We are still in the middle of Navratri and Dussehra, but Diwali is closer than you may think. Here are some product ideas for you to up your gifting game this year:
For everyday fitness
Sneakers and walking shoes
FENDI Faster sneakers have a classic running shoe shape, featuring signature FENDI codes, in a perfect mix of heritage and modernity. A stretched FF rubber logo adds a high-end sporty touch to the upper, featuring a mix of mesh and technical fabrics. Insertions of the FF jacquard logo in its famed tobacco and brown shades are featured across the upper, on the laces, and continuing through the back of the shoe until the sole. The colour range includes white and beige with the FF jacquard in tobacco and brown, full black and a metal-grey version in coated technical fabric with a shiny and smooth effect featuring a special white tone-on-tone FF jacquard.
FENDI Faster sneakers: €920.00 (Rs 90,000)
One of the best sports shoes comes from Nike and Michael Jordan's co-owned legacy label, Air Jordan. It has multiple sneakers, golf, and running shoe options known for their unique design, distinctive colourways and design elements.
Air Jordan: Rs 19,000
Indian streetwear brand Skating Monk’s sneakers have light and durable soles and are great for someone young looking for a fashionable pair of walking shoes.
Skating Monk sneakers: Begins at Rs 1200
Most brands, from Nike to Sketchers, have sneakers and walking shoes in various price ranges. Skechers’ GO WALK Distance Walker offers long-lasting supportive comfort and has a breathable mesh upper as well as underlays, making it a good choice for someone over 60.
Skechers’ GO WALK Distance Walker Rs 12,999
Gadgets
Noise Luna Ring
Luna Ring tracks over 70 metrics across three parameters — Sleep, Readiness, and Activity. Noise’s smart ring is equipped with advanced sensors and robust built quality. Luna Ring's sensors, including Infrared PPG, skin temperature, and 3-axis accelerometer, provide accurate health tracking. The ring features in-built algorithms that customize measurements for various skin tones, delivering unbiased results. The wearable is made using fighter-jet grade titanium and a "diamond-like" coating.
Headphones and earbuds
Music is the best companion while working out, trekking or walking. Apple's Airpods Pro is a best-in-class headphone, durable and high-quality with long-lasting battery life. The sound quality is exceptional, the fit is comfortable, and the battery is long-lasting.
ATH-S220BT On-Ear Wireless Headphones are designed for Dads on the Move who abhor in-ears. They are lightweight have a relaxed-fit design, and offer wireless connectivity to smartphones. With an impressive battery life of up to 60 hours and a quick 10-minute charge providing 3.5 hours of listening time, going for long walks, or a run, to the gym with music is easy breezy.
Noise Luna Ring: Rs 14,999
Apple Airpods Pro: Rs 24,900
ATH-S220BT On-Ear Wireless Headphones: Rs 6,590
Fitness accessories
Fitbit Inspire 3 tracks distance, calories burned, heart rate, and other such statistics. Users can log wellness metrics like sleep and stress management scores.
SPlbelt’s lightweight pouch belt is a functional option for storing all necessities when out on a walk, hike or trek. It has an expandable pocket that can comfortably hold a large phone and other on-the-go essentials. Its design holds things flat and in place.
De Jure Fitness’s Cast Iron Kettlebell is sturdy and stylish at the same time. They have a wide base and do not wobble while doing floor exercises. BOULT Crown R Pro smartwatch sports a 1.43-inch Super AMOLED round display, features such as Bluetooth calling and smart health monitors, including a heart rate sensor, blood pressure monitor, SpO2 sensor and sleep monitor. It also offers connectivity support to Bluetooth and offers a dedicated mic and speaker for calling.
Fitbit Inspire 3: Rs 8,900
SPlbelt’s lightweight pouch belt: Rs 1200
De Jure Fitness’s Cast Iron Kettlebell: Rs 1,149
BOULT Crown R Pro smartwatch: Rs 2,899
Wellness
Evocus H2O is water enriched with 70+ minerals and claims to help with sustained hydration, better detoxification, reduced acidity, improved metabolism, heightened alertness, and balanced pH levels in the body.
