While Thanksgiving is about eating delicious food, connecting with family members, being grateful for all of the awesome parts of life, and, for many of us, getting (responsibly) hammered, the following two “holidays”—Black Friday and Cyber Monday—are all about getting the best deals, discounts, and dumb-good savings on toys, electronics, and everything else you need to check off all the boxes on your holiday shopping list.
Black Friday is November 26 this year, and Cyber Monday is November 29, which means the biggest shopping holidays of 2021 are upon us. Tt’s not a bad idea to get an early start on your holiday shopping this year, since global supply chain issues could (and likely will) seriously affect your ability to get pretty much anything you buy online—including gifts—this year.
Looking for the best deals from this year’s Black Friday and Cyber Monday sales? We scoured the depths of the web to bring you the best promos we could find, from great deals on tech and electronics to huge savings on streetwear, cookware, and even fancy hand soap.
Happy shopping, and smash that CTRL+F to search for a specific category or brand, since there’s a lot to unpack here.
The Best Black Friday Deals on Tech and Electronics
Tech and electronics are Black Friday staples. Like, did you even have an American childhood if you didn’t watch two grown men have a fist fight over a slightly discounted television at the mall? If you’re looking for the best Black Friday tech deals in 2021, you’ve come to the right place.
Amazon already has tons of deals live. Don’t sleep on the best Amazon Black Friday deals, which include speakers, TVs, headphones, gaming mics, home tech (i.e. vacuums, the Echo Dot, and appliances) and more.
And don’t miss the ones for gaming, including seriously discounted headsets, mouses, and streaming microphones from top-name brands such as Razer.
If you’ve been looking for guidance in buying a record player, this top-rated turntable is on promo (and comes with built-in speakers):
Arlo is offering up to $300 off home security systems and wireless cameras.
B&H already has some crazy deals on Apple products live now, but in limited supply; snag a gold MacBook for just $799 if you don’t mind that it’s not the totally brand-spankin’-new 2021 model; get $50 off Apple TV 4K. Over at Amazon, grab already-live deals on headphones, speakers, and more.
Best Buy is having blowout deals on electronics of all kinds, as usual. Snag the heavily marked-down Apple AirPods Max ($70 off) and Lenovo Intel Yoga Touchscreen Laptop ($400 off).
Bose is having a Black Friday sale of up to more than 30% off select items including QuietComfort 45 headphones, Sport Earbuds, and Sleepbuds.
The Home Depot is also currently offering up to 25% off appliances, up to 30% off select wine & beverage coolers, and 30% off select small appliances until December 1.
HP, one of the biggest names in tech, is offering up to 57% off select products during the brand’s Black Friday sale, including monitors, laptops, gaming gear, and more.
Incase is having a sitewide sale of up to 50% off bags, backpacks, and MacBook protection cases and sleeves for the modern creative, along with 20% off popular products such as the ICON Backpack, City Backpack, and EO Travel Backpack and 30% off the DSLR Pro Pack, Facet Sleeve, and AirPods cases.
JBL is slinging its speakers, headphones, and earbuds for up to 65% off.
Microsoft is having a banger of a Black Friday Sale with serious savings of up to $600 off (yes, really) select PCs—and tons of other juicy deals on gaming accessories, laptops, and more.
Samsung is having a Black Friday bonanza with crazy offers including $1,000 off the Frame, the TV that turns into a beautiful work of art when not in use, and $1000 off the Sero, the 4K TV that rotates.
Skullcandy is having a sale on all of the brand’s classic wired and wireless earbuds and headphones.
VAVA will be offering $600 off all projectors and a 20% off sitewide discount on everything else.
Walmart is offering huge savings on electronics ranging from sound bars, Fitbits and headphones to Roku media players and home security systems.
