Father’s Day Gift Guide
June 17th, 2009You could get him a necktie. But if you really want to thank him for all the money he spent on you—not to mention the screw ups that made his hair fall out—then we recommend you dig a little deeper by getting him something he will actually appreciate. Just in case you’re drawing a blank, OYE has come up with our official 2009 list of Regalos Chingones for dad.
COBRA PREMIUM BLUETOOTH HEADSET
How can you go wrong with SEVEN hours of talk time, 150 hours of standby time, and excellent sound quality? That’s right, you can’t. This may not be one of the slickest-looking bluetooth earpieces we’ve ever tested at OYE, but it’s easily one of the best performing. Your pops will appreciate the simplicity of its one-touch answer/end button as well as the easily accessible volume control. The Cobra also comes with three chargers (home, USB and auto) to make sure dad is at maximum power no matter where he is.
ZAGG Z.BUDS IPHONE EARBUDS
iPhones are great, but the 99 cent headphones they come with just plain suck. If you want to give your dad earphones (technically they’re called “earbuds”) that are worthy of his snazzy iPhone then Z.Buds are the perfect gift. These earphones are no joke. They offer amazing sound quality, with thumpin’ bass and crispy highs. Sound quality is also enhanced by the unique ear buds that look and act like earplugs to keep the music in your ears and surrounding noise on the outside. Z.Buds also offer excellent control of your iPhone’s music and phone calls, thanks to a clicker and volume slider on the little microphone unit. Last but not least, Z.Buds are made with a special tangle-free nylon cord that prevents the dreaded earpiece tangles.
$80 www.zag.com
LEC POWER TRANSLATOR 12
One day my dad decided to write me an email instead of calling me like he normally does. But since Spanish is his primary language, the email was so garbled I thought it was a message from a chimpanzee with internet access. That’s when I hopped onto the internet to find a solution to my dad’s ESL problem. That solution was the LEC Power Translator. This amazing piece of software can translate English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Russian and Spanish with amazing accuracy. It not only translates emails and letters, but also chats, blogs and instant messages! Imagine, you finally have the tool you need to hop online and communicate with all those super-hot Brazilian girls you’ve been wanting to get to know. Um, but like I said I got it for my dad.
$80 www.lec.com
MICROSOFT WIRELESS NOTEBOOK OPTICAL MOUSE 3000
Here’s a mouse your dad won’t mind in the house. It’s one of the top-selling wireless mice of all time for good reason. For starters it offers six months of battery life, which is three times that of the average, run-of-the-mill wireless mouse. It comes with a USB receiver that snaps into the bottom of the mouse when not needed. The 3000 also comes in several different colors and looks great on your desk too.
GILLETTE FUSION POWER GAMER
Give your jefe the gift of battery powered, 5-blade shaving technology. The Power Gamer is not really an electric shaver, but more like a regular razor on steroids. Hit the power button and it shoots out micro-pulses that are meant to help the blades glide smoothly and effortlessly over old, rough barbas.
$15 www.gillette.com
DREAMGEAR QUAD DOCK FOR PS3
Here’s one for all the young dads out there. As any gamer will tell you, nothing’s worse than having your game controller run out of juice right before you’re about to hit a new high score. Well thanks to the Quad Dock, you’ll never be caught without power down again. It charges up to four controllers at once and features a red LED indicator letting you know when your controllers are ready to get back in the game.
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