Stocking filler gadgety gifts

dingdongavoncalling

Bit of a random one but I'm looking for a few stocking filler ideas for my husband. So far I've got him:


- A little case to put his headphones in
- A portable charger (one of those you can charge your phone etc on when you're out and about - thought it would be good for journeys)
- A USB in-car charger


Have you got any other ideas? TIA

Georgiegirl256

Stocking fillers I've got for my husband :

Mad Cats Desk calendar for work (get him one every year)
A torch (for some reason he really loves torches!)
Big box (like what you get at the cash and carry) of Bassetts Liquorice wands.

Ive also got him a T3 magazine subscription for a year and 2 jumpers.

So of your husband reads any magazines, maybe a subscription to them?

The thing is with gadgety things is that a lot of them can end up in cupboards and drawers, so now I make sure if I buy something like that that he'll actually use it.

Have you looked on the usual sites like Firebox and IWWOT?

theoretica

Solar powered torch. Motion sensor battery light for inside cupboards.

Air_Cooled_75

Have a look at firebox, they do loads of unusual and gadget-y gifts and you get a little packet of sweet in with your order

Mr_Toad

Georgiegirl256 wrote: »

Stocking fillers I've got for my husband :

Mad Cats Desk calendar for work (get him one every year)
A torch (for some reason he really loves torches!)
Big box (like what you get at the cash and carry) of Bassetts Liquorice wands.

Ive also got him a T3 magazine subscription for a year and 2 jumpers.

So of your husband reads any magazines, maybe a subscription to them?

The thing is with gadgety things is that a lot of them can end up in cupboards and drawers, so now I make sure if I buy something like that that he'll actually use it.

Have you looked on the usual sites like Firebox and IWWOT?

You can never have too many torches.

For me the best ones are the wind up LED type, or rather the squeeze and release ones. They never need a battery and never run out.

When you live somewhere that gets really dark, last house in the village is where the street lights end, a torch is a way of life. I have one in just about every jacket pocket as well as both cars.

Before wind up torches the chances of the car torch working when you needed it were slim as nothing kills batteries like the cold.

Jagraf

Judging by the drawers in his desk, my husband likes:

Old phones and out of date bank cards (I mean, 20 years old)
The plastic bit from the inside of Sellotape
Rusty tins which I think belonged to his grandad
Old pens that have run out ink
Empty sample aftershave sachets
Old bits of razors, razor blades, empty razor packets,
Batteries
Millions of cables which would presumably have joined two things together, eg, tv and video machines.
Tin openers
Beer bottle tops
Temporary tooth filling kit
DDs old pictures and notes
Screwdrivers
Toe nail clippers

I would just buy him drawers and a load of junk to put in it.

Jagraf

Mr_Toad wrote: »

You can never have too many torches.

For me the best ones are the wind up LED type, or rather the squeeze and release ones. They never need a battery and never run out.

When you live somewhere that gets really dark, last house in the village is where the street lights end, a torch is a way of life. I have one in just about every jacket pocket as well as both cars.

Before wind up torches the chances of the car torch working when you needed it were slim as nothing kills batteries like the cold.

I can sense the excitement. We had loads of torches when we were kids, those rubber ones which needed big batteries. But we rarely had the batteries :rotfl:.

"Oh no, power cut"
"Where's the torch?"
"There's one in the kitchen cupboard"
"It doesn't work"
"There's no batteries in it"
"Where are the candles"
"In the shed"
"I need a torch"

We never did learn.

libra10

You can't have too many USB memory sticks.

Jagraf

dingdongavoncalling wrote: »

Bit of a random one but I'm looking for a few stocking filler ideas for my husband. So far I've got him:


- A little case to put his headphones in
- A portable charger (one of those you can charge your phone etc on when you're out and about - thought it would be good for journeys)
- A USB in-car charger


Have you got any other ideas? TIA

Ipad cover
Laptop case
Phone case
Nice pen

theoretica

If they don't need to be useful there exist USB plasma balls.

Southernman

Georgiegirl256 wrote: »

Big box (like what you get at the cash and carry) of Bassetts Liquorice wands.

This would be a dream for me on Christmas Day!