The Best Tool Gift Ideas
The trick for picking the right tool is thinking outside the box. Some people would love a new screwdriver set, but there are so many other tools that make great gifts, too. Your friends at Hardware Hank are here to give you a few ideas for giving tools as gifts.
Here’s a list of the best tool gift ideas.
For Grillmasters
Have someone in your life who loves to barbecue? Lean into their hobby with an unexpected tool for the grill! For grillmasters, we love the Weber iGrill Mini digital meat thermometer and the Weber Smoker Box.
The iGrill Mini connects to your smartphone via Bluetooth, monitors your food while it’s cooking, and pings your phone when your meat has reached the right internal temperature. Just download the Weber iGrill app and insert the included meat probe to start grilling food to absolute perfection. The iGrill Mini thermometer comes with a battery that lasts 150 hours, so it’s a gift they can enjoy for years.
Gas grills offer a lot of conveniences — they’re fast, easy to clean, and give you precise control over cooking temperatures — but you miss out on the smoky flavor of charcoal. With the Weber Smoker Box, though, you can add that smoky flavor to any dish without the charcoal. Open the Smoker Box’s lid, fill it with your choice of grilling wood — hickory, apple, oak, or cherry wood — and set it right on top of your gas grill’s cooking grates. It’s that easy.
For New Homeowners
Typically, new homeowners have a hammer, tape measure, and other essential hand tools, and while those are great for small fixes, it doesn’t take long before they need more tools to take on bigger projects.
If you’re thinking of gifting a toolset to the new homeowners in your life, we recommend the 41-piece Plymouth Forge Household Tool Set. This set includes all the basic hand tools you need around the house: a tape measure, snap-off knife, 20-piece bit set, 4-piece precision screwdriver, 60mm magnet bar, adjustable wrench, long-nose pliers, claw hammer, 8-piece hex key, and magnet bit holder, and more. Everything fits neatly in the set’s compact toolbox, so you don’t have to worry about pieces getting lost.
For new homeowners who want to tackle slightly bigger projects, we also recommend the DeWalt Cordless Drill Kit. This high-performance compact drill has two speeds, and the set comes with the drill, two lithium-ion batteries, a charger, and a carrying bag. Useful for everything from drilling holes to stirring paint, if you only have one power tool, it should be a drill.
For Entertainers
While they’re not what many would consider “tools,” fire pits, fire rings, and their accessories make great gifts. Not only do they keep you warm on cool nights, but they’re a natural gathering spot for entertaining outdoors throughout the year. If you’re looking for a gift for someone who loves to entertain outdoors, consider gifting them a fire pit or fire pit accessories.
For a near-smokeless fire pit experience, we recommend the Pit Boss Smokeless Fire Pit. The Pit Boss fire pit burns wood pellets, chips, or chunks to give you a long-lasting flame. To reduce smoke, the fire pit has four holes in the base that bring fresh air up around the burn pot, feeding the flame oxygen for a secondary clean burn. What makes the Pit Boss Smokeless Fire Pit even better is that it’s small and light enough to be completely portable. You can move it around the backyard or take it with you on a camping trip.
Other than a lighter, a quality log grabber is the most important tool for any fire pit owner. The 41-inch long Pleasant Hearth Log Grabber keeps your hands at a safe distance from the fire while allowing you to grab pieces of wood and keep the flame burning.
For Woodworkers
The woodworker in your life probably already has a table saw, cordless drill, and other common tools, but chances are, they don’t have a wood burner. Wood burning allows you to make every project a truly unique piece. Whether you’re creating intricate patterns or decorative lettering, you can put your mark on every project. Even for people who’ve never tried it before, wood burning is an easy hobby to learn, and wood burning kits come with everything you need to get started. We love the Weller Wood Burning Kit because it’s lightweight and comes with multiple tips, including a shading tip, groove tip, and calligraphy tip. The Weller Wood Burning Kit can also be used for other hobbies as well, including repairing jewelry and electronics.
For Gardeners
Have a loved one with a green thumb? Gardening tools make great gifts! The first tool we recommend for gardeners is the Ames Hand Bulb Planter. As the name suggests, this tool makes it easy to remove and replace the soil for annuals and other small plants, but its most important job is making sure the depth is right. Planting bulbs at the correct depth in the soil is incredibly important for growing healthy flowers and plants.
Another great gift that keeps giving year after year is a portable lawn sprinkler. The Meridian Lawn Sprinkler has a tripod design that makes it sturdy and easy to move around. It also covers an area of up to 9,700 square feet.
For Birdwatchers
For birdwatchers, there’s nothing worse than catching a squirrel destroying your bird feeder and eating all the bird food inside. Luckily, we have a few tools that we recommend to help keep the squirrels away and the birds happy, and they make great gifts.
The first is the Stokes Select Squirrel Baffle, a metal baffle that splits apart and wraps around virtually any pole to prevent pole-climbing squirrels from getting to your bird feeder. The best feature about this baffle is that you don’t need to take down your bird feeder to install it. The split design makes it easy to attach to your pole and adjust the height at any time.
On the other hand, the Stokes Select Squirrel-Proof Cage Feeder provides even more protection from squirrels. The cage design is too small for squirrels to get through, but it’s big enough to allow small birds to fly in and eat. It also features a locking mechanism that prevents squirrels from lifting the lid and getting inside.
With the bird feeders securely protected from squirrels, it’s time to sit back and enjoy the wild birds in the backyard, and binoculars make a great tool gift for birdwatchers. We recommend the Tasco 7x35 Binoculars because they’re ultra-light and have a bright field of view, both great features for watching birds feeding at the bird feeder and flying in the sky.
Looking for more suggestions for tool gift ideas? Hardware Hank is here to help. Find your local Hardware Hank here.
