Come on, it is 2022, you don't need a Mother's Day to get your leading lady a present! We at LBB thought why not make a guide for the best electronic gadgets that you can gift your mother year-round, without really breaking your piggy bank! We've picked up a few gadgets that we think (and our mums use) will be useful for the superwoman and multi-faceted lady she is.
Tech-loving Mum? Make Sure She Geeks Out On These 9 Gadgets
A Fitness Tracker
If you’re looking to get your Mum a watch or a wearable fitness monitor, then you probably know that the Fitbit is amazing, but also pretty expensive! So based on the experience of having a super active mother, I can recommend the MiFit band. Mi Smart Band 6 is a full-touch display, but more importantly, if your Mum is the active sort, chances are you need the gift to be water-resistant, have a long battery life (this one so far lasts a minimum of 15 days!), has some music controls and even tracks swimming! At just INR 3,499 (after discount) it’s a real bargain. The other options are the Galaxy Fit which comes in a bright yellow and is also water-resistant, and capable of tracking over 90 workouts.
Spotlights & Book Lamps
We love this sleek and funky lamp from Philips (on Amazon, of course!). Apart from lighting up your Mum’s reading space, this one apparently is also soothing for the eye. Check out this book-shaped lamp for something quirky! Talk about books being ‘enlightening’! If you have a decent budget, though, this floor lamp that is in the shape of a spotlight is likely to win you plenty of brownie points!
Pro-Tip: Check out these cool statement lights to buy online
A Multi Hair Styling Kit
OK, all mothers deserve to be divas. So get your mother this Havells 5-in-1, multi-styling kit, that will help her look more glam. Be it at a board meeting she needs to chair, or a fun night out with her friends, this will make it super easy for her to style her hair to get that exact look she wants. After all, she may not be a parlour sort, but still wants to give herself a glam makeover every now and then.
A Pair Of Bluetooth Headphones
If your mum is the kind who grooves to Queen, Kishore Kumar, and/or SPB, nothing like gifting her a pair of these wireless headphones from JBL. It's comfortable and comes with extra bass settings that will make your mum feel like she's at a Queen concert. For a discounted price of just INR 2,499 (the original price is INR 3,499). But if headphones aren't her jam, then how about wireless speakers? She can carry it around wherever, be it during her morning yoga session or while she's reading a book. We give you the Sony SRS-XB13. This tiny, compact wireless Bluetooth speaker packs a punch and a host of features that include a battery life of up to 16 hours, waterproof, and dustproof. You can't go wrong with this option and while it's INR 4,990, you can check out Amazon for discounts.
A Food Processor
If your mum is looking to upgrade her awesome cooking skills and probably even start her own little cloud kitchen, there's nothing like gifting her this awesome LBB Crew tried and tested Morphy Richards Food Processor. Forget just chopping and dicing vegetables, this beast of a machine can knead the dough, mince all kinds of meat, and has over 15 functions. Oh, and did we tell you that it has seven kinds of slicing sizes as well? It's even got a centrifugal juicer that lets your mum make her smoothies and juices post her workout.
A Tablet
A tablet is one of the coolest gadgets out there in the market that's worth investing in. Instead of a clunky PC or a heavy laptop, this is something that your mum can carry around wherever she goes. Whether she wants to make presentations, listen to music, play games, take pictures, watch YouTube videos, or even make a video call, there's nothing like a tablet. We are not telling you to get her an iPad Pro (although you can), but rather Apple's most affordable iPads, the iPad. This baby supports all the above features and it costs INR 30,900. It's an investment that your mum will love. Just tell her that you got some cool discounts when you bought it online.
A Portable Bluetooth Speaker
₹3999
If your mum loves her music and wants to have music always on whether she's reading a book or getting some work done, then nothing like a Bluetooth speaker. A portable one too. We're big fans of JBL and while the JBL GO 2 would have been our first pick (it still is for wireless speakers under INR 3000), ever since JBL Go 3 was released, we've been gung ho about it. It's waterproof, compact, portable, and has the distinct JBL Pro sound. Plus, battery life of five hours and wireless connectivity to your phone, tablet, and laptop. It's INR 3,999 but you'll also get some discounts when you buy JBL speakers online.
A Really Good Smartphone With Good Camera
₹24999
If mum's an amateur photographer and loves documenting everything, but already has a camera, then the next best thing is to get her a smartphone under INR 30,000 that comes with a pretty good camera system. We have the OnePlus Nord CE 2 and we love how good the pictures come and we recommend you gift it to your mum. It's a new phone for mum and as a bonus, she can now take pictures and make her Instagram feed pop. Or use it to spam you with photos of the photographs of you as a kid. Cause if they don't do that, are they even our mothers?
The OnePlus Nord CE 2 128GB has 8GB RAM and features an AI-powered triple camera system. Oh, and it has a 3.5mm jack too if mum likes things old school.
Pro-Tip
If your mom loves food as much as she loves you, check out LBB's Mother's Day Gifting Guide.
