Spoil yourself with what you really wanted this festive season: our top 10 list will have you bursting with ideas for how to spend your gift cards
Did your loved ones do the smart thing and shower you with vouchers and gift cards this year? Need help spending them? Or are you looking for a present that gives back, by winning you quality time with the young people in your life? Read on for our top picks.
Delight your love of tools | |
| From Santa’s workshop to yours, this might be the classiest cordless screwdriver in existence; it's certainly much less clumsy than a full-size a drill/driver, and comes with 55 precision bits. | |
| And on the subject of precision, how about a high-speed rotary tool set with literally hundreds of attachments and accessories for cutting, grinding, carving, polishing, cleaning, engraving... | |
Brighten up your holidays | |
| Take control of your lighting like never before with smart light bulbs that you can dim from your smartphone for a welcoming festive ambience, and switch from warm to cool white | |
| For the camping and caravan buff, how about a battery-powered fan/light combo? It has a hook and magnets on the base for maximum convenience in any off-grid setting. | |
A gift of reliving the past and converting to the future | |
| Revisit your beloved cassette collection and rip them to USB thumbdrive for convenient playback on today's modern drvices. | |
| And what about all those VHS tapes no-one wants to watch because they’re analogue? Transposing them to DVD will make a great holiday project. | |
Indulge an aspiring secret agent | |
| It's like something straight out of a Bond movie: this pen has a built-in HD camera that records sound and video to MicroSD card (sold separately) for up to 70 minutes per charge. | |
| Even if you don't drive an Aston Martin, you can feel like you're behind the wheel of a spy vehicle with the ultimate head-up display, which features speed and compass heading, trip meter and more. | |
Thrill a younger generation | |
| Find common ground with the young people in your life by sharing the thrill of beachcombing with an easy-to-use metal detector. | |
| Older kids will love the challenge of building a glow-in-the-dark space rail, which has a massive 10m track that even includes a loop-the-loop for marbles! As much fun to build as it is to watch, this one will give you hours of quality time with the youngsters. | |