The trick for picking the right tool is thinking outside the box. Some people would love a new screwdriver set, but there are so many other tools that make great gifts, too. Your friends at Hardware Hank are here to give you a few ideas for giving tools as gifts.
Here’s a list of the best tool gift ideas.
For Grillmasters
Have someone in your life who loves to barbecue? Lean into their hobby with an unexpected tool for the grill! For grillmasters, we love the Weber iGrill Mini digital meat thermometer and the Weber Smoker Box.
The iGrill Mini connects to your smartphone via Bluetooth, monitors your food while it’s cooking, and pings your phone when your meat has reached the right internal temperature. Just download the Weber iGrill app and insert the included meat probe to start grilling food to absolute perfection. The iGrill Mini thermometer comes with a battery that lasts 150 hours, so it’s a gift they can enjoy for years.
Gas grills offer a lot of conveniences — they’re fast, easy to clean, and give you precise control over cooking temperatures — but you miss out on the smoky flavor of charcoal. With the Weber Smoker Box, though, you can add that smoky flavor to any dish without the charcoal. Open the Smoker Box’s lid, fill it with your choice of grilling wood — hickory, apple, oak, or cherry wood — and set it right on top of your gas grill’s cooking grates. It’s that easy.
For New Homeowners
Typically, new homeowners have a hammer, tape measure, and other essential hand tools, and while those are great for small fixes, it doesn’t take long before they need more tools to take on bigger projects.
If you’re thinking of gifting a toolset to the new homeowners in your life, we recommend the 41-piece Plymouth Forge Household Tool Set. This set includes all the basic hand tools you need around the house: a tape measure, snap-off knife, 20-piece bit set, 4-piece precision screwdriver, 60mm magnet bar, adjustable wrench, long-nose pliers, claw hammer, 8-piece hex key, and magnet bit holder, and more. Everything fits neatly in the set’s compact toolbox, so you don’t have to worry about pieces getting lost.
For new homeowners who want to tackle slightly bigger projects, we also recommend the DeWalt Cordless Drill Kit. This high-performance compact drill has two speeds, and the set comes with the drill, two lithium-ion batteries, a charger, and a carrying bag. Useful for everything from drilling holes to stirring paint, if you only have one power tool, it should be a drill.
For Entertainers
While they’re not what many would consider “tools,” fire pits, fire rings, and their accessories make great gifts. Not only do they keep you warm on cool nights, but they’re a natural gathering spot for entertaining outdoors throughout the year. If you’re looking for a gift for someone who loves to entertain outdoors, consider gifting them a fire pit or fire pit accessories.
For a near-smokeless fire pit experience, we recommend the Pit Boss Smokeless Fire Pit. The Pit Boss fire pit burns wood pellets, chips, or chunks to give you a long-lasting flame. To reduce smoke, the fire pit has four holes in the base that bring fresh air up around the burn pot, feeding the flame oxygen for a secondary clean burn. What makes the Pit Boss Smokeless Fire Pit even better is that it’s small and light enough to be completely portable. You can move it around the backyard or take it with you on a camping trip.
Other than a lighter, a quality log grabber is the most important tool for any fire pit owner. The 41-inch long Pleasant Hearth Log Grabber keeps your hands at a safe distance from the fire while allowing you to grab pieces of wood and keep the flame burning.
For Woodworkers
The woodworker in your life probably already has a table saw, cordless drill, and other common tools, but chances are, they don’t have a wood burner. Wood burning allows you to make every project a truly unique piece. Whether you’re creating intricate patterns or decorative lettering, you can put your mark on every project. Even for people who’ve never tried it before, wood burning is an easy hobby to learn, and wood burning kits come with everything you need to get started. We love the Weller Wood Burning Kit because it’s lightweight and comes with multiple tips, including a shading tip, groove tip, and calligraphy tip. The Weller Wood Burning Kit can also be used for other hobbies as well, including repairing jewelry and electronics.
For Gardeners
Have a loved one with a green thumb? Gardening tools make great gifts! The first tool we recommend for gardeners is the Ames Hand Bulb Planter. As the name suggests, this tool makes it easy to remove and replace the soil for annuals and other small plants, but its most important job is making sure the depth is right. Planting bulbs at the correct depth in the soil is incredibly important for growing healthy flowers and plants.
Another great gift that keeps giving year after year is a portable lawn sprinkler. The Meridian Lawn Sprinkler has a tripod design that makes it sturdy and easy to move around. It also covers an area of up to 9,700 square feet.
For Birdwatchers
For birdwatchers, there’s nothing worse than catching a squirrel destroying your bird feeder and eating all the bird food inside. Luckily, we have a few tools that we recommend to help keep the squirrels away and the birds happy, and they make great gifts.
The first is the Stokes Select Squirrel Baffle, a metal baffle that splits apart and wraps around virtually any pole to prevent pole-climbing squirrels from getting to your bird feeder. The best feature about this baffle is that you don’t need to take down your bird feeder to install it. The split design makes it easy to attach to your pole and adjust the height at any time.
On the other hand, the Stokes Select Squirrel-Proof Cage Feeder provides even more protection from squirrels. The cage design is too small for squirrels to get through, but it’s big enough to allow small birds to fly in and eat. It also features a locking mechanism that prevents squirrels from lifting the lid and getting inside.
With the bird feeders securely protected from squirrels, it’s time to sit back and enjoy the wild birds in the backyard, and binoculars make a great tool gift for birdwatchers. We recommend the Tasco 7x35 Binoculars because they’re ultra-light and have a bright field of view, both great features for watching birds feeding at the bird feeder and flying in the sky.
Looking for more suggestions for tool gift ideas? Hardware Hank is here to help. Find your local Hardware Hank here.
