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Often, reading articles from the 'Buyer's Guide' series, devoted to gifts or timed to the holidays, I caught myself thinking that I did not agree with some positions, and some would not be included in the list of potential purchases at all. The main reason is other tastes, and, as you know, there is no dispute about tastes.
Most often, the matter did not go further than reflection, and then I thought and decided, why not get my share of criticism by writing my own alternative buyer's guide for the New Year?
However, before we start, it should be noted that this material will be primarily targeted at the fair half of our audience – lovely ladies.
So let's go.
The first thing that comes to mind when you start thinking about a gift for a girl is a fitness bracelet.
No. Not because it’s time to go in for sports, etc. And simply because, in addition to the functions provided by the manufacturer, this accessory is used by many as an additional means of notifying about events on the phone. For a long time, the favorites in this matter were devices of the MiBand line from Xiaomi. This time, for the first time, when choosing a fitness bracelet, I advise not Miband 1 / 1S / 2, but a similar device from Huawei – Honor Band 3.
Honor Band 3 (NYX-B10)
As shown by an express survey, of the three available strap colors, the blue version was the most popular with friends.
From Xiaomi the bracelet from Huawei is distinguished by a fresher design, as well as more extensive possibilities in terms of notifications. For example, Honor Band 3 NYX-B10 itself is able to determine the type of physical activity, and you can also view on it not only the fact of a notification, but also a part of the text of the received message.
You can buy a bracelet in official retail at a price of about 3 thousand rubles, which is very inexpensive for such a gadget.
The next item is the portable speaker from Samsung Level Box Slim (EO-SG930CBEGRU).
Samsung Level Box Slim
In addition to a pleasant appearance and good sound for its class, the speaker can act as an external battery with which you can charge other gadgets, and it is also waterproof, which significantly expands the possibilities of its use. You can take it to the bathroom, to nature, to the pool, you can even submerge it for a short time and shallowly under water, and nothing will happen to it.
Now the column can be bought for approximately three thousand rubles. There are networks in which the price is even lower – about two thousand rubles. But such proposals are becoming less and less – they are quickly dismantled.
Talking about portable speakers, it is difficult to ignore the speaker from Huawei AM08 with an original futuristic design.
Huawei AM08
All the girls I knew who were asked their opinions about this little thing said: 'Oh, how cool!'. I think this is already a sufficient argument in favor of Huawei AM08.
In addition to the design, there are beautiful colors, unusual controls, and unexpectedly loud and rich sound.
The price, on the contrary, is unexpectedly humane for such an unusual gadget – only 2 thousand rubles.
Continuing the musical theme, let's move on to the headphones.
We need to keep up with progress, so we will give the headphones wireless.
In this regard, unexpectedly a lot of positive reviews were collected by the far from new Bluetooth – the Samsung Level U headset.
Samsung Level U
Many familiar girls from the pros noted a pleasant appearance (beautiful design), as well as the fact that the headphones are of the type of earbuds, not plugs. As it turned out, they like this type more. At the same time, the headband did not bother anyone. Probably because the girls are used to all kinds of necklaces, beads and chains. Another pluses of the headset include good battery life, good sound, and excellent microphone quality.
The headset can be easily found in many retail chains. There is no problem with the choice of colors. This pleasure costs an average of three to three and a half thousand rubles.
If the person being gifted is skiing or is engaged in any similar sport, then you can give her an action camera. There will definitely not be superfluous – you can always pick it up and use it as a DVR in the car (just kidding). But seriously, the action camera will be useful both for recording sports activities and later on joint vacation trips or at least for cycling.
As it turned out, an extremely useful thing in the household. As an initial sample, I recommend a device from a famous Chinese brand. ?
Xiaomi Yi first generation.
This camera can now be bought at a very attractive price, which ranges from three and a half to five and a half thousand rubles. Despite the much more modest characteristics in comparison with the same GoPro, the camera from Xiaomi allows you to get videos of pretty good quality, which is more than enough for a beginner extreme sportsman. Plus, such a device will require the purchase of a ton of different accessories, such as a selfie stick, a waterproof case, a replaceable battery, so you can provide yourself with an endless source of ideas for mini gifts.
I really didn't want to include the scales in the list, as this is a very controversial gift that can be both a surprise and a reason for a quarrel, but the survey unexpectedly showed that there is a need for such a gadget. The scales are out of competition Xiaomi.
Xiaomi Mi Smart Scale
Cool appearance, standard set of functions, as well as the ability to synchronize measurement results by Bluetooth, maintain multiple accounts at the same time, with automatic switching between them.
The price currently ranges from one and a half to three thousand rubles.
But here I recommend thinking twice whether to give such a gift to your other half or not. ?
Conclusion
If you paid attention, all of the listed options are relatively low cost. This is no coincidence. The material did not include gifts such as smartphones, game consoles, robotic vacuum cleaners, etc. due to their rather high cost. Let's save such gifts for birthday, since the New Year for most is a more comfortable, homely holiday and does not imply very large expenses.
By tradition, in the comments I am waiting for your options for 'electronic gifts' for girls (I also need ideas for what to give). ?
P.S. By the way, surprisingly, the majority of respondents rejected e-books as a potential gift, not because the respondents read little, but because they either prefer an e-book or are content with a smartphone screen.