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The holiday season’s clock is ticking—and while we’ve handled a lot of the heavy lifting, the choice for what makes the perfect gift still rests on your shoulders. So we scoured our gift guides and Recommender favorites to find the items that make no-fail gifts—sure to delight everyone on your list through Christmas, New Year’s, and beyond. From a luxurious velvet weighted blanket made from recycled marine plastic to an opportunity to do vinyasa flow with van Gogh to a green laser-assisted vacuum that can’t be beat—here are our ultimate gifts for 2021.
Rise Gardens Double Family Garden
The Rise Gardens indoor gardens were a Recommender favorite this year, and are a perfect gift for tech-savvy gardeners of every level.
Good Feals Kit
Style-savvy CBD brand Feals teamed up with Baggu and Piecework Puzzles to create a very chill gift set featuring their signature products, whose net proceeds go to mental health nonprofit, Painted Brain.
Backbone
Backbone’s snap-on iPhone controller is compatible with endless games across Apple Arcade, Steam, Stadia, Xbox, and more. No batteries or extra cords needed.
Buffy Wiggle Pillow and Cover
This squishy tubular bed accessory comes from Buffy—makers of the internet-famous Cloud Comforter—and follows in eco-friendly fashion: each pillow is made from 55 post-consumer plastic bottles
Dyson V15 Detect Vacuum
All the bells and whistles that you’ve come to expect from Dyson, plus lasers that are designed to be reflected by dust particles, so they never miss a spot.
Loftie Alarm Clock
Help them break up with their phone before bed. Loftie’s sleek alarm clock has plentiful, clever features in the service of sleep hygiene, including built-in bedtime stories and sound baths to a gentle, glowy nightlight.
FlexiSpot Kana Bamboo Standing Desk
FlexiSpot’s Kana Bamboo Standing Desk is sturdy, handsome, and rises up and down with ease. It’s sold in a straight- and curved-edge version and quietly glides up and down with the tap of a keypad.
Whisker Feeder-Robot
This smart feeder runs on Wifi and releases food to your pet on a set schedule or with a tap of an app. It also helps monitor your furry friend’s diet.
Henry Rose The Playground
Give a flight of Henry Rose’s deliciously luxurious fragrances — nine travel-size scents from the Michelle Pfeiffer-founded brand that are approved by Cradle to Cradle and the Environmental Working Group.
Tushy Ace Electric Bidet Seat
The ultimate throne: an electric discreet bidet and heated seat with built-in five-temperature air dryer, self-cleaning nozzle and remote-controlled water pressure, angle, and temperature settings.
oui the people Sensitive Set
In the spirit of a more sustainable shower routine, gift oui the people’s signature single-blade razor, paired with their new skin-soothing and smoothing shave gel that smells like Jasmine, orange blossom, and neroli.
Weezie Piped Edge Bath Sheets
A genuinely blanket-sized bath towel made with extra sumptuous, long-staple cotton. They will wonder where it’s been all their life. (And why you didn’t get them two.)
Opte Precision System
This “prescision skincare” gadget from P&G Ventures uses a hypersensitive camera and blue LED lights to detect hyperpigmentation and other discoloration to place small amounts of color product for a smooth, even, glowy finish.
Embr Wave 2
The Embr Wave 2 looks (and wears) like a covert watch or fitness tracker, but uses a small sensor to deliver hot and cold bursts to your inner wrist in pulsating sessions — which, in theory, tricks your brain’s hypothalamus into perceiving your body temperature to be warmer or cooler.
Lora DiCarlo Osé 2
The new iteration of women-led sex-tech brand’s hero product, the Osé 2 continues to boast “blended orgasms,” with several strategically placed stimulators across the form.
Tempo Move
Tempo’s latest invention saves on space while not skimping on variety or style. It uses technology already in their home—a phone and TV—making their 2022 goals feel closer than ever.
Manduka x Van Gogh Museum collection
Manduka’s limited-edition collection of yoga accessories and apparel is designed in partnership with the Van Gogh Museum, loaning the iconic floral motifs to your favorite yogi’s morning vinyasa.
MYX II Plus
The MYX II Plus is sleek, sturdy, and comes with the accompanying bells and whistles—an XL mat, weights, and foam roller, plus, live spin classes and a workout library via Beachbody On Demand.
Jabra Elite 7 Active
Designed with Jabra’s ShakeGrip technology — these wireless, noise-cancelling headphones are coated in a silicone compound designed to withstand the most rigorous workouts without a slip.
Outdoor Voices The Exercise Dress
Don’t be fooled by its silhouette: OV’s to-the-gym-and-beyond mini dress is bound to be their new favorite no matter the season.
Core Meditation Trainer Premium Bundle
For aspiring zen masters, this cute orb acts as a wireless wellness coach, clocking soothing breaths with a gentle pulsating buzz.
Therabody Wave Duo
The Wave Duo’s unique peanut shape allows it to cradle your spine and midback, and despite its distinct shape, this compact device can also be used elsewhere on the body, cradling muscles to give users an effective, all-around massage.
Kencko Holiday Gift Boxes
Kencko’s powdered freeze-dried fruit smoothies deliver on tastiness and convenience. The gift boxes give newbies an opportunity to taste their rainbow, along with their signature shaker bottle and packs of their new nutrient-packed gum drops.
