We Pried Holiday Gift Suggestions Out Of All The Men We Know

My brother-in-law, who is successful his precocious 30s, has this portable neck fan precocious connected his privation list, and with bully reason. HuffPost readers and editors can't get capable of this slim portable cervix fan. Currently disposable successful 5 colors, this bladeless and wireless instrumentality couldn't beryllium easier to use. Simply enactment it astir your cervix and take 1 of the 3 upwind settings: anemic wind, earthy upwind oregon beardown wind. This rechargeable instrumentality is built with 78 ventilation holes and has a artillery beingness of 4-16 hours, depending connected which upwind mounting you’re using. It comes with a USB-C charging cablegram and is simply a full game-changer for radical who tally hot.

Get it from Amazon for $26.85+. 

Walker besides mentioned that "[s]everal antheral friends person besides asked for 'Food for Thought: Essays and Ruminations' by Alton Brown." This bestselling book features a postulation of nutrient essays, cooking tips, room stories and behind-the-scenes tales of Brown's years arsenic a cameraman, chef, instrumentalist and nutrient scientist. It's a fun, casual work that foodies volition love. 

Get it from Amazon for $16.50. 

One of my HuffPost colleagues said her spouse has been wanting one of these straps, which tin beryllium utilized to unafraid a container to a portion of luggage oregon to adhd a overgarment oregon chapeau to a tote. This small multifucntional strap is simply a large stocking stuffer and volition travel successful incredibly handy, particularly portion traveling. 

Get it from Amazon for $7.99+ (available successful 5 colors and besides packs of two). 

Marcus Manoogian, 41, says that Gap “consistently nails cozy fabric basics” astatine crisp terms points. He pointed america to this “heavyweight” hoodie that’s disposable successful 11 colors – it “lasts, softens with age, and becomes 1 of those pieces you scope for constantly,” helium says.

Get it from Gap for $63 (originally $79.95; disposable successful men's sizes XS–XXL, including gangly fits).

Manoogian calls Victorinox’s Cadet knife “the world's champion kept secret... the tin opener is magically 1 of the champion Phillips-[head] screwdrivers successful the game.” He prefers the marque for its “downright satisfying” design, and says that this compact weapon is “arguably [the] astir pocketable full-size model, packing the astir genuinely utile tools for anyone who wants a minimalist multitool.” It besides provides that satisfying audible “snap” upon closure.

Get it from Amazon for $45.

HuffPost elder newsman Lydia O'Connor said that her 32-year-old boyfriend's acquisition petition this twelvemonth was The Food Lab cookbook, “which is astir 1,000 pages and fundamentally a nutrient subject publication with recipes. He's truly into figuring retired the cleanable mode to navigator something, and this publication is perfect for that.”

Get it from Amazon for $33.99.

"Smartwool forever," says Chris Grosso, 46, spouse of managing exertion Emily Ruane. While we're unluckily not reinventing the gifting instrumentality here, it turns retired that a batch of men truly bash privation caller socks for the holidays — and Smartwool's warm, moisture-wicking Merino wool iterations are a perennial favourite that the chap connected your database volition apt appreciate. They're made from a precocious wool contented for amended breathability and sweat absorption.

Get them from Amazon for $21.99+ (available successful men's sizes S–XXL and 3 colors).

Shopping managing exertion Emily Ruane asked her dad, property 76, for his privation database – and 1 of the much splurgeworthy items connected it was an electrical snowfall shovel. Without a circumstantial exemplary successful mind, we did immoderate recon and recovered that Snow Joe’s 24-volt cordless electric snowfall shovel kit offered a bully operation of value, functionality and lawsuit satisfaction, with adjacent to 4,000 ratings connected Amazon and a 4.1-star status. The 400-watt centrifugal is designed to determination up to 1,620 pounds of snowfall connected a azygous charge, and the instrumentality plows a 13-inch-wide path. (A fig of reviewers advised purchasing an additional battery to guarantee a longer runtime.) 

Online reviews and Reddit forums alike enactment that this exemplary – and electrical snowfall shovels successful wide – are amended suited for light, powdery snowfall. 

Get it from Amazon for $179.99.

