If you’re a Well Connected Mom reader, you know that we have already published our Top 10 Tech Christmas Gift Ideas for Kids and Dads. Now, it’s time for Moms! We searched high and low for some great Christmas gift ideas that Moms would love. From car tech to cleaning the air and floors, to keeping an eye on things at home.
Oh, and we can’t forget a great way to exercise and have fun at the same time! Often times, moms are so busy keeping the house clean, cooking everyday and holiday meals, buying presents, wrapping presents, taking care of the whole family & Fido…not to mention working, that they rarely have a chance to sit down and think what they’d like or need for Christmas.
We’ve got you covered!
Top 10 Tech Christmas Gift Ideas for Moms
EyePockit
Sometimes, all Mom wants to carry is a small purse – big enough to carry her make-up, glasses, cash, and phone. Lugging around a big purse to a concert, soccer game, or a park is terribly inconvenient. The EyePockit solves this problem. The EyePocket is an ultra small clutch that holds cash, glasses, lipstick, keys…even her phone.
With its protective glasses compartment, the EyePockit is big enough to accommodate most cell phones, even the Samsung Note and iPhone Plus. It even includes 3 RFID-blocking card slots to protect your license and credit cards from unsolicited “reads” of private info. as Mom walks by.
There’s a zipper pocket for make-up and coins, a pen/eye liner holder, cosmetic mirror, and even a cross-body and wrist strap to carry the EyePockit anyway you wish. This mini purse packs a lot of punch!
Colors include black, burgundy, teal, camel, and orange. Not sure which color to get? Buy an EyePockit two-pack for only $29.99. One EyePockit sells for $19.99 plus shipping form the EyePockit website.
Le Pro 3 Phone
When it’s time to get a new phone, the top name brand phones offer dazzling displays and sleek features…but they also offer a price tag of $600-$900 dollars. Often times you can get a much better deal, but you’re locked into a contract with your cellular provider.
Today, there are a lot more options for top-of-the line smartphones without the price tag and commitments. The new Le Pro 3 Phone from Leco is such a phone, offering a 5.5 FHD display screen, top-of-the-line Dolby Atmos stereo sound, and latest and fastest Qualcomm Snapdragon 821 CPU.
The Le Pro3 phone also has 4 GB RAM memory, 64GB of internal storage, and the latest Bluetooth 4.2 and WiFI protocols. And get this, you can now have a 8MP front–facing camera…Mom will be most pleased with her selfies! And the back camera is 16MP, so Mom will love all the sharp detailed pics of her kids.
The Le Pro3 Phone is beautiful, comes in metalic gold and is rich with features that would normally cost 2-3 times the price. And it’s already unlocked, so you can use it with your current carrier.
The Le Pro3 Phone is available in gold from LeEco for $399 plus free shipping.
RearVision Car Backup Camera
ZUS Connected Car Device
ZUS, by Nonda, is a dual USB charger for the car. It is relatively small, but it packs a lot of punch. First of all, it houses two USB ports, so Mom can charge her phone as well as a passenger’s.
ZUS is not an ordinary car charger in any sense of the word. It offers a fast charging time – as much as 2 times faster than ordinary car chargers. So even if you can only charge for 10 minutes, you’ll get a lot more battery percentage charge than other car chargers.
Two more features make using the ZUS Connected Car device efficient. First, both ports light up so at night, Mom will know exactly where the port is to plug in. Secondly, ZUS has a unique design where the USB port is reversible, meaning, it doesn’t matter which way you plug in your USB cord, it will work every time. Nice!
With all these features, anyone would want to upgrade to the ZUS…but there’s more. ZUS is also a smart car finder, which gives Mom the ability to track where she parked her car last. Park in an area with limited cell service? ZUS can still help Mom find her car. It has a GPS indicator, that when paired with the ZUS app, helps Mom to find where she parked her car. Incredible, huh?
Just think of when Mom parks at the mall, an amusement park, or in a big parking garage before flying off for a trip. When returning, she’ll find her car is a snap! The ZUS app directs Mom to the area of her car and an indicator points the direction and tells her how many feet she’s are away from it.
The ZUS Smart Car Finder and Dual USB Car Charger is an immensely handy little device. At only 29.99, it’s a good deal, but the two-pack offers a better deal at $54.99, both offered directly from the Nonda website.