The Best Black Friday Deals on Clothing and Footwear
If you didn’t leave the house last winter (same), you might not haven’t updated your winter wardrobe since [gasps] 2019. Not to worry: Black Friday is your chance to stock up on cold-weather essentials or give them to a loved one who’s in desperate need of some gentle nudging toward dressing like a Cool Person. Don’t miss our big breakdown on the best deals from Black Friday clothing sales.
Abercrombie & Fitch, which is now cool again in case you hadn't heard, is offering 30% off everything for Cyber Week—and the sale has already kicked off for MyAbercrombie members, and opens up to everybody else starting Wednesday.
Alpha Industries, maker of very slick bomber jackets, parkas, and more, is offering 20% off sitewide when you use the promo code HOLIDAY20 through November 28, as well as 25% off sitewide on Black Friday with the code BF25.
Anthropologie will offer 30% off regular-priced items and 30% off sale items from November 24-28.
ASOS has different sale events happening every day through Black Friday and Cyber Monday, with up to 80% off in all categories, including labels like The North Face, Vans, and Adidas.
Bandier, which sells some of the sexiest yoga, running, and workout gear on the planet, if you ask us, is offering 30% off for Black Friday.
Bodega, home of all the best streetwear that makes us feel like the protagonist in a 90s indie flick, is offering 30% off for Black Friday (the sale is already active now) when you use the promo code COOKINUP30.
Bonobos is offering 30% off sitewide with code FRIDAY30 until November 28. Grab anything that might sell out quick, but stay tuned, too, because next week, Bonobos will offer 35% off sitewide with code CYBER35 on Cyber Monday, November 29.
Carbon38, purveyor of the most high-end and drool-worthy athleisurewear in the game, is offering 30% off sitewide with code ENJOY30—plus offering crazy new deals every day until Cyber Week, such as a one-day offer for 50% off cozy jackets.
Coach is offering 40%-50% off select items on November 26—fancy gift for Mama, here we come.
DSW is offering 25% off with code BFDEAL from November 25-26, so you can become a living embodiment of that "shoes" YouTube video from the early 00s internet. For real through, snag some Nikes, Uggs, Vans, Timberlands, or Crocs on the cheap, among other top brands.
Everlane has a big Black Friday/Cyber Monday week sale planned, with up to 30% off some of their most popular styles from November 24 to 29.
Farfetch, undoubtedly one of the best sites for perusing super-designers (and finding their wares on sale), is offering up to 50% off through January 31 in its massive sale sections for men and women.
Free People has up to 50% on popular styles, Black Friday only.
Huckberry launched its “Undercover Sale,” a sneaky pre-Black Friday blowout on some of the outdoorsy retailer’s top products, including apparel, shoes, watches, travel and camping goods, and everyday carry. Check out the rest of the best deals from Huckberry’s Black Friday sale here, where you can get savings of up to 40% off.
J.Crew is offering up to 50% off “party-ready” styles for men and women, plus women’s coats and jackets, with more deals to come. Looking at their sale section, we kinda feel like they’re ready to make a cool-kid comeback like Abercrombie.
Levi's has a Black Friday sale going with 40% off sitewide plus an extra 50% off sale items until November 27.
Lulus is offering 20% off sitewide plus free shipping with code BF20 on November 26 and 27. Following that, Lulus will offer 30% off sale items plus free shipping with code CM30 from November 28-29.
Lunya, which makes some of our favorite washable silk sleepwear and loungewear, is currently offering 26% off sitewide; pick up a matching silk sleep set or an eye mask ASAP.
Madewell is offering 30% off sitewide with the promo code OHJOY through November 28. Grab cozy jackets, flannels, sweats, slippers, gifts, and more.
MR PORTER is offering 30% off select items of its huge collection of designer clothing and streetwear from November 24-29, including lots of most-wanted sneakers.
Neiman Marcus is offering $50 off $200, $100 off $400, $250 off $1,000, and $500 off regular price purchases of $2,000 or more with the promo code THANKFUL through November 27.