“I’ve tried plentifulness of pricier flashlights, but I ever travel backmost to this one,” says Manoogian. “Its compact AAA size, elemental artillery swap, coagulated texture, and pouch clip marque it 1 of the astir applicable lights I’ve ever used. Clip it to your chapeau for a headlamp hack.”

This petite flashlight volition acceptable into the thenar of your manus and offers 150 lumens and 3 brightness settings.

Get it from Amazon for $8.99+ (available successful 4 colors).

I archetypal heard of this integer laser measuring tape from my 39-year-old brother, who’s some hard to store for and has galore niche interests. It includes a integer tape, laser measurer and a greenish cross-line laser successful 1 useful device. It's incredibly close and perfect for precise leveling and alignment. The LED show is casual to work portion the portion measurement itself is casual to use. One reviewer said, "This laser portion measurement is precise functional and packed with features. I wanted thing with laser measuring, integer readout from a accepted tape, leveling, and rechargeable powerfulness — this instrumentality has them all." It adjacent comes with a bully pouch for storage.

Get it from Amazon for $109.99.

Grosso wears these sneakers astir each time – "I virtually pursuit aft my children successful them," helium said – and finds them to beryllium a supportive, casual enactment for logging tons of miles portion moving errands oregon commuting, oregon lasting for agelong hours astatine work. They'll marque a splurgeworthy acquisition for immoderate feline who needs a caller brace of sneakers this vacation season. These moving shoes contains a peculiar foam that offers a "propulsive" (in the words of the brand) and bouncy feeling successful each step. Get them successful sizes 7–16 and in  six antithetic widths. Bonus: They're made successful the US.

Get them from New Balance for $199.99 (available successful 3 colors). 

These Needed hydration packs, says Manoogian, are “the cleanable cure for post-workout hydration oregon immoderate time wherever you accidentally portion excessively overmuch ovum nog and person a vacation hangover.” They incorporate magnesium, potassium and different hint minerals, and this spirit assortment battalion contains 30 packets.

Get it from Amazon for $45.99.

“If you’re caller to titanium, here’s the headline: it’s the best,” says Manoogian. “This metallic is incredibly lightweight yet pugnacious capable to instrumentality anywhere, which makes a titanium vessel a no-brainer for mundane carry.” This 18.6-ounce bottle from Keith Titanium weighs lone 3.4 ounces and boasts a 4.3 prima standing astatine Amazon.

Get it from Amazon for $59.

With a stainless alloy body, Swiss-made quartz movement, coated sapphire crystal look and rotating bezel, this “clean, rugged [and] reliable” timepiece boasts each the features of a classical diving ticker astatine “a refreshingly tenable price,” according to Manoogian.

Get it from Victorinox for $750.

Clarks’ timeless moccasin is an undeniable classical that marries relation and style. The kicks person accumulated legions of fans since their inception successful the precocious ’60s. Manoogian called this prime “the astir comfortable shoe successful the game.” Get them successful men’s sizes 7–14 and tons and tons of colors. (They’re much constricted astatine Zappos website, but Clarks lists a full of 23 colors.)

Get them from Zappos for $150.

A Laguiole vino key, says Grosso, is “always the classiest” prime if you’re looking to upgrade someone’s location barroom setup. This rosewood corkscrew comes with a woody acquisition container for an extra-special presentation.

Get it from Amazon for $22.99.

My ain dada (67 years young) is perpetually acold and ever connected the hunt for a abstraction heater for his office. Measuring conscionable six inches precocious and weighing little than 2 pounds, this personal abstraction heater is equipped with ceramic coils to rapidly present 500 watts of heat. There are besides built-in information features similar an automatic shut-off successful lawsuit it gets knocked over. 

Get it from Amazon for $15.41+ (available successful 3 colors). 

Grosso is besides looking to regenerate his Kershaw Chive pouch knife that was precocious confiscated astatine airdrome information aft being accidentally near successful his carry-on luggage. It’s “very sharp, a bully size and casual to open,” helium said. The stainless alloy knife, which was made successful the US, is designed to beryllium rust-resistant, and opens rapidly with a flick of the wrist.

Get it from Amazon for $61.31.