Product:
Price: £4.99
Available from: Toastabags
Initial Reaction: Limited edition “Team Toasties” reusable toastabags containing 2 reuseable toastabags, recipe leaflet and free football and England Flag bread stamps
Pros:
- Great for a football crazy father’s day treat.
- Each bag can be used up to 100 times
- Makes delicious toasted sandwiches in your toaster
- Can stamp to bread with the toastie stamp either football or England flag for a personalised snack!
- Toastabags can be washed in warm soapy water or washed in the dishwasher and reused.
- Can even warm up pasties, burgers, pitta bread, hot dogs and pizza!
Cons:
- Possibly wouldn’t work so well in a small toaster or if you have an extra big filling in your sandwich.
Value for money? Yes, good value. Lots of use can be had out of the toastabags for a light snack.
Overall Reaction: Great! Delicious snacks can be rustled up in minutes. Great to keep at work for turning a boring sandwich into a tasty Panini or good for lazy days when you just want something quick and easy.
Product: Bluebuck Trunks
Price: £20
Available from: Bluebuck
Initial Reaction: They looked well made and felt soft.
Pros:
- Comfortable
- Wash Well
- Made in an eco-friendly way
Cons: None
Value for money? Expensive for a pair of pants.
Overall Reaction: Good pair of trunks
By Carol's Dad
Product: The Big Apple Candle
Price: £25
Available from: Sandy Bay London
Initial Reaction: Looks really nice and smells great even before you have lit it.
Pros:
- Unisex scent
- Good burn time
- Looks stylish
- Comes in a glass holder
Cons: None
Value for money? Average for this type of candle
Overall Reaction: Gives off a great scent and is a great present for both Men and Women. An indulgent gift.
Price: £19.99
Available from: The Articulate Gallery
Initial Reaction: Fantastic idea, the frame is for putting your child’s art work in. You can change it really easily.
Pros:
- Swap pictures super quick
- Leaves your fridge free of pictures
- Protects their art work
- Looks great on the wall
- Well made
- Sturdy
Cons: None
Value for money? I think this is really good value, you could have a different look every week or day even
Overall Reaction: Great product, such a simple idea. Great gift for Dads and Granddads
By Carol
Product: Russian Standard Gold Vodka
Price: £20
Available from: all good supermarkets and liquor stores, as well as Selfridges and Harrods
Initial Reaction: Comes in a great presentation box.
Pros:
- Smooth taste
- Presentation Box
- Good quality so could be drunk neat if that’s your thing
- Idea for cocktails
Cons: None
Value for money? Good
Overall Reaction: Great gift for all Vodka lovers. Looks and tastes good.
By Carol
Product: Kitchen Devils Lifestyle Knife Block Set, Kitchen Devils Control Starter Set, The Kitchen Devils Control Carving Set
Price: £34.99, £16.99, £17.99
Available from: Asda, Lakeland, Argos, Dunelm and independent kitchen and hardware stores or go to www.kitchendevils.com
Initial Reaction: Quality sets. Ideal for foodie dads.
Pros:
- Good quality sets
- Durable
- Easy to use
- Comfortable handles
- 15 Year guarantee.
- Light weight
- Dishwasher safe.
Cons:
- Packaging on the control sets are a nightmare to get into!
Value for money? Great value for money, some items you have to invest in and good knifes are one of them
Overall Reaction: Fantastic knife sets. They are light weight and comfortable to use, which means less accidents (well for me). Love the soft grip handles on the control sets. Great gifts for Dads or even yourself. Makes a great addition to the kitchen.
By Carol
Product: My Dad Rocks CD
Price: £3.99
Available from: Amazon
Initial Reaction: Great selection of tracks
Pros:
- Great mix of tracks
- Good quality sound
Cons:
- None
Value for money? Great value for money.
Overall Reaction: This CD is great for Dad’s that like a bit of Indie music. Packed full of tracks from Primal Scream, Ocean Colour Scene, The Lightening Seeds and many more.
By Carol
Product: Personalised I Heart My Daddy Mug
Price: £8.99
Available from: Find Me A Gift
Initial Reaction: Looks great and good quality printing
Pros:
- Good size mug
- Printed well
- Looks great
Cons:
None
Value for money? Good
Overall Reaction: A lovely gift idea for Father’s Day. You can personalise the front and back.
By Carol
Product: Sennheiser MM 450 Travel Headphones
Price: £219.99
Available from: Amazon
Initial Reaction: I have heard good things about Sennheiser so was keen to test them out.
Pros:
- Noise Reducing
- Has Bluetooth
- Use as hands free kit in the car
- Controls on the headset
- Padded ear-cushions
- Great sound quality
- Direct cable that includes adaptor for airplanes
- Comes with travel case
Cons:
- Takes a while to set it all up and work initially
Value for money? It is a lot of money for pair headphones; however I listen to music a lot and travel quite a bit on trains and planes so these are perfect for this. I would get value for money out of these.
Overall Reaction: Great quality set of headphones that can be used for many things.
By Carol's Dad
Product: 100 Hits Dad CD
Available from: Amazon
Initial Reaction: A huge collection of great tracks, something for every mood!
Pros:
- 5 CDs
- Split into different genres
- Good Sounds
Cons:
- None
Value for money? Great value for money
Overall Reaction: Great collection of music. A CD for every musical mood.
By Carol's Dad
Product:- Jabra Freeway
Price Around £70
Initial Reaction: I was immediately impressed with the features offered by the freeway, however there is a small price to pay for this, as the Freeway is larger than other speakerphones I have used (115mmx110mmx15mm)
Pros:
Easy to set up.
Can be paired to 2 devices
Calls can be made completely hands free.
Up to 14 hours talk time
Virtual surround sound.
Automatically turns on when you get in the car and off when you get out.
Cons:
Larger than some speaker phones
Misinterpreted some spoken commands
Value for money? Good
Overall Reaction: The freeway offers many features, however due to it being larger than normal it could be a problem fitting on the smaller visors of small cars. There was only just enough space to fit it on my visor without obscuring the vanity mirror. I found it easy to set up and liked the fact that it can be paired to 2 devices.
The Freeway has worked very well to date, with good sound quality from the speakers and there being no issues with people not being able to understand me. Battery life has also been good.
Overall I would say the Freeway is good value for money.
By Sarah
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