Nike has launched the code BLACKFRIDAY to grant an extra 20% off select items until November 27.
Nordstrom’s Black Friday deals are live now, with mega slashed-down prices on designer clothing, shoes, homewares, beauty products, and anything else one might find at a big, fancy department store. Bonus: They carry tons of big brands, including Madewell, Levi’s, Ugg, Ray-Ban, and more.
Outdoor Voices already launched its pre-Black Friday sale, with 50% off some of its most popular styles of athleisurewear, including sweats, leggings, the super-hyped Exercise Dress, and more.
Outerknown, known for its cozy flannels and outdoorsy basics, will be offering 30% off sitewide starting November 25 and continuing through November 29.
RE/DONE, makers of much of our fave high-end, vintage-style denim, is offering 25% off sitewide right now with the code AUTUMN25.
Saks Fifth Avenue is offering up to 75% off from November 25-30.
Shopbop’s big ol’ Black Friday sale started on November 24, with sneak peeks available at the products for members, and now everyone can get up to 50% off select Black Friday deals, and 15-30% off sitewide with the code HOLIDAY.
SSENSE’s sale on amazing streetwear, swag, and designer delectables is underway, with big savings on everything from Carhartt WIP workwear and Online Ceramics tees to Aesop soap and Theragun massagers. Don’t miss the bonkers accessories and home goods sections, either.
Uniqlo has big deals this for their Arigato Black Friday Event, including specials on some of its most popular items and a free tote with all purchases over $99.
Urban Outfitters is currently offering major additional markdowns in its sale section, and will be offering 25% off almost everything on the site on Black Friday.
Zappos, the shoe kings, are offering up to 50% off tons of different picks until November 28, including top brands like Crocs, Frye, and Hunter. Following that, Zappos will offer up to 50% off additional markdown items and brands, including Sorel, Steve Madden, Sam Edelman, Saucony and more on November 29. For the love of Jerry, someone snag these:
The Best Black Friday Deals on Cookware and Food
Good news if you’ve been holding out on getting a new set of bakeware or splurging on a fancy stand mixer: the deals are white-hot this year. Sites like Sur La Table, Wayfair, Nordstrom, Williams Sonoma, and Home Depot are all having mega sales this year, and some have already launched. Plus, all those cute-AF direct-to-consumer brands like Caraway and Our Place have deals going, too. Grab Caraway’s *aesthetic* cookware set for a hundred bones off right now:
And Our Place’s ultra-trendy Always Pan is already on sale for almost 50 bucks off, and their newest addition to the cookware family, the Perfect Pot, is also on big promo:
Five Two, Food52’s line of hella *aesthetic* kitchenware, is on sale over at Nordstrom, including these super highly rated knives, as well as other cookware, utensils, and these best-selling silicone lids.
At this point, our body’s water makeup is an equal split between La Croix and Topo Chico. So why not get a monster sparkling water maker while it’s on sale?
Macy’s Black Friday event is offering various promos on kitchen goods, including this Martha Stewart cast iron pot:
We’re also drooling over these beautiful Atelier Saucier napkins, and that’s cool because it’s exactly what they’re made for:
Head over to Sur La Table’s sale section to grab Black Friday deals on Vitamix blenders, All-Clad pans, Le Creuset bakeware, Nespresso machines, and more. Is a Le Creuset pepper mill the most perfect gift for literally everyone (except boring people who don’t season their food, whom you wouldn’t want to be friends with anyway)? Yes. Cheese knives that look like they should be in Beetlejuice? Definitely.
And don’t forget about all the sitewide kitchen savings at Wayfair from now until November 30, including up to 65% off select kitchen essentials and bundles like an absolutely bananas Viking 10-piece cookware set that normally goes for $1,200, and a massive Krups deep fryer that’s on-sale for $99 from nearly $160:
There’s also a very chic and cheery assortment of pasta serving bowls that will help fight our winter depression:
The Best Black Friday Deals on Beauty and Skincare
Looking to splurge on some dope beauty products without dropping, say, hundreds of dollars on face masks that make you look like an old person while they obliterate your dark spots? (Yes, we’re serious.) Well, you’ve come to the right place.
