the tablet, with wifi, 256GB of storage and the space grey colour option, with matching keyboard.Jasper Pickering7 November 2022 15:511667834136Now here are some deals that are sure to put you to sleep. A particularly pricey item that you can expect to save on during Black Friday is a decent mattress, with all of the best brands – including Simba, Emma, Brook + Wilde, and Otty – slashing their prices considerably across single, double, king, and super king-size beds.Considering that you spend eight hours a day on one, it’s always a good idea to invest in a decent night’s sleep and you’ll be sure to notice a difference based on your mattress preference. Black Friday 2022 is nearly upon us – here’s the lowdown on the best mattress deals to expect and those you can shop now from Emma, Simba, Nectar and moreJasper Pickering7 November 2022 15:15Want to bookmark your favourite articles and stories to read or reference later? Start your Independent Premium subscription today.Already subscribed? Log in