Fly by Jing Sichuan Salsero Set
Make their favorite condiment into a conversation piece with Fly By Jing’s beautiful Salsero sets made in collaboration with Tulum’s chic & Jacob boutique.
Brightland Festive Capsule
Stock their pantry with Brightland’s classics oils and vinegars, and two of their new raw honeys, sourced, like the rest of their goods, from U.S.-based family-owned farms.
Porter Road 10th Anniversary Box
Porter Road, known for their ethically minded butchery practices, is celebrating their 10th anniversary doing what they do best—with a box that features its bestselling prime cuts and grinds, a custom spice blend, and a commemorative tote.
Material Kitchen reBoard
Everyone needs one: these lightweight reBoards are made with a textured blend of recycled plastic made from kitchenware scraps and sugar cane.
Anyday Starter Set
The ultimate delight for busy families and dorm room chefs: innovative borosilicate glass bowls designed to trap moisture for delectable, fast, one-pot meals.
Misen Dutch Oven
Misen’s clever Dutch Oven wow-ed as well as 36,000+ backers on Kickstarter with its lighter weight class, ding-proof enamel, and a stick-resistant lid that doubles as a grill pan.
BlueCut SJ Apron
BlueCut co-founder Karam Kim designed this clay-colored linen apron in honor of her mother by adding an embroidered red carnation, a symbol and tradition of love, based on South Korea’s Parents’ Day. It’s the perfect gift for any beloved mentor in the kitchen.
Balmuda The Toaster
Japanese electronics brand Balmuda’s steam toaster oven’s design was inspired by Hayao Miyazaki’s animated film Kiki’s Delivery Service, encouraging users to watch their bread (or pizza, or croissant) be enveloped in vapors and reconstituted to its best, moist, fluffy self.
Breville Bambino Plus
Designed to appease coffee aficionados, Breville’s luxe Bambino Plus brings barista-level features into your home, without the fuss and ritual.
Our Place Knife Trio
Our Place’s ubiquitous colorful, Instagrammable pans may top many-a-wishlist, but don’t sleep on their excellent knife sets. With mix-and-match colorful handles and ergonomic designs, the knives make slicing and dicing like a pro easy.
Canada Goose Cypress Puffer
One of several creations designed for Canada Goose’s dedication to a greener company future, the Cypress Puffer offers a modern shape with a modern outlook, using recycled nylon ripstop for a sleek, lightweight outer that stays dry and warm in subzero-temps.
Bearaby Velvet Napper
This luxurious weighted blanket uses Bearby’s signature weave for heft, in a shimmery jewel tone velvet made from recycled marine plastic.
OFFHOURS Homecoat
The ultimate “inactive wear” featuring the best parts of a bathrobe with all the parts of a duvet.
Eberjey Inez Washable Silk Sleepwear
Eberjey’s popular sleepwear sets get a luxe upgrade with supple, smooth silk that is both 100% bluesign-certified and machine washable.
MZ Wallace Metro Deluxe Tote
Made with the brand’s durable, lightweight signature nylon — which saves pre-consumer scraps from the bin — this tote features luxurious Italian leather accents and tons of room, for a statement bag with more than just one message.
The Nori Press
Nori’s direct-to-consumer steamer-iron hybrid is an elegant intentionally designed solution for travelers and anyone who wants a simple, no-board application that delivers pressed and crisp (or steamed and silky) fabric in a swipe.
Weatherman Travel Umbrella
Designed by a meteorologist, Weatherman’s lightweight travel umbrella is built to withstand winds of 45 mph and shrinks down to a super compact (and easily packable) size.
Paravel Fold-Up Bag
This roomy weekender zips up to the size of a tablet and comes in earth-friendly Negative Nylon, made from recycled plastic water bottles. Perfect for college students, chronic over-packers, and travelers who just can’t pass up a good souvenir.
Cadence A Capsule A Day bundle
These magnetic honeycomb-shaped capsules are waterproof, leakproof, and virtually indestructible. (Seriously, watch the company’s videos.) In a range of aesthetic shades, they’re sized to hold enough product—whether that’s SPF or vitamins—to get through about a week of travel.
Mansur Gavriel mini cloud clutch
This luxe shell-shaped crossbody is effortlessly versatile for the minimalist packer with plentiful space for travel essentials and a snap-shut frame that keeps things safe while on the go.
Mpowerd Luci solar lights
MPowerd’s 18-foot-long string of solar-powered lights come with some serious specs: The 100-lumens LED lights are waterproof, have four ambient settings, and can last up to 20 hours on a single charge.
Solo Stove Bonfire
Solo Stove’s stainless steel, midsize Bonfire model provides consistent, low-smoke flames and minimal cleanup, for a cozy, but still impressive fire that’s safe for backyards and campsites.
BioLite CampStove Complete Cook Kit
This kit combines BioLite’s flagship CampStove 2+ with an attachable grill grate, the BioLite KettlePot and the CoffeePress to put all your campsite cooking must-haves in one package.
Rumpl Original Puffy Blanket
Rumpl’s Original Puffy Blanket is made with recycled synthetic insulation and a ripstop shell to make it warm and weather-ready. The 1-person version features the brand’s signature cape clip, letting you keep warm while keeping your hands free.
Adler German Axes Rheinland Hatchet
The venerable German brand’s handsome Rheinland model combines European C45 steel with an American hickory handle, protected by the included leather sheath and cotton storage bag.
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