Top Father's Day Gifts From Consumer Reports
Looking for stereotypical Father's Day gifts? Consumer Reports Home & Garden has ratings on all of the gas grills, electric drills, weedwhackers, and leaf blowers a man could ever want. Or anyone who needs to flame-broil or drill holes into anything. [Consumer Reports Home & Garden]
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What do I get for the Father who doesn't trust other people to pick out his power tools?
Used to be that a tie was the perfect father's day gift. I still have a few.
I'm kinda pissed that Consumer Reports doesn't have anything on charcoal grills. It takes a lot longer but it's so much better!
Since I live so far from my dad, I found the best country club in his area and bought a round of prime-time golf on their best course. He always gripes about how rounds of golf in the D.C./Virginia area are so expensive because of the cost of living so I figured i'd treat him to a course he would normally never play on due to the cost.
It was actually very difficult to get the club houses to basically issue what amounts to a gift card/certificate for a round of golf. It's like a foreign language to that industry.
The only thing I would like for Father's Day is for people not to keep calling and interrupting what I'm doing all day.
@Newman!!!!: I totally agree. We have a propane grill at home, works great. We went to a park and cooked on one of those charcoal grills they have set up there....holy CRAP it was amazing. Took longer and more difficult to do, but oh man...more flavor, more intense heat, it was amazing.
@Newman!!!!: Yeah, I'll go one step further, I'm a charcoal fan and don't even like to use lighter fluid, I have a chimney starter and it's great. I also will only stick with a weber grill.
I always tell my wife NOT to get me anything for Fathers Day (from her or the kids). I'm an adult, if I want something I go out and buy it, I don't need a gift. I'd rather just have the day with my family, and do something I'd really enjoy doing that we normally don't do, like go for a long hike or a baseball game.
I think Leatherman multitools are much better than some shitty cordless drill, leaf blowers, or grills.
@pb5000: Truer words have never been spoken. I want memories, not money and phone calls from people I talk to 2 times a year and gifts I can afford. You want to "WOW" me, buy me a 52" plasma, otherwise save it.
Native Texan here, charcoal is the only way to go. Kingsford + Weber = win. Also, if you have never cooked with charcoal before, you know the coals are going strong when they are all white. They should last a good hour or so without any need to add more coals. You can tell when its time to add more with Kingsford charcoal when the "K" imprinted on each coal starts to fade to ash.
Sad that the only dogs the kitty in the picture will get to eat are hot ones.
Lighter fluid's okay in a pinch, if you don't use HALF THE CAN. Someone on my block does that and you can smell it all over the neighborhood. :P
@Nick Bornemann:
OMG, this is so me. I know exactly what tools I want & need, anything different WILL NOT DO! Do NOT do a gift card, especially a specific store one that limits selection & brand! I suggest you ask Dad if you can take him to buy a specific tool & tell him your budget (he might want to add money to it to get something more expensive, don't be offended as I have done this to get a specific tool I really wanted but couldn't fully justify the cost) or doo a collage of tool pics & give him cash. He WILL buy a quality tool that he will enjoy & use for years! I have a few tools that my son helped me get (some Craftsman reversible ratchet wrenches) that I use all the time & LOVE, I think fondly of him every time I use them.
@pb5000:
Oh yes, chimney starter ROCKS.
Charcoal is a little more time invested but yes the food comes out a lot better. And without the need for starter fluid its even better (that chimney starter gets the coals nice and hot really fast). We have a gas grill as well, mostly for when its snowing out just to get a quick grilled meal (grilling in the snow, ARGH ARGH ARGH)
As far as what to get for fathers day, I buy what I want then when the wife asks what I want I tell her "the UPS man will be bringing it shortly".
I already have power tools so don't need any more. I play/collect boardgames so that would be a great gift...except the one I want won't be out until July.
@Nick Bornemann: Buy him a wood chipper powerful enough to shred a V8 engine and step back. No real fan of power tools could do anything else but fall to his knees weeping at your thoughtfulness.
@chrisexv6: Aren't they the best?
And using gas to cook meat is something only Burger King should do. Calling it "BBQ" should be harshly punished by the FTC.
I am not a curmudgeon... I just play one in real life... Kidding.
Father, Mother, Grandparent, etc days are bullsh1t in my book. If you can't appreciate them the other 364 days of the year what good is one day going to do.
Now, reality is that my spouse buys into this stuff and I don't. I have for years let her and lately the kids know that what I would really like from them is simply for them to do something so I don't have too. Cut the grass. Pick up the dog shit. Clean the car. Clean their rooms (the kids).
I suspect most fathers would also appreciate this one... Don't frigg'n break anything this week that I am going to have to fix or replace.
Right... so now that I have that of my chest... I already know what is coming Sunday. A couple of shirts...
Hey PB5000 and XCHARLIEMX I am with you guys.
@Tian: Most dads who want Leathermans already bought one for themselves. Shoot, my dad got ME my first one.
My dad's getting home made lunch! I pride myself on being a great cook, and my parents have only tried my handiwork a few times, but I'm out to really wow them this time.
@Newman!!!!: What is there to review? Get a Weber. Use a chimney. Indirect is better. Go directly to go.
Kitteh knows what he wants for Father's Day...
I made my husband a CafePress t-shirt with a big headshot of our cat on it. (He's such a cat fag.)
My father isn't the typical man. He hates the outdoors, can't grill to save his life, enjoys Broadway and Opera instead of football...
I hate the way people get pigeonholed during holidays. Mothers only want bath soaps and candles! Fathers want lawn mowers and grills!
I dunno, this always really bugged me.