For some reason, Kindle deals have been hard to come by in the past few months, but now the tide appears to be turning. We recently highlighted several Kindle Scribe deals, but if you’re looking for something more budget-friendly, the 2022 Kindle Kids is also on sale. For the first time since Black Friday, the kid-friendly version of my favorite budget e-reader is on sale for $99.99 ($20 off) at Amazon and Best Buy. While $20 shy of the all-time low we last saw in October, it’s still one of its better prices to date.

Although the Kindle Kids is a kid-friendly e-reader, it works just as well for parents or adults without children. That’s because it’s identical to the standard ad-free Kindle in that it offers the same crisp 300ppi display, USB-C support, and long battery life. The only difference is that it comes with optional parental controls, a colorful case, and an extended two-year warranty for greater peace of mind. What makes this an even better deal is that Amazon is also throwing in a year of Amazon Kids Plus, so you can enjoy free access to games, videos, and books in the Artemis Fowl, Percy Jackson, and Harry Potter series.

Read my Kindle (2022) review.

If you don’t mind buying refurbished, Woot is currently selling Microsoft’s Xbox Series X for just $299.99 with a 90-day limited warranty. That’s nearly half the price of buying the console in new condition, though, if you prefer a new model, My Best Buy Plus members can pick one up on sale right now for $449.99 ($50 off).

The current discount lowers the Series X to the price of the smaller Series S, which is a great deal given it’s a more capable console. The Series X supports 4K gaming and features a built-in disc drive, for instance, allowing you to play both physical and digital games. It’s also more powerful, offering faster performance and 1TB of storage. The biggest downside here is that this is a “Grade A Refurbished” model, which means it may show signs of use. Woot guarantees it has inspected and restored the console to full working condition, however, so it should perform like new.

Read our Xbox Series X review.

More deals and discounts

• As a part of its new Video Game Favorites sale, Woot is selling Princess Peach: Showtime! for $49.99 ($10 off), which is one of the first discounts we’ve seen on the new Nintendo Switch title. The genre-spanning game is the first to feature Peach as the main protagonist in nearly 20 years and is a fun game for children and kids at heart. Read our review.
• If you don’t mind a gray laptop, Apple’s new M3-powered MacBook Air 13 is down to an all-time low at Amazon, where you can grab it with 8GB of RAM and 256GB of storage for $1,024 ($75 off). The new 13-inch Air doesn’t reinvent the wheel by any means, but it’s faster than its M2 predecessor and capable of powering two external displays when closed. Read our hands-on impressions.
• Amazon is selling the latest Echo Show 5 with a color-changing 800-lumen AmazonBasics smart bulb for $74.99 ($27.99 off). Amazon’s third-gen Alexa-enabled display is as small as its predecessor at 5.5 inches, but it features improved processing power and new speakers that produce clearer sound and twice the bass.
• Fujifilm’s Instax Mini Link 2 is down to an all-time low of $89.99 ($10 off) at Best Buy and Target. The instant photo printer uses the same film as Fujifilm’s excellent Instax Mini 12 instant camera but prints credit-card-size photos from your phone via Bluetooth. Admittedly, it has a few gimmicky features, though it’s still relatively simple to set up and use.
• Amazon and Best Buy are still selling the discless digital edition of the PlayStation 5 “slim” with a digital copy of Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 for around $399, which is $70 off the price of picking them up separately. While not too different from the original PlayStation 5, the redesigned slim version does offer some new perks, including a pair of front-facing USB-C ports and an expanded 1TB of built-in storage. Read our hands-on impressions.