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The Ultimate Father's Day Gift List
Father’s Day is just days away, and if you haven’t gotten him a gift yet——wait, let me start over. Father’s Day is just days away, and you haven’t gotten him a gift yet. It’s okay, neither have we. This is a forgotten holiday; it’s not like it’s Mother’s Day or anything. Still, you should probably get the big guy something, right?
We’ve come up with the 23 essential gifts every dad will love this Father’s Day. Everything’s here: from cute gadgets to rugged accessories for the most ardent technophobe. You’ll thank us later.
Tile Sport - Key Finder
Blow everyone’s mind with the tile mate, which locates your keys from up to 200 feet away. This is, perhaps the ultimate achievement in dad tech. No one loses their keys more than dads, and no one likes to talk about where they found them more than dads.
SYMA HD Camera RC Quadcopter
An amazingly-priced starter drone for people who think they could never handle a drone. The HD camera and 7-minute flight life make this an ideal gift for even the most technophobic among us. Just don’t get one for a dad currently feuding with the neighbors or something.
Philips Norelco OneBlade hybrid electric trimmer and shaver
I don’t want to draw wide generalizations, but you and your dad have been using the same razor/trimmer/shaver for forever and it’s now dull and gross. The Philips OneBlade is maybe the best, most affordable new piece of shaving tech in years, and will satisfy literally everyone.
AmazonBasics 10-Foot USB to Lightning Cable
The ultimate gift or accessory for anyone who owns a phone, which is everyone. OK, fine: The ultimate gift for everyone. A 10-foot cable is essential to living your best life. Whether you consider iPhones confusing scourges or miracles of engineering, it’s nice to not have to stand right by an outlet, right?
Picun Bluetooth Headphones
Everyone needs a good, solid pair of wireless earphones that look great and sound ten times more expensive than they are. Picun offers comfortable and durable headphones that fit in with the competition several price points above it.
Dkaile 2-in-1 Lightning Splitter Adapter for iPhone
Nothing makes my dad angrier than his new phone featuring no headphone jack, rendering the podcast versions his boring obscure British radio talkshows inaccessible. No longer! I am a hero in his eyes now. You, too, can show your dad he can have it all (music and an electrical charge.)
Sketetool AB Pocket Knife
This beautiful, handy pocket knife features a bottle opener and comes in an exclusive and very nice colorway from Huckberry. Even if you dad isn’t the drinking, woodsman type, this is the kind of gift that makes anyone go “wow, cool!”
Utopia Home LED Camping Lantern - Set of 2
Never lose your way when you’re hiking deep in the woods again. Similarly, never lose a ball when you’re schooling your dad at ping pong at a barbecue ever again. This set of 2 super-bright lanterns comes cheap, and is perfect for dads, lazy and active alike.
KEYSMART
Dads love this very neat, no-brainer invention. The keysmart holds six keys, and is a revelation to people who still carry around every key they ever owned. No more annoying jangling noises coming from your pockets ever again, either.
MARCHWAY Floating Waterproof Dry Bag
An ultimate essential whether you’re a serious woodsman or just someone who owns some nice things that you don’t want to get wet. You can store almost anything in here, toss it into a river, and meet it downstream safe, sound, and dry.
Matador NanoDry Towel
This insanely impressive towel can soak up 2.5 times its weight in liquid, making it perfect for days at the lake or when your oafish father spills his beer all over the deck. A marvel of engineering that people can’t seem to stop buying.
YaeKoo 4-Pack Stainless Steel Camping Cups
Comes with a fancy-looking carry case. Turns every outdoor drinking session into something much classier and cooler, whether you’re sharing a bourbon with dad on the hiking trail, or toasting each other with coffees on the patio in the morning.
Primus Portable Openfire Kit
It’s amazing that, in the pantheon of human achievement, we’ve yet to make fire in amounts larger than one little flame, portable. No longer. For the high-key and more discerning dads, this beautiful portable fire pit is a game-changer. I’m not kidding: it’ll be the best gift they ever get.
Speedwolf 15,000MAH Waterproof Solar Powerbank
Nothing will wow your dad more than HARNESSING THE POWER OF THE SUN to charge the phone he barely knows how to use. Dads also love anything waterproof (read: anything they can spill their bran cereal on time and time again without breaking the blasted thing).
Joopin Unisex Polarized Sunglasses
Your dad’s probably had the same shades for roughly 20 years now. Give him a much-needed upgrade just in time for summer. These retro-inspired sunglasses up the cool factor without being flashy, and offer serious protection at a price that’s nearly unfathomable.
Cattleman's Cut Original Beef Jerky, 10 Ounce Bag
Jerky is just one of many things every dad loves without exception. Except vegan dads, but even they probably know a carnivore to regift a bag of jerky to. A perfect low-stakes gift.
Behringer HPS3000 Studio Headphones
You don’t need to splurge on a fancy pair of high-end headphones to impress your dad (but, if you want to, head here). Instead, this comfy pair will do just fine, impress your dad with its sensible and unfussy design, and sounds much better than pretty much anything else at this price point.
AYL Silicone Cooking Gloves
For the chef daddy who still uses dishtowels to take stuff out of the oven, an age-old tradition but one that’s overdue to be phased out. Dads across the world: please stop that. These gloves will make everything so, so much easier for you and your loved ones.
The *Godfather* Collection Blu-ray
I’ve never in my life seen something so dad-bait. Whether he’s an unrepentant Marlon Brando superfan, or the kind of guy who knows he should “check out” the Godfather movies at some point, this Blu-ray collection will delight fathers across the nation.
NASA Dad Hat
This is LITERALLY called a dad hat, and implies the wearer is smart, into science, and knows his stuff about space. Without hyperbole I think this hat rules, and believe it is an essential for anyone over the age of 38.
Magnetic LED BBQ Light
Magnets, barbecues, LED, three words that dads absolutely go nuts for, now bundled into one easy product. Of course, these lights can do more than just illuminate grilled meats: affix this to anything inside or out. Perfect for when he’s fixing whatever the hell’s wrong with the sink.
KROSER Water-Repellant Laptop Backpack with USB Charging Port
To dads, the idea of a backpack might seem jarring and a little too modern at first, but just distract them with all the cool little pockets, wires, and waterproof capabilities. It’s time he upgraded that weird brown carry case he’s owned since 1987.
KROSER Water-Repellant Laptop Backpack with USB Charging Port
VANMASS 2-in-1 Lightning to 3.5mm Audio Jack Adapter
If, like me, your dad rails against the tyranny of Apple and its removing the 3.5mm headphone jack from all their phones, this is the perfect accessory for both the modern gadget-lover and the old-fashioned technophobe in all of us.
