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Haul in the ultra-cheap deals
Did you know that there’s something called Amazon Haul now available in Australia?
Launched in August this year, Haul is only available on the mobile app (and it still says it’s in beta) and is Amazon’s answer to Temu and Shein as its home to thousands of affordable products that cost under AU$25.
At present, the only way to find it in the app is to type “Haul” into the search bar on the top of the app’s home screen, and you can then filter via specific categories like ‘bestseller’ or ‘electronics’.
The latter, as you would expect, is quite sparse when it comes to actual tech, but you’ll find a lot of tech-adjacent items like cheap smartwatch straps, mobile screen protectors and office supplies.
Read all about it: the best Kindle deal this month
There were some good Kindle deals during July, but the discounts right now aren’t particularly enticing. Although I will admit that 21% off the latest Kindle Paperwhite could tempt some customers – I’d certainly be if I needed one (I have three Kindles already!).
I’ve done the Amazon Kindle Paperwhite (2024) review for TechRadar (heck, I’ve apparently done over 30 ereader and E Ink tablet reviews for this publications!) and I loved the screen. The E Ink Carta 1300 display shines here, and whatever Amazon has done to the software to tweak performance has worked. It’s all quick and snappy and just how you want it. Can’t complain about the battery life either.
My biggest complaint was that this tweaked software is quite large and if you’re opting for the standard Paperwhite with its 16GB storage, about 4.5GB is taken up by the OS, leaving you with 11.5GB. Now, that’s plenty for thousands of ebooks, but if you’re purchasing audiobooks as well from the Kindle Store, you’ll run out of storage rather quickly.
The other issue I have is that Amazon has disabled Bluetooth connectivity in Australia, so you actually can’t listen to those audiobooks you download via a set of paired headphones. To me, that diminishes the per-dollar value of the device.
And yet this is the best Kindle deal to be had right now.
Kindle Paperwhite (2024): was AU$299 now AU$236 on Amazon
Air fry + steam + discount = deliciously healthy food
There aren’t too many air fryers that allow you to cook with steam, but this Philips 5000 Series model does. It’s a rare breed, but having steam means you can not only steam vegies and dumplings in an air fryer (steam in an air fryer sounds like an oxymoron!), but you can combine steaming and air frying too.
You read that right, there’s a dedicated air fry+steam mode on this dual-basket appliance, which makes it great to keep the moisture within tender meat, and yet get crispy skin on chicken and pork belly. The steam option is only for the bigger basket though.
This premium model also has a steam-clean function, but there are caveats that you can find out more about in my in-depth Philips 5000 Series Dual Basket XXL Air Fryer Steam review.
Yup, I tested this myself and I’ve found it very useful to have in the kitchen, despite not having steam in both baskets. Everything it cooks turns out really well – no complaints from me! Although I still haven’t tried baking anything in it… Anyway, if you have the space to store a dual-basket air fryer, this generous 44% discount is well worth considering (and it’s only AU$9 more than its July Prime Day price).
Philips 5000 Series Dual Basket XXL Air Fryer Steam: was AU$449 now AU$281.20 on Amazon
What’s in my cart?
That image gives it away, doesn’t it? Yes, there’s an electric toothbrush in my cart.
Allow me to provide a little context here. I’ve been using the Oral-B Genius 9000 brush since 2017, then I was offered a smart sonic brush late last year to test and you can read all about it in my Oclean X Ultra S review. As much as I enjoy getting scolded by this talking toothbrush, I find that I much prefer oscillating brushes as the sonic vibrations just don’t give me that ‘clean’ feeling.
Sadly, my old Genius 9000 isn’t charging anymore, so it’s time to get me a new Oral-B. I was eyeing the Oral-B iO6, which is the middle child of the entire iO series and gives you all the brushing smarts from the more expensive models but misses out on some features, like the interactive display and the magnetic charging stand.
Turns out the iO 7, which has the display and the aforementioned stand, is now discounted to the same price as the iO 6 on Amazon – well, the black variant is anyway – so why not just go with the one that has more features? So there you have it: I’m buying me the Oral-B iO 7 in black.
Oral-B iO 7 (black): was AU$579 now AU$211.65 on Amazon
Hello, shoppers! If you’re just joining TechRadar’s live coverage of Amazon’s October Prime Day sale, then you’ve come at the right time.
It’s day 3 of the sale – right now we’re halfway through Prime Big Deals Days – and the good news is that we’ve seen some price drops since the sale began. Case in point: the Bose QuietComfort Ultra SC that began the sale with a 30% discount and are now a whopping 53% off!
There are plenty more deals that upwards of 50% off and one of my colleagues has dug up 16 offers that are currently half price or better and that means there are plenty of savings to be had right now.
Should you wait for Black Friday? That’s up to you – if a price looks right, grab it now and don’t look back later.
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