Every year, multiple times per year, a familiar challenge arises - buying your dad a gift. They can be the toughest people to shop for, or the easiest – it's just about knowing what dads like. But if your parents are anything like ours, gadgets are usually a good bet.

With Father's Day just a few days away, we've rounded up some of our favourite tech products for dads that you can still buy in time.

Whether it's phone accessories, phone gadgets, chargers or more, they're all near-guaranteed to keep the old man happy. Check out the list below.

Kindle Oasis
Amazon Kindle Oasis
1. Best gift for Dads overall

Reading perfection

The ultimate reading device, this is for book lovers who consume books at speed and want the best device available to read them on.

Pros
  • Amazing display
  • Page-turn buttons
  • Easy to hold
Cons
  • Expensive

Reading is one of life's great pleasures, and there's nothing some dads love more than to remind their progeny that they've read everything under the sun. Or, at least, more than their children have.

The Kindle changed the game when it launched years back, becoming one of the leading lights in the ebook revolution. It's been continually refined and reissued since then, and right now the Oasis is the version we'd go for. It's got a great backlight to be suitable for all lighting and is waterproof to give your dad a bit of peace of mind. No more suitcases weighed down by hardbacks for him.g

switch lite
Nintendo Switch Lite
2. Best gift for gaming Dads

Portable gaming

Perhaps the best portable console ever built. 

Pros
  • Amazing games
  • Such a nice device
  • Easy to pack
Cons
  • A little small

If a laptop is business, a games console is pleasure, and the Switch Lite might just be the best portable games console ever made. It shrinks the Switch down slightly and loses the docking features, but it is a beautiful little machine that feels solidly built and reliable.

Your dad will be able to play the latest Switch releases as well as a range of digital games wherever he might be, making the Switch Lite a real treat of a gift.

Philips OneBlade
Philips OneBlade shaver
3. Best grooming gift for Dads

Always handy

This is a one-stop shop for shaving needs. 

Pros
  • One-stop shop
  • Good value
  • Easy to use
Cons
  • Won't handle thick beards

We're big fans of any tech product that makes your life better, and easier. The Philips OneBlade is one of those - it takes shaving and beard trimming and makes it a doddle.

Gone are the days of clogged razor heads and expensive boxes of replacements, with just one blade to worry about and different combs to choose the length of your hair.

It's easy, and it's not too expensive at all, especially compared to some deluxe models on the market. If your dad can't quite be bothered with a complex body hair routine, the OneBlade could be a great shout.

Amazon Fire HD 8
Amazon Fire HD 8
4. Great tablet for Dads

Entertainment hub

A perfect tablet for loads of uses. 

Pros
  • Great display
  • Handy size
  • Good value
Cons
  • Not that big

If your Dad is not that deeply into gaming to make a Switch Lite worth it, a quality affordable tablet could be a great shout. Amazon's Fire HD range has a bunch of great options to pick from, but the Fire HD 8 is our pick.

It's the best mixture of dinky, portable size and good internals that will let him browse the web, read some books and watch any videos he wants to without feeling like you went over budget on him.

Aura Carver
Aura Carver WiFi Digital Picture Frame
5. Best sentimental gift for Dads

Photos galore

A fantastic digital photo frame that allows you to keep loved ones up to date with new photos easily.

Pros
  • Good screen size
  • Really easy to set up with great gifting mode
  • Nice design
Cons
  • 16:10 ratio can crop some photos
  • Need to spend more for full HD

If your Dad lives a little way from you - or you have more family photos than he has wall space - the Aura Carver digital photo frame is a great gift option that can keep him up to date with all the newest family snaps.

This is the entry-level digital photo frame from Aura, and comes in a 10.1-inch screen size with a 1280 x 800 resolution. This will be sharp enough for most people, but for anyone wanting the very best, you will need to look further up the range for a full HD display.

With the Aura app you can add and change photos on the frame from afar, with a gifting mode that allows you to preload photos ready for when he opens it too. There is a choice of black or white frame choice, and while the frame itself has a plastic finish, it looks really smart in situ.

The Carver model is landscape only (again, look a little further up the range for options that can do both landscape and portrait), but it's not a huge issue - it smart matches portrait pictures together so they appear next to one another and fill the display beautifully.

The only thing to consider is this is a 16:10 display, so if you have been taking pictures using a camera with a 3:2 ratio, you can expect some automatic cropping (though you can turn this off on a per-picture basis if you prefer).

Anker Powerbank 325
Anker PowerCore Essential 20000 PD
6. Best practical gift for Dads

Extra power

A great power bank that will charge two devices in one.

Pros
  • Super useful
  • Not too chunky
Cons
  • A little unexciting

Having a good portable charger or power bank feels like it's pretty much a necessity in the modern world, since we all have so many gadgets in constant danger of running low on juice.

This option from Anker isn't the smallest, but that means it packs in enough capacity - 20,000mAH to be precise - to be reliable if he needs to charge his phone and another device, too, thanks to dual USB ports.

These are full size USBs here - you'll have to look elsewhere in Anker's range for USB-C ports for faster charging - but this is an affordable and convenient option. He would probably get around 4-5 phone recharges from this, or a couple of iPad juice ups instead.

Char-Broil Performance Tru-Infrared
Char-Broil Performance TRU-Infrared 3-Burner BBQ
7. Best premium gift for Dads

For the BBQ master

The Char-Broil Performance TRU-Infrared 3-Burner BBQ is on the pricey side, but is is excellent. It looks great, performs great and it will be a winner with any dad (or mum).

Pros
  • Great, solid design
  • Excellent performance
  • Good storage
Cons
  • Expensive gift

If none of the above are doing it for you and you want to push the boat out a little, then there's always a good, sturdy BBQ. We'd highly recommend the Char-Broil Performance Pro range that comes in 2-burner, 3-burner and 4-burner models.

The design looks great, with handy storage below, it's easy to clean and it has a technology called TRU-Infrared cooking that prevents flare-ups and delivers even heat for perfectly cooked food.

We tested the four-burner model and we adore it for those big family get togethers, but the same features and positives apply across all the Char-Broil Performance Pro range making it a great option.