Whether genuinely useful or genuinely frivolous, men love gadgets. From serious tech advancements to widgets that amount to little more than fancy toys, a new bit of modern wizardry can make a guy’s life easier or just more entertaining. Often, the latter is more desirable.
Giving dad a new tech gadget is a nice Father’s Day touch because — just for a moment — it can return the old man to his childhood. He can recall the excitement of opening new toys for his birthday or Christmas. It’s just these gadgets are for grownups (mostly).
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The items in this last-minute Father’s Day gift guide run the gamut from very practical to completely useless outside pure entertainment value. You know your father better than we do. So, grab whatever you think is most fitting. Just have as much fun choosing as he’ll have “playing.”
2016 Father's Day Tech Gift Guide
You don't have to invade one of those airport gift shops to find nice tech gifts for dad. Here are a few diverse Father's Day ideas.
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2016 Father's Day Tech Gift Guide
A maker of multiple useful gadgets, PlusUs seems to be obsessed with wallets because some of their best creations for keeping smartphones and tablets charged fit neatly inside them.
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2016 Father's Day Tech Gift Guide
The Satechi Type-C Pass Through USB Hub with USB-C Charging Port is a more specific choice as it requires USB-C connection found on the most recent MacBooks. Since those compact machines have no connections for USB devices or memory cards, this plug-in adds that capability.
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2016 Father's Day Tech Gift Guide
The Cobra DSP 9200 BT Digital Detector is the company's first digital detector. If your father has a lead foot, as any proper man should have, you can keep the po-po out of his pocket with this gift.
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2016 Father's Day Tech Gift Guide
The Tile is the kind of small tracking device James Bond used to stick on enemy vehicles. For your father, a smartphone app will track whatever the Tile clings to from keys to luggage. It also works in reverse as it'll sound a tone on the smartphone if it gets lost.
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2016 Father's Day Tech Gift Guide
Some drones are work horses for everything drone airborne photography to delivery, but Odyssey Drones are primarily for entertainment. If your dad isn't too old for a toy, these are just grownup enough to be acceptable.
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2016 Father's Day Tech Gift Guide
The Homing Duo creates a closed private network that connects a laptop to a home based computer from anywhere in the world. So, for example, you could watch your American Hulu while in a foreign country as the Duo talks to your home PC. It's a brave new world.
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2016 Father's Day Tech Gift Guide
There aren't a ton of practical uses for the Original Cinema Lightbox, but it's fun for the movie-loving dad. It comes equipped with every letter and symbol he'd need to create his own marquee.
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2016 Father's Day Tech Gift Guide
A clever idea for the aquatic dad or for the younger kids he looks to protect, the Kingii is a full flotation device that wraps around the wrist like a watch.
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2016 Father's Day Tech Gift Guide
The Jabra Evolve series offers combined headphones and phone headsets in different sizes, prices and functions. They're lightweight and comfortable for the office-based father in need.
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2016 Father's Day Tech Gift Guide
The SAFEGO is essentially a small, private safe to protect small valuables on the go. It's also water proof and impact proof in case it gets knocked around out in dad's tough world.
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2016 Father's Day Tech Gift Guide
Perfect for the more hippie style dads, Lifefactory Bottles insist its BPA-/BPS- and phthalate-free glass is better than plastic for staying hydrated. They make a line of specially made bottles protected with a silicone sleeve for hiking and other uses.
