Christmas Gift Guide 2017

It’s unbelievable that it’s nearly 12 months since last Christmas, but Christmas is nearly here again, and I for one couldn’t be happier! I love Christmas, especially when you have five year old twin girls. The magic of Christmas is still very much alive in our home.

So here we go! Here is my Christmas Gift Guide for 2017. There is something for everyone, kids, him, her and tech lovers.

First up on the Christmas gift guide is for those little darlings in your life, your children.

Children

1. Heelys £49.95

First up we have these Heelys X2 Bolt Plus Shoes. These particular ones are hot pink and neon blue with holograms. They are a 2 wheel heely and particularly designed for younger children.

Here are some specifications.

• Synthetic upper with padded tongue and collar for optimal comfort and protection.

• Perforated vamp for additional breathability.

• Motion activated lights.

• Power strap and elastic gore closure for a secure fit.

• Durable rubber sole with abrasion resistant brake pad.

• 2×2 Wheels.

• ABEC 3 Bearing

The design is very unique because as you roll the shoes light up and flash. They come in many different designs and sizes. They are great value for money and can be purchased from Skates.co.uk

2. Little Tikes My First Drone/ Flyer £34.99

I have always been a big fan of drones so when I saw the My first Drone and My First Flyer from Little Tikes, I thought these will be perfect for my five year old twins.

First up is My First Drone. This is the only drone specifically designed for preschoolers. What makes it perfect is the one touch remote making it simple and easy to take off, land, turn and stop.

Key Features.

• Ergonomic remote control specifically designed for preschoolers

• Auto-hover technology keeps drone suspended in midair for easy flying

• Protective propellers and emergency shut-off for added safety

• LED lights and sounds for extra fun

• Connect to remote for quick charge

It is suitable for children aged 5+. It’s a great way to introduce your little ones to flying drones at an affordable price. It can be purchased here.

My First Flyer is perfect for the budding aviators in your life! With a simple one-touch remote, protective propeller rings and auto-hover technology, this RC helicopter is great for first flyers looking to start their aerial adventures. Add in fun lights, sounds and cool design, My First Flyer is ideal for little ones looking to play out their high-flying dreams!

Key Features

• Simple one-touch remote makes it easy to take off, land, turn and stop

• Auto-hover technology to keep helicopter suspended in mid-air for easy flying

• Protective propellers for added safety

• Emergency shut-off option

• LED lights and sounds for extra fun

• Ages: 4+ years

For the budding aviator in your family this is a great way to start and can be purchased here.

3. Nikko™ RC Psycho Gyro £59.99

What child doesn’t enjoy a remote controlled car? These, however are remote controlled cars with a difference! Toy State really have surpassed themselves with this awesome remote controlled car.

You’ve never seen stunts like this! The Nikko Psycho Gyro Blue is in another league when it comes to eye-popping feats. Its Gyro Stunt technology lets racers spin their cars round on two wheels. Even wilder, get ready to do spins and stunts on just one wheel! You control the stunts. Wow your friends with the show the Gyro Blue will put on. This racer has speed and stamina and it’s ready to rip up the road!

The high grip tyres allow for high performance traction both indoors and out. Features 2.4Ghz and 1 Hour Quick Charge Battery and Battery Charger is included so that you can fuel up fast and race up to 10 friends with up to 40m range. Available in Blue and Green. It’s for children aged 8+ and is available online at Argos and main other main retailers. Which can be purchased here.

4. Mover Kit £59.99

If your children love coding, building and moving then this is the perfect gift for them.

This will spark up your children’s creativity and imaginations through play. It’s the lastest toy from Tech Will Save Us. It’s a fun way to learn about coding and electronics. I love this because my little ones are right in middle of the technological world. It’s a great way to learn through play.

Here’s how The Mover Kit works:

Kids can be the programmers of their own designs and movement with the Mover Kit, and invent trillions of ways to bring the motion sensor, compass, LED lights of the wearable to life.

The Mover Kit reacts to movement in any way you program it to- run, jump, dance, spin, use it as a lightsaber, a wizard’s wand, a police car light – anything!

In a time where 65% of kids currently in school will have jobs that don’t exist yet, The Mover Kit blends fun and imagination with the creative and technical STEM skills kids need for their future.

