Tech Gifts for Non-techies Giveaway!

[nicklmg]

So, this year, we decided to put together a fun little giveaway for all of the techies in our audience... the chance to give mom, or grandma, or WHOEVER in your life that isn't a techie a tech-focused gift for the holiday!

The rules are simple:

 

- Comment below telling us what gift (value of US$300 or less before tax and shipping on Amazon) you would want to give to your non-techie counterpart and link to that gift on Amazon

- In your comment, tell us WHO you have chosen to potentially receive that gift (mom, grandma, neighbor, etc.)

- Also tell us WHY you're getting it for them (eg. a new smartphone because grandpa still has a flip phone)

 

Make sure your gift is US$300 or less on Amazon.com. If a selected winner has linked to an item with a value greater than US$300 they will be re-drawn!

 

Winners will have 24 hours to respond here on the forum. If we do not receive a response in 24 hours, we will not hesitate to re-draw.

 

The three (3) winners will be selected on December 14. Once winners have been selected, they will be contacted by me here on the forum, and will provide the full shipping info for the recipient of their gift. Once we receive that information, we will order the winner's selected gift from the recipient's local Amazon and schedule for delivery by December 25.

There are no age or geographical restrictions to enter this giveaway.

Good luck to all, and happy holidays!

 

EDIT: Winners have been selected!

@VictorC777 who selected a Canary All-In-One Home Security Device for their Mother
@Kibelok who selected a Ninja Ultima or the Instant Pot for their mom
And @KirbyTech who selected a point and shoot camera for their dad

Thanks again for entering, and happy holidays to everyone here

[Jerakl]

A Moto G for my dad, (those like 200$ smartphones from Motorola)

He's still on a flip phone :^)

 

Legit.

 

EDIT:

Forgot the link

 

http://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B00GUNSAHG?keywords=moto%20G&qid=1449130183&ref_=sr_1_1&s=wireless&sr=1-1&tag=linustechti06-20

 

 

TY LTT.

[Agent181]

I would get an HP stream for my Mom, I barely got her to get a smartphone last year and I just taught her what the difference between "wifi" and the "internet" is, she thought it was the same

 

or

 

A pair of headphones Bose SoundSport for my brother, he is starting to get into tech and I just got him his own laptop last year 

 

Thanks LTT, good luck who ever wins

[Nacho Marco Segui]

This ssd for my dad,his computer is reaaally slow and he uses it to work,so this ssd would be a big improvement

http://www.amazon.com/Samsung-2-5-Inch-Internal-MZ-75E500B-AM/dp/B00OBRE5UE/ref=sr_1_2?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1449130194&sr=1-2&keywords=evo

[paradigm249]

corsair h110

to my twin brother

he had birthday yesterday

[Penny5837]

I'd get my dad a smart watch seeing as he enjoys new tech and would love a new watch. The one I'd probably give to him would be the LG Urbane. Here's the link: http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00W3E5FYW/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?qid=1449130175&sr=8-1π=SY200_QL40

[Atmos]

A Pair of AKG Q710wht for my brother, link

he's a musician and still rocking a pair of 20$ bose, love the guy but he needs something a bit better...

[itsmyjobtoknow]

A Nexus 7(2013) for my aunt.

 

She has an autistic children who needs to learn on how to interact with people, and he lives playing with some sort of tech whether it is a phone or our previous dead tablet. So what we usually do is make him interact with us in order for him to receive whatever he wants (its usually a tablet) instead of him just dragging our arms around and pushing it towards the general direction of what he wants. 

[Captain_WD]

Hey I'm getting a 4TB WD My Cloud Mirror for my parents as they have been storing most of their photos on CDs, DVDs, flash drives and recently an external drive and frankly it's all a huge mess with notes hanging from each drive with dates and places. I believe something like this will ease the storage of all their photos and videos that they take and they do like to travel a lot I might even pair this with a good DSLR camera if something good pops up.

 

Cheers!

[wyattzx]

My dad has always been anti-technology, and only recently has he begun embracing it. While he isn't starting a Vlog channel anytime soon, he does use the internet often for research, browsing Craigslist and eBay, and so-forth. Most of what he does is basic internet browsing. That's why I'd want to get him an HP Chromebook 14. It would suit his needs perfectly, the screen size is perfect, and it does everything he'd need it to do, and nothing more. It would honestly be perfect!

[XTankSlayerX]

I'd have to choose a mechanical keyboard for my mom (That is in fact the person you saw @nicklmg) since she's studying to become a vet.

 

She has to type out long essays and assignments on a tiny little gateway computer keyboard. 

 

I reckon a mechanical keyboard should make that easier since she does have arthritics, could help since you don't have to bottom out.

