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Whether you’re packing your bags for a weekend or a year away, a trip to the airport is always accompanied by anxiety-filled moments. Traffic, long lines at check-in and finding out your bags are too heavy or the wrong size to travel probably top the list. Especially now in 2021 after we’ve gone an entire year situated in a pandemic, flying fears have elevated tremendously. While you may remember a time when luggage issues mainly concerned your checked bags, ever-changing rules for carry-on bags mean no one escapes that fear. When looking for the best travel backpacks, it’s wise to...

s The Best Gifts for New Dads Tech Kit by Bellroy It's damn annoying when he can't find a charger or a cable. Or a power bank. This handsome organizer, from the swanky Aussie brand, has a place for everything. It has a magnetic slip pocket that fits a power bank, stretch mesh pockets for extra chargers and a floating wall with an elastic cable organizer inside. Buy Now $59.00 iF012 Bluetooth Shower Speaker by iFox This Bluetooth speaker connects in seconds, and has 10 hours of battery life. He can zen out in the shower and listen to some...

If this is their first leap into fatherhood, they’ll need all the dad stuff, right? But fathers-to-be and their partners have likely been showered with lots of baby gear already: baby carriers, car seat covers, baby monitors, strollers… which is why when it comes to new dad gifts, he might especially appreciate something entirely different and even left-of-field, whether that means totally practical or designed for nothing but fun. So what are the best new-dad gifts? First-time fathers tend to be stressed-out and sleep-deprived kinds of people. Just like new moms, they could do with something that makes them feel a...

And it’s why we’re such big fans of the Prepdeck, a handsome and space-conscious rectangular box that has 45 different features and add-ons to help home chefs prepare and store everything a meal requires. Prepdeck Meal Prep Station - Ultimate Kitchen Organizer The Prepdeck keeps all of your prep tools in one place, and all of your ingredients right at hand. Buy Now $124.99 The Prepdeck is more or less an all-in-one prep staton that takes up a small section of countertop space. The top cover unfolds and doubles as a cutting board. Unfurling it reveals a collection of different-sized...

We all know it. And yet, when Father’s Day rolls around each year, that’s sort of the task before us — scouring the internet for a Father’s Day gift that will reflect how much we value everything dads do. And it can’t just be a generic expression of gratitude — it’s about finding a gift for dad that he’ll actually appreciate and put to use. ADVERTISEMENT Especially this year, when so many of our activities are limited to home, backyard, and neighborhood, finding a creative gift for dad is a challenge. Maybe it’s a tech gadget, a bottle of fine...