Dermstore is offering up to 30% off with the code BLACK from now until November 29.
Glossier will be offering 20% off sitewide from now through Monday, which means it’s time to cop their cult Milk Jelly Cleanser:
Nordstrom is having a massive Black Friday sale with savings in beauty from now until November 26:
Sephora is offering up to 50% off bestsellers from now until November 29 in their Black Friday sale section:
Ulta will be offering various discounts all weekend long for their Black Friday event, and there are some really great deals on brands like Biolage, Khiels, Pureology, and more.
The Best Black Friday Deals on Home Goods
Days are shorter, nights are longer, and temperatures are quickly dropping—which is why Black Friday and Cyber Monday are the days to splurge on beds, comforters, duvets, sheets, pillows, and everything in-between. The big department stores like Nordstrom, Macy’s, and Neiman Marcus are all having blowout sales, but so are our favorite smaller brands like Albany Park, HAY, Tushy, and more. Head down to the bottom of this post (or click here) for the best Black Friday deals on mattresses.
Albany Park has launched its Black Friday sale with up to 15% off everything—including the brand’s handsome, cushy sofas, sectionals, and other furniture—when you use the promo code BLACKFRIDAY. That means you’ll save an additional $528 on the already-discounted Kova Pit, the giant conversation pit sofa of our dreams, and save hundreds on the brand’s vegan leather sofa.
Brooklyn Bedding is offering 25% off sitewide until November 28, Boll and Branch is offering 20% off with promo code HOLIDAY.
Buffy is offering 20% off everything, through November 30, with the promo code DREAMDEAL, including the brand’s super-soft, cult-fave comforters, pillows, and sheets.
Essentia, which prides itself as “The World’s Only Natural Memory-Foam Mattress,” is offering a whopping 25% off everything plus two free Comfort Pillows (worth $300) with the purchase of a mattress.
HAY, which makes the dreamiest home goods for design freaks, has launched its sale offering 15% off everything on site; no code needed. Our current obsession: the Matin Lamp, which is marked down by almost 40 bucks right now. We love its pleated shade and warm light, and with its integrated LED system, you’re getting 25,000 hours of use without replacing any bulbs. Another top pick: one of the brand’s popular mid-century modern office chairs.
Over at Nordstrom’s Black Friday sale, almost 23,000 items are on sale, so if you’re looking for gifts, you’ve got options—including the freakishly soft blankets from Barefoot Dreams, Theragun products, and Five Two by Food52’s awesome kitchen gear.
Wayfair is having a massive Black Friday sale, as one might expect from the ginormous home goods and furniture retailer. Get up to 80% off appliances, furniture, outdoor goods, mattresses, area rugs, wall art, and more.
West Elm is also having a massive Black Friday sale for which we’ve dedicated an entire article, because the Don Draper-worthy mid-century decor is just that good on ready-to-ship furniture, which is up to 40% off, home decor, holiday goods, rugs, lighting and more.
The Best Black Friday Deals at Amazon
If you’re down to fund Bezos’s next trip into orbit, you’ll be able to do so at a fraction of the price you normally would. There are deals on all categories, but you’ll definitely see huge savings on electronics, designer clothing, appliances, and more, including these Gucci sunglasses, a 10-piece cookware set from Calphalon, and a truly gorg matte black and rose gold espresso machine.
This is also the moment to load up on new undies by Calvin Klein:
You’ll also snag deals on flat-screen TVs, and practical but fun Amazon-y stuff like electric razors, mini fridges, and heated shiatsu back massagers that would make a great gift for mom and pops.