 

Brown switches for the win, and TKL so it's a bit easier to carry around, and CM because that's apparently the only brand i heard of. (At least from what you can get on Amazon.ca)

 

Link: http://www.amazon.ca/QuickFire-Rapid-Tenkeyless-Mechanical-Keyboard-Switches/dp/B007VDKLLM/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1449130283&sr=8-2&keywords=tenkeyless+mechanical+keyboard

 

Merry Christmas

[PrivateSamso]

I would send my dad a On Hub router because he is paying for 100 Mbps internet but is getting around 20 Mbps with his crappy router he bought from Target a few years back. He deserves better.

OnHub Wireless Router from Google and TP-LINK https://www.amazon.com/dp/B013ALA9LA/ref=cm_sw_r_other_awd_vO.xwbJMEXQXJ

[Rovert19]

I would like to get my mom the Lenovo T420. Reason being that she only has a tablet at the moment and I think it would help having a device that actually has a keyboard and a bit more powerful.

 

Lenovo T420 notebook

http://www.amazon.ca/Lenovo-ThinkPad-T420-2-6Ghz-Webcam/dp/B0186FWUJ4/ref=sr_1_8?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1449130449&sr=1-8&keywords=laptop

[maxar6]

A pair of ACER monitors for my parents who are still using old and tiny monitors that bleed bad!

 

[Riddler356]

hp stream for my younger brother who is in college with no laptop atm.

http://www.amazon.com/HP-Stream-13-3-Inch-Celeron-Personal/dp/B015CQ8PNA/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1449130775&sr=8-2&keywords=hp+stream

[adams]

http://www.amazon.com/Asus-TURBO-GTX970-OC-4GD5-ASUS-Graphics-Cards/dp/B00WJOU7DA/ref=sr_1_1?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1449130064&sr=1-1&keywords=gtx&refinements=p_36%3A-30000

 

To my Dad since he has a terrible graphics card

[MarcoDotIO]

Honestly, I would buy something like an Amazon Echo for both of my parents since my mother doesn't really like going out to shop

Link: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00X4WHP5E/ref=s9_acss_bw_cg_odsdede_2d1?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=merchandised-search-6&pf_rd_r=1NA70W3E1FAHB1WEMZ49&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=2294879482&pf_rd_i=11851273011

[p90nub]

I would love to give my mother a NAS machine, her and my father fumble around with their old usb external hard drive, its so slow and unorganized.

http://www.amazon.com/Cloud-Network-Attached-Storage-WDBVKW0040JCH-NESN/dp/B00I2P82CS/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1449131291&sr=8-4&keywords=wd+nas

 

Wonderful idea for a giveaway, thanks guys!

[kameshss]

A Samsung 850 evo for my brother as he has some good high end system and he misses an SSD.

 

http://www.amazon.com/Samsung-2-5-Inch-Internal-MZ-75E500B-AM/dp/B00OBRE5UE/

 

If possible I'd like to give my sister a wireless Headphone. I showed her your review on Jaybird X2, she really likes it.

 

http://www.amazon.com/Jaybird-Sport-Wireless-Bluetooth-Headphones/dp/B013HSW4WI/ 

[62arts]

A raspberry pi 2 for my gf to replace her old laptop

[SalisburySteak]

I'd like to give my girlfriend Jaybirds X2 earbuds. She has been through so many cheaper earbuds and is frustrated with either how they fit or how easy one side will die. She gave me a Ducky Shine Mini (thanks Linus for the video) and I'd like to give her something nice. She always does something nice for me and she deserves something nice.

 

http://www.amazon.com/Jaybird-Sport-Wireless-Bluetooth-Headphones/dp/B013HSW4SM/ref=sr_1_1?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1449130877&sr=1-1&keywords=jaybird+bluebuds+x2

[EcDarkSky]

I have to do a gift to my mum so i think the on hub is a great choise because her internet is dam bad because of the old routeur so the onehub is good for easy to use https://on.google.com/hub/

[player285]

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[player285]

I would love to give my father a nas because when we watch movies he always has to fumble around with usb hard drive and its usually very problematic.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00FWURI8K/ref=mp_s_a_1_2?qid=1449131162&sr=8-2π=SX200_QL40&keywords=nas&dpPl=1&dpID=41Q4Bl46qHL&ref=plSrch

[almar]

smart watch. 

http://goo.gl/ktnYBJ

http://www.amazon.ca/dp/B00WJL6I54/ref=twister_B00X6AG6BS?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1

Giving it to my brother who got his life together and is about to finish his schooling. he still asks for my help when it comes to anything remotely related to computers. He has been asking lately if these smart watches are good. 

 

good luck people