Parents looking to buy a child-friendly tablet ahead of the summer holidays can save a whopping £80 on one of Amazon's highest spec options in a limited time deal. Amazon launches its Prime Day sale tomorrow but savvy shoppers looking to find a bargain can already pick up plenty of discounts, including deals on Amazon Echos, Ring doorbells and plenty of other premium gadgets and tech.
Mirror shopping experts are currently going through the thousands of products already reduced to find our recommendations of some of the best value offers available, but one of the best we've seen so far is the Amazon Fire 8 HD Kids Pro Tablet, which has been discounted by 53%, taking it down to £69.99 - even cheaper than when the internet giant reduced it for Black Friday.
The one snag is that the deals are only available for subscribers to Amazon Prime - but shoppers keen to buy the highly-rated tablet can sign up for Prime membership totally free to get the saving, along with thousands of others going live over the next 48 hours or so.
The Fire HD 8 Kids is a perfect mix of solid child-proof build quality - including a vibrant HD screen made with strengthened glass - and high spec functionality including 32Gb storage, a high speed hexa-core processor, 2Gb RAM and a Dolby Atmos enabled sound card. All of which makes for an ideal option for youngsters aged 6-12 years.
It comes with three months free Kindle Unlimited as well as one year of Amazon Kids+ content bundled into the purchase, offering thousands of age-appropriate books and audiobooks, videos and apps that can be used as soon as you set up the new tablet.
What's more Amazon includes a choice from a range of colourful protective cases as standard but, if the worst does happen and it gets damaged, a two-year worry free guarantee means the firm will replace it for free.
The tablet has been rated 4.6 stars out of 5 by reviewers on Amazon, with many customers flagging up how the long battery life of up to 13-hours paired with the ability to play games and watch videos without needing wifi makes it perfect for keeping kids distracted which travelling.
One five-star reviewer said the tablet offered 'hours of age appropriate entertainment and great battery life.' She added: "Easy to take with you on the go and excellent customer service - it was water damaged and they replaced it with a completely new one without any problems!"
While Amazon's tablets are available from a host of other retailers including Argos, Currys and Very, if you're looking for a tablet to use over the summer then Amazon definitely needs to be your first stop over the next few days.
Amazon has slashed prices on tablets of all kinds ahead of Prime Day not just the children's models, with shoppers looking for the newest and most powerful Fire 11 Tablet able to get it reduced by £110 just one month after UK launch.
Meanwhile, the firm's cheapest tablet, the Fire 7 16Gb is down to £44.99 as part of the sale - and as Mirror reviewer James Ide points out just because it's lower budget doesn't mean it's not worth buying - especially if you have other gadgets that you can rely on for some of your digital heavy lifting.
He said: "The Fire 7 tablet shouldn't be overlooked as a support device for those who primarily use their mobile or laptop to do heavy work and gaming, leaving this to be a light and useful device just for reading and watching films and TV." You can read the full review here.
Amazon's Prime Day sale kicks off at midnight tonight, with deals set to run for 48 hours until 11.59pm on Wednesday.