The Mover Kit can be purchased here.

5. SCALETRIX TOURING CAR BATTLE £89.99

Scaletrix has been around forever and never loses its appeal. I remember having it for Christmas as a child. Here is a super set at a reasonable cost that will entertain your children all of Christmas Day and beyond.

You have 4 different lay-outs and it comes with all of this.

• BTCC BMW 125 Jack Goff

• BTCC Honda Civic Gorden Shedden

• Powerbase straight

• Lap counter straight

• 6 x Radius 2 90° curve

• 4 x Radius 2 45° curve

• 2 x Track support

• 2 x Colour coded hand controllers

• 4 x Braid plates

• Transformer

This is a fantastic Scaletrix Set and can be purchased here from Hornby Hobbies.

Tech Lovers

6. Kindle Fire 7 Tablet £49.99

First up is the Kindle Fire 7. The all–new Fire 7 tablet is the next generation of Amazon’s best-selling Fire tablet. It’s now even thinner and lighter, with longer battery life and an improved 7″ IPS display.

Choose from millions of Kindle eBook and magazine titles that you won’t be able to find anywhere else. Read comfortably at night with Blue Shade, an exclusive Fire OS feature that automatically adjusts and optimises the backlight for a more comfortable night-time reading experience.

Enjoy all your favourite movies and TV shows on Amazon Video, Netflix, BBC iPlayer, ITV Hub and more. Discover hundreds of thousands of TV episodes and movies, plus fling Amazon Video content to your Fire TV using Second Screen.

Fire tablets feature instant access to over 500,000 of the most popular free and bestselling apps such as Facebook, Twitter and Spotify and games, including favourites such as Candy Crush Jelly Saga, Subway Surfers and more.

The kindle fire 7 tablet is great value and a super present for that someone special that loves tech presents. It can be purchased from Amazon.

7. NEXTBASE 312GW Dash cam £99.00

For lovers of tech for the car, here are a couple of brilliant additions. First up is this awesome, very well priced quality dash cam from NEXTBASE. Use it to film all the hectic moments you encounter on the road.

Nextbase’s 312GW boasts a six-layered glass lens with a 140 degree angle, providing motorists with crystal clear image quality videos. What’s more, 312GW benefits from an in-built Wi-fi, ensuring quick and easy footage sharing, and comes with Nextbase’s Powered Magnetic Click & Go mount for easy installation. In addition, recent market statistics show an increasing number of motorists using video footage as vital evidence to prove they weren’t at fault in an accident, and major insurers now accept Dash Cam footage as part of the insurance claim.

The NEXTBASE 312gw Dashcam is excellent value and can be a great way of protecting yourself if you are involved in an accident and it can be purchased from Halfords here.

8. NEXTBASE ADAPT DAB RADIO250 £99.00

This radio is a great way of streaming all the DAB Stations through your car’s radio. It’s incredibly easy to use. A absolute must for lovers of music.

The ADAPT 250, allows owners to play digital radio through their existing radio unit. It works by wirelessly transmitting (via FM transmitter) music straight to your existing car radio, allowing you to enjoy all the extra stations and quality on the move.

This is a quality product at a very reasonable price and can be purchased from Halfords here.

9. HELLY HANSEN BARDU BOMBER JACKET £240.00

With winter closing in on us I love to have a warm coat and this is perfect for the cold winters in the UK.

I love style and Helly Hansen most certainly has style. This is total quality for what I consider a reasonable price. If you want to keep your man warm this winter this is coat is a must have to buy him.

Here are some key features of the coat

Helly Tech® Protection

Waterproof, windproof and breathable

Fully seam sealed

Durable water repellency treatment (DWR)

Fully insulated with Primaloft® insulation, 100g/m2

Removable Faux fur at hood

Adjustable hood

Partly elasticated hem and cuffs

Multiple exterior pockets

Inner chest pocket

YKK® zippers

HH logo on chest

Regular fit

I love this BARDU bomber jacket from Helly Hansen. It’s pure and simple a wonderful coat and I would highly recommend it. You can purchase the coat here.