MYNT
MYNT is an item management tracker that helps Mom keep track of her stuff…like a purse, keys, backpack, wallet, whatever Mom wants to keep close to her. With the hectic day Mom keeps, finding her purse or keys can set her back. With MYNT, connected to her smartphone, she can track her things easily.
MYNT is the thinnest tracker (at 1/8″) available, easy to tuck into wallets, iPad cases, luggage, and more. It’s durable silver casing is sleek and it can attach to most anything (either by it’s included string or via the included 3M sticker. Should Mom step away from her keys connected with MYNT, her phone will alert her. The same is true if she steps away with her keys but leaves her phone behind. If she can’t find her phone, she simply clicks the button on her MYNT and her phone will ring.
But makes this item tracker different than the others is its ability to be used as a remote control. Mom can use it to take selfies from her phone, play music from her wireless speaker, or even control her PowerPoint presentations on her MacBook or laptop (through Bluetooth).
The battery lasts up to one year in standby and 3-6 months under normal use. Best yet, the battery is replaceable! You don’t have to buy another MYNT when the battery dies, like with other trackers. And, it comes with one extra battery to make replacement easy the first time.
The MYNT Tracker can be purchased for $19.99 on Amazon.
LG HomBot
The LG HomBot vacuum is the ultimate tech Christmas gift idea for Moms. Moms are known for their incredible multi-tasking abilities, but it would certainly help to have an extra pair of hands. The LG HomBot is the help she’s been looking for. With its dual cameras, mounted on the top and bottom, HomBot maps the area around your home to ensure it won’t miss a spot!
With over 7 Smart Clean options, Mom will have the floors clean with a touch of a button and can do other things while HomBot vacuum goes to work. It features longer side brushes to clean corners and wall edges effectively. The HomBot identifies objects to avoid, such as furniture and automatically adjusts to carpets, tile, stone floors, and more.
We love the 100 minute run-time battery – the HomBot vacuum can clean for quite a while. When the battery is nearly discharged, it automatically goes back to its charging station to charge again. Cleaning out the dust bin is easy, and accessed from the top panel of the vacuum. The cleaning dust bin even includes a couple of tools you can use to brush off the filter. It’s very handy.
Oh, and with the HomBot vacuum, Mom doesn’t even need to go to it to start it, she can simply use the remote control. She can also schedule cleanings to occur when no one is around – a daily cleaning makes the floors look great. The HomBot is not shy and will communicate with Mom via voice when selecting a program, it gets stuck, or needs to go back to the station for charging.
If cleaning is interrupted or if the HomBot is moved to a new area, its Auto-Resume allows it to continue cleaning where it left off. But wait, there’s more! The LG HomBot includes a large slide-in mop to keep your tile or hardwood floor looking its best. It’s not a wet mop, but it really does a fine job at helping to get up the fine particles from your hard floors.
The LG HomBot can be purchased at Lowes, JC Penny’s, or online at Fry’s for $899 plus shipping.
Foobot
A cool new product that recently hit the market is Foobot. A funny name, yes, but a powerful ally in helping you combat pollutants in your home. Foobot’s main purpose is to measure your indoor air quality and make the pollution visible.
How? By the LED lights showing on the front of the unit. When Foobot determines that your indoor air quality is good, it’s blue. When it turns orange, you’ll need to turn on your air conditioner or open some windows.
Foobot measures pollutants such as particulate matter, volatile organic compounds, and carbon dioxide and alerts you when any one or all reach an unharmful level. Foobot never stops monitoring.
To make it easier to understand, the Foobot app ( App compatibility: Apple iOS 7 and above, Android 4 and above) gives you an average score of all of these variables combined, on the spot. So you always have a reading of what the air quality is inside your home.
Having this information will inform Mom either by visibly showing on Foobot through lighting or through her app. Foobot graphs all readings for you in the app.
Foobot not only reports on your indoor air quality, but it also learns your indoor air patterns. Once it has detected bad air quality, it turns orange and sends an alert to your phone. It tells you that there has been a pollution event has just started and it asks you to identify what the cause may be.
Foobot is available through the Foobot website for $199, including free shipping.
Airfree P3000 Air Purifier
Did you know that at times the air inside your home is 8 times more polluted than outdoor air? This is often caused by poor air ventilation. How often do you open the windows to let fresh air into your home?
