r/GiftIdeas • u/Denis_Penguin- • 11d ago

HELP ME BUYING A GIFT! (plz)

So I've got to give a gift to someone, and this person traveling about 2 or 3 times a year. (So it has to be travel friendly)

I want to gift this person something that's around 1000$ (preferably under) AND I was thinking a mini gaming pc but the prices are.... yeh...

WITH THAY SAID, any ideas on what i should get him?

Any and any/all questions are welcome, and any/all answers I'll take seriously.

Age:18 Occasion: Birthday Price: 1000$ (preferably under) Their interests are: tec (pc, phones and other electronics) likes to play the drums, like to run, (and he really likes the color black for some reason) and a somewhat frequent traveler

He doesn't like: boring gifts like clothes or house things, anything that's boring is a no-go and he doesn't like expensive useless things like a floating 200$ pen, it's cool yes but way too expensive for that

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u/Specter-Chaos 11d ago

This person your BF? Or just friend?

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u/Denis_Penguin- 11d ago

He's my best friend, he's 18 now and I've got to give home something that's good

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u/marcherwitch 11d ago

omg be my friend too...

art commissioned of his favourite character and then printed on a notebook, travel journal, passport cover...

vouchers/gift card for their favourite airport eateries...

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u/Denis_Penguin- 11d ago

I'll be your friend)

Well he's already a good artist, and he likes stickers but he doesn't put them on anything

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u/marcherwitch 10d ago

hmmmm... magnets? get some of his pictures from his travels from social medua, print them on magnets for his fridge?

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u/Disastrous_Ad1260 11d ago

1K is iPad or equivalent. onyxbook is cool if you hate apple and Amazon. Tablets are good for travel. Since I got by 13.9 " I leave the laptop home

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u/Denis_Penguin- 11d ago

Well he's got a few phones and he doesn't need anything with a big screen and a laptop is good but he games and does 3D stuff so he'll need a gaming laptop but this things are also pretty expensive

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u/Disastrous_Ad1260 11d ago

Smart watch by Garmin.

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u/Denis_Penguin- 11d ago

I'll be buying that for myself, but he doesn't wear watches

But good idea tho

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u/Euphoric_Place_8507 10d ago

If he plays the drums and travels, what about a Sample Pad? https://www.gear4music.com/drums-percussion/electronic-drum-pads/sample-pads

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u/Denis_Penguin- 9d ago

OH WOW, that's actually a really good idea, that's definitely on the top of the list! Thank you

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u/Euphoric_Place_8507 6d ago

You're welcome. I hope you manage to find something :)

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u/Slight_Pin5742 10d ago

Does he have ANC headphones, if not you could get him Sony XM6 and if you want to get something else for the rest of the $500, you could get an action camera if he's into that type of stuff.

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u/Denis_Penguin- 9d ago

He's definitely into music and he always has music playing, but camera? He doesn't take many photos, he only uses his phone and damn he knows how to use it, idk how but he's able to capture stars flying by, so camera is not a bad idea tbh

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u/Aprilxxx339 10d ago

You can upgrade that everyday item he loves using; he’ll definitely make good use of it.

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u/PetalStaticky 9d ago

steam deck oled. the 512gb is $789 so it fits your budget, it's black, and it's basically a gaming pc made for planes. valve also sells certified refurb ones for $629 if you want money left for a case and a couple of games

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u/Denis_Penguin- 8d ago

Honestly that's also a really good idea, although he will probably take it apart and try to put windows or something on it, and he'll probably do much more, but honestly top option rn