To all the West Coasters prepping for fire season (which knows no season, honestly), and anyone else who just wants better air (which is… everyone?) there’s a high-rated air purifier on major promo:
VICE reader favorites including pet-hair-destroying Roombas and LifeStraws (personal water filters for camping or post-apocalyptic survivalism—your pick!) are also heavily marked down.
More big-time savings are coming on top brands such as Apple, Shark, L’Oreal Paris, Bose, and many, many more. You’ll have to act fast, though, since these deals—including the Echo Dot and the Instant Pot Duo, which are 44% and 25% off, respectively—won’t last long.
We’re also jazzed for discounts on items that would make a great present for someone you just started dating (or yourself), like this Fujifilm Mirrorless Digital Camera:
The Best Black Friday Sex Toy Deals
Don’t be shy; if you’ve been curious about buying any of our favorite sex toys—from classic vibes to prostate massagers to toys that feel like receiving oral—Black Friday and Cyber Monday are the time to get all the most orgasmic personal wellness products at a discount. Dame, LELO, Ella Paradis, Lovehoney, Pinkcherry, Hot Octopuss, and other VICE reader (and VICE editor) faves are all having super stimulating Black Friday sales—check out the full rundown of Black Friday sex toy deals here.
Amazon is a little tricky to search through because of its family-friendly filters, but if there’s one deal you shouldn’t miss on the mega retailer, it’s the huge discount on one of our all-time favorite clit-sucking vibrators, the Satisfyer Pro 2. It usually runs around 50 bucks, but right now is on sale for less than 30.
There are also discounts on some of our favorite sexual wellness items from brands like LELO, who makes packs of 36 luxury condoms that don’t smell like balloons, and savings on various beginner’s vibrator wands, kegel exercise vibrators, penis-pleasers and more.
Dame’s sale is already live with 20% off sitewide at checkout (no code needed) and savings of up to 35% off sets, so bop over to the brand’s site to pick up bundles as bestelling vibes like the Aer suction vibrator or Eva couples toy.
Ella Paradis is offering up to 85% off sitewide with the promo code BLACK, and the savings have already begun. Pick up cult fave toys from all of our most beloved brands like Satisfyer, Better Love, Womanizer, LELO, and more.
If you’ve been curious about trying prostate stimulating toys, one of our favorite internal massagers is on big promo:
Lovehoney is offering sex toys, lingerie, and more at up to 60% off, plus an extra 10% off vibrators if you use the promo code BFVIBES at checkout. Here are a few bestsellers to add to your cart.
There are also some amazing, kinky bundles available like this 11 piece set; it’s filled with everything from anal beads to a beginner’s butt plug, dildos, rabbit vibes and more—and it’s 60% off.
Best Buy’s Black Friday Deals
If you’re new to Black Friday and Cyber Monday shopping, allow us to loop you in: It’s the absolute best time to shop for deals on tech and electronics. Best Buy—the slinger of pretty much everything your inner gamer, viewer, and web-surfer could ask for—is having a crazy-good early Black Friday Prices Guaranteed promotion. “When you are signed in and purchase an item marked ‘Black Friday Prices Guaranteed, and its price goes lower than your purchase price prior to Nov. 26, 2021, you will automatically receive a refund for the difference,” the website explains. This is your sign to get crankin’ on all of the company’s discounted tech, including the heavily marked-down Apple AirPods Max ($70 off) and Lenovo Yoga Touchscreen Laptop ($400 off). Wanna save a thousand bucks on a huge, gorgeous, super-HD Samsung TV? Grab one now before they sell out.
Maude are the makers of some of the most highly aesthetic, minimalist sexual wellness goods we’ve ever seen. This Black Friday, November 26 through 28, they’re going to be offering customers 20% off their orders of $75 or more with the code BLACKFRIDAY20.
The Best Black Friday Deals at Walmart
This year, Walmart is having Black Friday deals and sales on electronics, home improvement gear, health and beauty goods, gaming consoles, pet products, vacuums, and much more. Snag a Kamado Joe backyard charcoal grill that’s over $100 off, a bagless vacuum to suck the sin from our carpets, and a hoverboard to slither around your apartment (you know you want to) in the middle of the night.