Your home is likely filled with pollutants such as pet dander, airborne particles. allergens, and dust mites, fungi, virus, pollen, bacteria, and more. When you cook, but especially fry foods, you are filling the air with unhealthy contaminants.
Foobot can help Moms here by measuring indoor air quality and makes it visible through LED lighting. It’s purpose is to remind you to open up windows to improve your indoor air quality.
Many people don’t think to open their windows. Those families who suffer with allergies use commonly found air purifiers to capture contaminants and trap them in a filter. Air filters are helpful, but the maintenance of replacing expensive air filters (some are up to $100!) can be tiring.
AirFree has a whole line of air purifiers that are filterless. How do they “capture” pollutants you ask? The Airfree P3000 Air Purifier , which is recommended for rooms up to 650 sq. ft., intakes air and sterilizes by heating it to 400 F degrees before cooling it and flowing it out of the top of the purifier. No chemicals or filters are needed, making this a completely maintenance-free air purifier.
No matter how small a contaminant might be, 99.99% of all microorganisms are fully destroyed when passing through the Airfree® patented ceramic core.
Just Dance 2017, ESRB 10+
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It’s time for Mom to get her groove on with Just Dance 2017. The Just Dance series is always one of our favorites because it gets the whole family off the couch and dancing. It’s also great at a gathering or party, Just Dance is always a magnet for Moms to gather around the TV and dance together, it’s a lot of fun.
Just Dance 2017 features Word Dance Floor, Autodance, and Community Remix – favorites of past Just Dance Editions, but also ads a few new dance styles as well. The newest is called Dance Machine, a fun gaming dance where players use their dance energy to power up a spaceship to send some aliens back to their home.
With great songs like “Don’t Stop Me Now” by Queen, “Don’t Wanna Know” by Maroon 5, “Lean On” by Major Lazer & DJ Snake ft. MØ, Mom will have a great time dancing, exercising, and having fun with her family all at the same time. And for American Idol fans, Fifth Harmony’s song, “Worth It” is included as well as 40 top favorites.
The beauty about Just Dance, is that you don’t need 6 controllers for everyone to play. Just download the free Just Dance app and your phone becomes your controller and it will connect to the game, as long as each phone is on the same WiFi as the console. Just open up the app, hold your phone in your hand and dance, your moves will be picked up in the game.
Available on Wii, Wii U, Xbox One, Xbox 360, PS3, PS4 and PC, all of which work with the free Just Dance 2017 app. THe ESRB rated the game 10+ due to some song lyrics.
Just Dance 2017 is available from Amazon for $29-$49, dependent upon the console platform.
Piper NV
The Piper NV is a great Christmas gift idea for Mom. Piper NV is a monitoring and security camera that allows Mom to check in on home from anywhere in the world. Place Piper NV in the family room to keep an eye on the house when it’s empty, to check in with the dog, to ensure the kids got home from school, or even check in with the family when away from home.
Piper can detect motion and sound and even allow Mom to listen and speak to family members or the family pet through her Piper app while she’s away. Piper NV allows for a 180 degree view along with Pan, Tilt, and Zoom. One of our favorite features is the Quad view that allows you to see the same video capture, but in four different views. One part of the video stream can focus down, another focus up, one straight, and another view right, dependent upon how you move the camera view in the app.
Piper has a great night vision feature to see quite clearly in the dark as well as the ability to sound a 105 db siren, (it’s pretty loud), to scare off burglars in the home. With its attractive design, it blends right into your decor and is available in black or white. Besides tracking motion and serving up motion shots on your app, Piper is also collecting temperature and humidity readings to alerts Mom if there are issues in the home she needs to know about ASAP.
The Piper NV includes the latest Z-Wave technology as well, making it a snap to hook up to the growing number of Z-Wave products to control your home through lighting, air conditioning and heat, an door locks.
There you have it, our top 10 tech Christmas gift ideas for Mom – give her a break all year long with the LG HomBot – no more vacuuming for her! She can use her self-service MYNT tracker to find her keys, never anguish over backing up her car and not seeing again, or help her connect to the pooch at home or keep an eye on things with the Piper NV.
You really can’t go wrong with any of these gift ideas. Need something for Dad or the kids? Be sure to check out our tech Christmas Gift Guides for Dads and Kids too! Happy shopping and may the joy of the season stay with you all year long. Merry Christmas!
* We were given samples of each of these items to evaluate for consideration in our Christmas Gift Ideas Guide for Moms.
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