10. CHATHAM SPINNAKER G2 SHOES £105.00

I love shoes that have style, but are also practical and the Chatham spinnaker is perfect in that respect. For a quality shoe these are great value from Chatham and they’ll last you a long time. They come in 3 different colours and you will be definitely be walking tall when you are wearing them.

Some Key Features

The midsole has strategically placed drainage holes to allow water to disperse from the interior of the shoe in under 10 seconds.

The phylon compound offers maximum flexibility and cushioning.

The outsole is made from a rubber latex for supreme traction in wet or dry conditions.

2 years manufacturer guarantee

If you want make your man happy this Christmas Day then these are the quality shoes to buy him. They can be purchased here from Chatham.

11. GENTLEMANS GIFT SET £29.95

This is a fantastic way to spoil the man in your life at a very reasonable price. This gift set is packed with luxury items from Letterbox Gifts.

Here is what you get inside this Gentleman’s Gift Set:

Betty & Dodge – English Oak ‘Man Cave’ Key Ring.

Bath House – Cuban Cedar & Lime Wash Bar.

Men’s Society – Handsome Hand Cream.

Willie’s Cacao – Colombian Gold Chocolate Bar.

Cornish Sea Salt – Chilli Sea Salt Cork Bottle.

You can purchase the Gentleman’s Gift Set online here from Letterbox Gifts.

12. SUPER FAST THERMAPEN DIGITAL THERMOMETER 4 £65.00

Christmas dinner is one of the most important meals of the year for me. It’s when all the family, including my five children all get together to celebrate a special time of year.

We all want to make sure the turkey is cooked properly and the super fast THERMAPEN digital thermometer is perfect to make sure of this.

Here Are Some Features

• patented, automatic 360° rotational display

• readable display in left or right hand

• auto intelligent backlight

• waterproof to IP66/67

• improved battery life of 3000 hours

This is perfect gift for the cook in your family and can be purchased online here.

13. Tile Bluetooth Trackers £30

An awesome idea is a Tile Tracker. What does it do? Well, you never have to worry again about losing your phone, laptop, in fact anything again as this will keep track of all your belongings which is perfect in our very fast world. A small cost to pay to protect your very expensive items.

You can purchase the Tile Trackers online here.

14. Gtech Multi & Car Cleaning Kit £174.00

Finally on my Christmas gift guide for 2017 is the Gtech vacuum with accessory car kit. I love a good hoover and this doesn’t disappoint.

The Gtech Multi cordless handheld is ideal for cleaning all the hard to reach places in your home or car. It delivers low voltage, but high performance cleaning using Gtech’s Lithium-ion battery technology to provide 20 minutes of run-time and powerful independent motorised head with rotating brush bar.

The Multi’s attachments provide nine different ways to vacuum, enabling it to twist and turn, reach up high and low, clean hard and soft surfaces; and its twin LED lights will ensure that no nook or cranny is a safe haven for dust and debris. An additional Car Cleaning Kit is available for the Gtech Multi. Three additional tools are specially designed to help you clean those awkward spots inside the car.

Here are some the G Tech multi’s features

Run-time ∆ 20 minutes

Power 22V

Weight 1.6kg

Attachments on-board Yes

Attachment types Crevice tool
Dusting brush
Extendable hose
LED lights
Extension tube ‡
Power Brush Head

Lifetime washable filters Yes

4-stage LED charge indictors Yes

Battery type Lithium-ion

Charging time 4 hours

The Gtech multi and accessory car kit is fantastic value and is the perfect accompaniment for the Gtech Ram and is available online here.

15 My Pocket Money Toy (Christmas Eve Box) £30-Children £15- Daddy

This is a fantastic idea for the kids and parents to get everybody excited for Christmas day. A one off purchase at a very reasonable price to give a lovely surprise in the post on Christmas eve. It’s a box of quality toys and other items aimed at children and parents. This is a one off purchase with no need to subscribe. Read my full review here . You can purchase the Christmas Eve box online here.

That’s it, my Christmas gift guide for 2017. I hope you can find some ideas for your loved ones this Christmas.

Merry Christmas everyone!

All the products were gifted to me to produce this Christmas gift guide. All thoughts and opinions are 100% my own.