Gifts for Him
Good early-relationship gifts are specific to him rather than expensive. These ideas suit birthdays, anniversaries and holidays alike.
17 recommendations, each with a full guide covering who it suits and what to check before ordering.
Showing 17 of 17 recommendations.
Grooming
A barber-grade clipper with a fade blade and a separate T-blade trimmer — the gift for anyone who has ever struggled to find a barber who can cut their hair properly.
Accessories
A big-dial dress watch with a date and decorative skeleton work — bought as jewellery rather than as a way of telling the time, which is the honest framing.
Home
A tiered stand for bottles that currently live in a row at the back of a counter — the gift for someone whose collection has outgrown the shelf it started on.
Gift Sets
A boxed multi-piece bath set in a neutral aquatic scent — bought less for the contents than for the permission it gives him to use them.
Fitness
A colour-coded press-up board with handles that folds flat under a bed — home training equipment for a flat with no room for home training equipment.
Accessories
A thin bifold that holds around a dozen cards and a clip of notes — the replacement for the wallet he has been carrying since university.
Practical
A cordless 150 PSI pump with a digital gauge and auto shut-off — the gift that lives in a boot for years and then matters enormously for ten minutes.
Tech
A folding magnetic stand that charges a phone, watch and earbuds at once — worth it if he owns all three, and pointless if he does not.
Comfort
Memory foam clogs with an actual moulded footbed and a rubber sole — structure being the thing almost no slipper has and the thing that makes them wearable all day.
Home
A wooden carousel for a fragrance collection — the version that solves the problem a static shelf creates, which is that the back row is never chosen.
Wellness
A neck-focused kneading massager with heat and an automatic shut-off — the smaller, simpler counterpart to a full-body unit.
Tech
Over-ear Bluetooth headphones with active cancellation and a transparency mode — the gift for a commute, an open-plan office or a long flight home.
Tech
A pocket-sized 10,000mAh battery with a built-in cable — the accessory that solves the problem of arriving somewhere on four per cent.
Accessories
Polarised aviators with a UV400 rating — a gift where two different specifications get confused constantly, and only one of them protects his eyes.
Tech
A touchscreen tracker that takes calls and logs heart rate, sleep and workouts — genuinely useful to someone who will charge it, and landfill to someone who will not.
Accessories
A steel chronograph with sub-dials and a date — the sportier counterpart to a plain dress watch, and the better pick if he wears a watch daily rather than occasionally.
Comfort
Non-slip moccasins that read as shoes rather than slippers — the pair he can answer the door in, which is the difference that decides how much they get worn.