In fact, you’re going to want to check out Walmart’s home improvement Black Friday deals for discounts on drills, a shower head with built-in speakers, and more general/life self-improvement items.
We will also be taking home this basketball hoop, because Space Jam.
The Best Black Friday Deals on Mattresses
You’re smart to wait until now to buy a mattress, friend, because Black Friday is the time when all of the sick mattress deals come out to play. In addition to the fatty sales on tech and electronics, clothing, and gifts, mattresses are one of the categories in which you can save super smart if you strike while the pillows are squishy. All of the major mattress spots are having big-time sales, from the memory foam bastions to the cooling mattress kings. Click here for the full rundown on the best Black Friday mattress deals (and our fave products), or grab a promo code or sale info below.
Avocado has activated the promo code SAVEBIG for $125 off Avocado’s hybrid and latex mattresses, as well as the promo code BFBLISS to save $300 on the brand’s Organic Luxury Plush Mattress. In search of a wood bed frame, because you’re an adult now? Score one for $200 off.
Bear, home of the “memory foam mattress that started it all,” is giving customers 25% off sitewide, plus $250 worth of complimentary pillows and sheets, when they use the promo code BF25.
Buffy, maker of ultra-comfy comforters and other bedding, is taking 20% off all products through November 30 with promo code DREAMDEAL.
Casper is having a big Black Friday sale with up to 30% off Bundles, 20% off mattresses and the holiday capsule collection, and 10% off everything else.
Dreamcloud is offering $200 off all of its mattresses and a slew of free accessories (with a $399 value) as part of its Black Friday sale.
Essentia Mattresses, whose claim to fame is "world's only natural memory foam mattress" is offering 25% off everything through November 25, including organic mattresses, organic pillows, and even the Kingston organic pet bed. Plus, when you purchase an organic mattress you'll receive two pillows. That deal continues on Cyber Monday, but instead of free pillows, customers that purchase a Lifestyle, Performance, or Whole body Recovery mattress will be gifted up to $300 in Essentia Cash.
Gravity is offering 40% off mattresses, as well as 30% off blankets, robes, masks, through November 30.
Helix has a big Black Friday sale going with more savings the more you spend (plus two free Dream Pillows with your purchase). Use the promo code BFSALE100 to save $100 on any mattress, the code BFSALE150 to save $150 on a mattress purchase of $1,250 or more, and the code BFSALE200 to save $200 on a mattress purchase of $2,000 or more.
Leesa is offering up to $600 off mattresses and 20% off bundles, plus two free down alternative pillows until December 6.
Nectar is having a rare sale offering $100 off mattresses, plus complimentary pillows, sheets and a mattress protector (a $399 value), now through November 27.
Purple is celebrating Black Friday with up to $600 off mattresses and bundles through November 28. Get $300 off the classic Purple mattress and bundle.
Saatva is offering 10% off sitewide and 15% off orders worth $2,750+ from November 27-December 6.
Tempur-Pedic is offering $100 off the Ergo Power Base; $200 off the Ergo Smart Base and the Ergo Extend Smart Base; $200 off Adapt and ProAdapt Mattresses, the Ergo Smart Base, and the Ergo Extend Smart Base as well as Adapt and ProAdapt mattresses; and $300 off LuxeAdapt, ProBreeze, and LuxeBreeze mattresses.
Tuft & Needle is offering up to 20% off on mattresses, bedding and bed frames, no promo code necessary, through November 25.
Vaya’s Black Friday sale means $300 off any mattress with promo code VAYA300.
May the shopping gods smile upon you this holiday szn. [Lights discounted incense.]
The Rec Room staff independently selected all of the stuff featured in this story. This story was originally published in October 2021 and has been continuously updated as new information and hot deals have been made available.