Father’s Day Golf Gift – The Floppy

The Floppy

The Floppy Indoor Golf Ball!

Looking for a different Father’s Day golf gift? Does your Dad love to golf?

If you answered yes, and your Dad wishes he had more time to practice, but he can’t always get to the course, maybe The Floppy is a gift your Dad will get a lot of use out of.

“What is The Floppy?” you ask. It is an interesting practice golf ball that can be used indoors. Yes…Indoors.

It’s not light like a wiffle ball though. (I enjoy being able to
practice in a small space with them, but it never feels like you’re hitting a real ball.)

The Floppy has the same feel and response as a golf ball, but it’s soft enough to bounce off of walls and glass without causing harm.

It’s a great way for your Dad to be able to practice his short game in his office or at home. If it’s raining, or he simply can’t get to the course, he can still stay sharp on his golf game.

As they say, Practice makes perfect, and The Floppy is a great Father’s Day Golf Gift that will help your Dad shave a few strokes off his next game.

Happy Father’s Day!

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P.S.  A four pack of The Floppy normally sells for $19.95 direct from the manufacturer, but we found them for $15.95 for a limited time on Amazon. Hurry before the deal expires!

Personalized Wedding Gifts – Custom Photo Frames

Custom Photo Frame

Custom Photo Frame

I look around our home and see a few remnants of our wedding day from seven years ago.  There are the keepsakes from the wedding itself (Candles, the flute set,  etc.), the hand made photo album filled with photos, and a few appliances that we didn’t have at the time.

What’s the point?  If you want to give a lasting gift, make it meaningful and filled with memories.  And make it a personalized wedding gift.  The hand made photo album made by our friends was great.  It’s classy, nice, one of a kind, and you always need a place to store photos.

That’s what makes the custom photo frames at personalization mall a great wedding gift.

You can customize it to say anything you’d like.  The names of the bride and groom being customary.  But experiment and try some different ideas.  You might be surprised with what you can come up with (I actually enjoyed trying different sayings using their preview option).

The only draw back is the 13 character limit.  Although, I found that the names of most of the couples I knew would fit within that limit.  If your special couple won’t fit, then it’s time to get creative.  They’ll love the gift even more!

Giving a custom photo frame on that special day is the best way to show the couple you are thinking about them, and to give them something that will stay with them for the rest of their lives.

Here’s to the Newly Weds!

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P.S.-  Rather than just give the bride and groom an empty photo frame, get it early.  Then coordinate with their parents to get copies of photos.  You’ll have a unique gift they can hang on their wall in their first apartment, and they’ll still have it when they buy their first home!

Graduation Gift Ideas – Apple iPod Touch

Apple iPod Touch

Apple iPod Touch

It is that time of year again – Graduation.  What better  graduation gift idea, than the gift of music?

In our world, the Apple iPod Touch is the best product at a reasonable price.

In case you’re curious, we’ll fill you in on all of Apple’s music makers!

iPod Shuffle - For around $80, you can get into the iPod craze.  A compact and basic design, the iPod shuffle is the first step into digital music playback.  Lacking the software extras of the other iPod models, the iPod Shuffle is the base model with no extras.

iPod NanoStarting at just over $120, the iPod Nano may be the best budget high school graduation gift idea.  With plenty of cool, and useful accessories, it is the perfect music player for the college bound student, and it won’t break the budget.  Lightweight, sturdy, and user friendly.  Your high school grad will think of you every time they play their music!

iPod Classic - $220 buys you a step up from the Nano.  For the extra hundred dollars, you get some software upgrades, more storage space and a larger screen.  Worth the extra $$.. you be the judge.

iPod Touch - The king of the hill, the top of the line, the best of the best.  For around $200 you can get the 8GB model (nowhere near the 80GB you get with the classic), with more memory costing more money.  But you also get all of the software that comes very close to making the iPod Touch a hand held computer.  If you have the budget for it, and your high school grad is looking for a good all in one device, the iPod Touch is the way to go.  And with the 3rd generation just released, now is the time to get the hot new iPod Touch.

Of all the graduation gift ideas, the Apple iPod Touch is the best product for the music loving grad in your life.  With quality products, and prices to fit everyone’s budget, the iPod is the way to go.

Congratulations Grads!

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P.S. – A gift card to iTunes to go along with their new iPod is a great addition.  They can start downloading their favorite music immediately.

Graduation Gift Ideas – Laptops & Netbooks

Laptops & Netbooks

Asus eee 1001P Intel Atom Netbook (Black)

Everyone’s looking for graduation gift ideas this time of year.  Take the time to do some research before you run out to your local box store and get sold on laptops & netbooks that won’t fit your needs (perhaps it’s not the best buy ;-) )

Laptop vs. Netbook – The difference

As you can see from the stats, the laptop is designed to be a computer more similar to a desktop.  More computing power, more memory, and a more versatile Operating System.  (If your grad is into gaming, videos etc. this is probably your best bet.)  The Netbook is more of a bare bones, keep it simple computer.  Great at accessing the internet and doing word processing etc.  Also, the Netbooks are smaller, lighter weight and typically with a longer battery life, they are easier to carry from class to class.

Below is our list of top performers on multiple review sites.  Take it for what you will, but be informed before you buy.

Laptops -

Gateway NV7915u-

Processor- 2.13 GHz Intel Corei3
Ram- 4GB
Hard drive-  500 GB
Operating System- Windows 7 Home

HP G62t -

Processor- 2.13 GHz Intel Core i3
Ram- 4GB
Hard drive- 500 GB
Operating System- Windows 7 Home

These two make the top of the list, earning honors in multiple reviews, on multiple sites (cnet and laptopmag)  At around $600, all of our research says these are both great laptops, and very comparable (the hard drive on the HP spinning a little quicker)  . Earning honors for best laptops as well as best budget laptops, they’ve got all the software and computing power the college bound grads will need.

Netbooks -

ASUS Eee PC 1001P –

Processor- 1.66 GHz Intel Atom N450
Ram- 1GB
Hard Drive- 160 GB
Operating System- Windows 7 Starter

Netbooks are the hot new thing in computing power, and this one is the computer earning top recognition on multiple sites.  This seems to be the pick, and at about half the price of a laptop, not a bad investment for your High School Graduate.

If laptops & netbooks rank high on your list of graduation gift ideas, then look into these recommendations.  We promise you won’t be disappointed.

Happy Computing!

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P.S. – Our experience shows it’s best to opt out of the extended warranty.  Most electronics come with a solid manufacturers warranty that will cover any issues that may come up.  The extended warranty is a great way to increase the retailer’s bottom line. ;-)

Graduation Gifts – Cross Ink Pens

Cross Ink Pens

Cross Tech 3 Satin Black Multi-Function Pen

Living in a digital age makes it difficult to believe that a quality ink pen would be a graduation gift that would get much use.  Whether they’re heading off to college, or on to the corporate world, the reality is that paperwork isn’t going away.

Imagine the feel of  good, cross ink pens in your hand.  The extra weight, the feel between you fingers, the smooth flowing ink.  All of these factors add up to a quality writing experience.

Especially if your grad is planning on going out into the professional world.  Imagine how your grad will feel filling out client contracts and paperwork using the quality pen you gave him.  And then he’ll hand the pen to his client to get their signature.  Definitely a great way to start a new career!

Remember, just because we live in a digital age, doesn’t mean there’s no more paperwork.  Cross ink pens make great graduation gifts…and they’re timeless.

Congratulation Grads!

The Hot Gift Guys

P.S. – Get your grad extra ink refills to make the gift extra special!