Most tea brands, such as Tea Trunk and Vahdam have a range of herbal teas for those looking to replace their regular chai with healthier versions. Vahdam’s Moringa Tulsi, Saffron Chai, and Berry Cinnamon Tisane rate high on the wellness tea spectrum. Tea Trunk’s Spearmint Leaves and Orange Liquorice Rooibos Tea are highly regarded for their soothing properties.
Evocus H2O: Rs 100 per bottle
Vahdam tea: Rs 167 onwards
Tea Trunk Spearmint Leaves: Rs 319
Gift a subscription to a fitness app
DFITZY is an interactive fitness platform on which members are trained by celebrity professionals, including yoga gurus and nutritionists. The app has an array of training classes in Yoga, Meditation, Zumba, Pilates and Cross Functional Training among others, besides customised diet plans. Audible has some amazing podcasts and audio series, such as Eating in the Age of Dieting by nutritionist Rujuta Diwekar.
Mood Space is an online counselling platform catering to mental health needs and offers counselling on how to deal with stress, anxiety, and depression, as well as coping with relationship challenges, work-related issues, and life transitions. The service enables users to seek help confidentially and conveniently via phone or video sessions, and text support.
DFITZY: Depends on plan chosen.
Audible: Subscription plan begin at Rs 199 per month
MoodSpace: Begins at Rs 400 per month
Home gym
Flexnest is known to build well-equipped home gyms. Their Berlin-designed products are powered by smart, connected state-of-the-art equipment and immersive and engaging content. Among its several pieces of equipment is Flexibell, which replaces multiple sets of weights with one. The product has easy-to-use selection dials for adjusting weights.
Flexpad is designed keeping in mind the space requirements of a home; it can be tucked away under your bed or sofa and connects to The Flexnest App to give you 500+ Trainer Guided workouts and 50+ Virtual Walks. Brands such as Smartbike and Ankle and Wrist offer international grade individual accessories such as dumbbell and stationary cycles.
Flexibell: Rs 7,999
Flexpad: Rs 29,999
For the adventurer
Swiss Army Knife, Victorinox
The multi-tool with 14 functions is a must-have in an adventure kit. The stainless steel knife was created in Ibach, Switzerland, in 1891, as a pocket knife for soldiers. The Swiss Army knife has a drop-point main blade besides other types of blades and tools, such as a screwdriver, a can opener, a saw blade, a pair of scissors, and many others, folded into the handle of the knife through a pivot point mechanism. The handle is traditionally red, with a Victorinox logo on it.
Swiss Army Knife, Victorinox: Rs 2,837
Trekking shoes
From hiking boots to trekking shoes, a wide range of gifting options are available, and make your choice based on whether your friend/family member indulges in an easier hike or a tougher trek.
Quechua NH150 trekking shoes allow ample ankle support and are sturdy and water-resistant. Wildcraft Hypagrip trekking shoes are perfect for Himalayan treks, score high in traction and are ergonomically designed. Puma’s hiking boots are lightweight and work well for hiking. They feature a durable rubber outsole that will perfectly adapt to even the most treacherous of trails.
Quechua NH150 trekking shoes: Rs 2,500
Puma’s hiking boots: Rs 8,799
Inflatable Kayak
From Kochi to Mangalore, Goa to Chennai, kayaking is summer’s enjoyable activity. Intex Explorer K2 kayak is a 2-person inflatable kayak set, with aluminium oars and air pumps. Decathalon Kayaks are both single-seaters and double-seaters and are sold in two varieties: High-pressure ones and simpler ones for touring. While transporting a kayak in a vehicle, an inflatable saves the user from purchasing and installing roof racks, and from having to manoeuvre a heavy hard shell onto the roof racks.
Intex Explorer K2 kayak: Rs 24,999
Decathlon Kayaks: Rs 39,999
Backpacks
Zouk’s Amer Maze Classic Backpack combines modern design with practical features. It has a spacious zipper compartment that comprises an inbuilt padded laptop sleeve, which can fit a 15.6-inch laptop, an inner zipper pocket, a trolley strap at the back, an easy-access external zipper pocket and two water bottle compartments.
Zouk’s Amer Maze Classic Backpack: Rs 1,993
Decathlon’s 40 ltrs backpack is for the real serious trekker, with a padded hip belt, adjustable shoulder straps, thumb rest, a well-ventilated back, and front opening.
Decathlon’s 40ltrs backpack: Rs 1,999
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