The holidays aren’t for quite some time, and you’re most likely broke since it’s the end of the quarter. But planning out gifts now will allow you to space out spending and enjoy the winter break with minimal stress. Take a look at these five items, ranging from eight to ninety-nine dollars. They’re extremely useful and reliable for all of the outdoorsy people in your life.
Stance Socks – $8 – 30
For those who are on a real budget this year, yet determined to come up with an awesomely unique present, check out the huge collection from Stance Socks. This company coins themselves as “The Uncommon Thread”, and fittingly so with their wonderfully wacky designs. Whether it be Larry Bird draining a three, a funky floral pattern or stripes and spots of exotic animals, your loved one’s feet will be styling out on the trail, street or wherever else they wander. Stance also just broke into the ski and snowboard sock game, so make sure to peek at those too now that winter is tip-toeing closer (pun intended).
PocketMonkey – $12
If you’re trying to find a gift for someone who will at some point have to open a beer, peel an orange, screw something together, measure something, wrench something, draw a straight line, open a letter or nick off the top of a banana, then buy them a PocketMonkey. This incredibly versatile tool accomplishes all of these things, and it’s amazingly the size of a credit card, allowing it to fit perfectly in a wallet. It’s capable of unlocking a dead bolted door and serving as a kickstand for your phone too, but these are both quite strange and unnecessary functions that you can probably ignore.
Eastern Collective Cable – $17.95
There’s always that one person who already just has everything. They’ve received enough sweaters and scarves to last several lifetimes, and the last thing you want to do is get them another bad gift. If you have one of these people on your hands, the best thing to do is simply upgrade something they’ve already got. Behold: the Eastern Collective charging cables. Offered for Apple and Android phones, as well as various other electronics, they come in a variety of colors and designs for any taste that will charge your devices with style in mind.
Eagle Creek Pack-It Specter Compression Cube Set – $38
Chances are your gift recipients have a whole lot of gear already, and you may not feel the need to get them any more. So why not give them the gift of managing all of this gear a little bit better? If this is the case, go for the Pack-It Specter Compression Cube Set, a set of two high tech bags made of lightweight stretch material that compress store gear as efficiently as possible. The set includes one big and one small cube fit for any outdoor adventure.
Polaroid Cube – $99.99
Polaroid recently came out with an action sports camera that fits in the palm of your hand and shoots incredible 1080p video. It’s weatherproof and splashproof, and there’s a magnet on the bottom so you can stick it on your bike, ski pole, car or any other metal surface. This thing is going to change the way we document our outdoor adventures, and it’s an awesome gift for virtually anyone. You can even throw a string on it and wear it like a necklace. And while that may sound dorky, it’s pretty darn ideal, especially for traveling.
