February 5, 2012

Fire Steel – Ideal Outdoors Gift

fire steelThis inexpensive military used fire steel will make a great gift for anyone who loves the outdoor life. And who doesn’t fancy themselves as a budding Ray Mears once in a while?

Orginally developed for the Swedish Department of Defense, the FireSteel is a flash of genius! It’s 3000C spark (that’s rather hot, mind your fingers) makes fire building easy in any weather, at any altitude.

This fire steel is standard issue for a number of armies around the world and it’s dependability has already made it a favourite of:

  • survival experts
  • fishermen
  • campers
  • it’s also ideal for lighting garden bonfires and barbeques!

An ideal gift for dads, uncles, big brothers and grandads and only around £9.50 too.

Fruit Ball Bowls

fruit ballLook closely at this squashed basket ball. Spot anything? Well, it’s not a ball it’s a ceramic fruit bowl or fruit ball as they’ve been called.

Novel isn’t it? I read about them in one of the Sunday papers where they pictured one full of fresh fruit. Obviously flat-bottomed so they can’t roll off the kitchen worktop, fruit balls come in a choice of either a squashed basketball (pictured) and a squashed, black and white football.

These are great for sports mad blokes and of course you could just as easily fill them up with:

  • crisps
  • snacks
  • keys
  • golfballs and tees
  • boot studs
  • pens
  • sweets

Firebox have got them  but indicate that they expect this product to sell out pretty darn quick.

Waboba Ball

waboba-ballThis cheap novelty gift is actually a rather good idea. The Waboba ball bounces on water! So just like a pebble skimming across the water, the Waboba ball bounces across the surface only it’s a lot safer than a stone.

It’s a palm sized ball and is made of polyurethane and has a Lycra coating. The mix of different polyurethanes makes the ball bounce and float on water!

Ideal on holiday in the sun and much better than forever retrieving a traditional beach ball. S’pose you could also use it as a dogs ball and keep Spike busy ;)

Under a fiver and available from the likes of Iwoot, Firebox, Find Me A Gift and Amazon