Reignite the Spark With 14 Clever and Unique Gifts for Engineer Husband

Engineers are known to develop a left-brained nature, due to the extensive theoretical plus practical course structure they undergo to get the engineer tag. So, if you are looking for a gift for engineer husband, you will have to find something that appeals to their nature. Thus, you see, choosing a gift for an engineer can be a bit difficult task. Get him something that challenges and puts his practical nature to work.

Great Civilizations – Set of 5 is something that will hit the cerebral simulation part. Based on the 5 global civilizations, this set of brainteasers relates to the Chinese Tea Mystery, Greek Water Mill, Egyptian Pi, Roman Keys, and the Aztec Passion Flower. Engage his puzzle loving mind with this combination of riddles, available at Uncommon Goods for Rs.1,349.

Whenever you gift something to engineers, a unique group of people who are captivated by logic and mathematics, invention and science, be ready to see it examined and scrutinized. Knowingly or unknowingly, your engineer husband has developed a love for mathematics and is likely to use calculations in almost every part of his life.

Thus, an ideal choice of gifts for engineers 2018 could be something that appeals to the mathematician in them. Something like a mathematics-related book, novel, or storybook, socks with equations printed on them, or a math t-shirt. Let him rejoice in his love for mathematics with a special gift this year.

Construction is one part of engineering, and if you have a civil engineer in the house, the construction part is going to be a major one. However, constructive here doesn’t only relate to buildings, bridges, and other things we see in this world but constructive thinking that allows your engineer husband to expand his vision, and he will absolutely love it.

Here’s a great choice if you are looking for gifts for civil engineers. The Bondic – Starter Kit, The World’s First Liquid Plastic Welder is your go to gift for your engineer husband. Not a glue, but a plastic welder, Bondic lets you fill, clean, shape, and cure almost anything in seconds, and can be used on wood, metal, fabric, and even plastic. Get the ultimate bonding solution from Amazon for Rs.3,352, which comprises of a pen, applicator, a tube of 4 gram liquid plastic, and an LED UV light. It may not look like much but he will have a blast playing with this.

When buying a gift, the very first thoughts that take up one’s mind are whether it will make an impact and will it be useful. Though the left-brained nature of an engineer always makes choosing a gift for them a mystery, the least thing that you would like to give your husband would be something that he doesn’t find useful.
However, there are many option that fall under this category, depending on the daily routine, work culture, and personal choice of the engineer at your home. Some of the cool, useful, and funny gifts for engineers include:

We shared a couple of ideas for gift options that would be useful for your engineer husband. Here’s another addition to the list. A bag is a part of engineer’s life, used to carry books and notebooks during study time, and files and other office material during professional life. So, you can give him a rough-n-tough bag that accompanies him wherever he goes, be it some fieldwork or office.

M-51 Engineers Field Bag – Military Style – Olive is a great choice that will not only let him carry all his essentials to work, but also remind him of his duties for good, just like a soldier. The canvas-made bag measures approximately 12 x 10 x 4 inch and has a main compartment for laptop along with a number of pouches, pen holder, plastic covered sleeve for documents, and a 3/4th zipper for the laptop compartment. Get him this all-in-one bag from Rediff Shop & Gift for Rs.6,397.

Remote control toys are the fun toys that not only kids but adults also love to play with. However, you can pull out something unique that doesn’t look like something for kids and also challenges the left-brained nature of your engineer husband. There are several remote controlled toys for adults that not only involve a simple play and control, but also a bit assembly part.

Thames and Kosmos Remote Control Machines is an all-in-one pack for the engineer in your life that lets him build his own fleet of machines and vehicles and then control them via a unique 6-buttoned remote control. Let him explore his mind to make various configurations (up to 10 models) of the complex machines using 3 motors. Get him his adult play box from Amazon for Rs.6,366 that comes with 182 pieces and 48 manuals.

Transformers. Almost every engineer has at least once in his lifetime thought about or wanted to create one of his own, especially for electronics, mechanical, electrical, and computer engineers. Thus, talking and walking machines like robots can be considered as one of the best choices of gifts for electrical engineers.

Cubebot Puzzle is one such option that will put your engineer husband’s puzzle solving skills to the test. This wooden mini robot can be turned into a perfect cube and your husband will love to play solving this cube-shaped puzzle. Gift him this little office companion from Uncommon Goods for Rs.1,889 and he will love to play with it when bored. Do ask him to fold his robot into a cube before his boss arrives.

He’s an engineer and he loves to let others know that he has earned the engineer title with hard work. He can’t exactly walk up to everyone and say I am an engineer just like that, but you can help him show off the same with a unique gift. A tie with some formulas printed on it can deliver double benefit, increasing his personality and letting others know he is a proud engineer.

Silk-made Math Formulas Tie with symbols, equations, and numbers printed on it is a genius idea to gift your math-loving engineer husband. The blue-coloured tie goes on with a number of dress options and the white print on it gives an appearance of a blueprint or a chalkboard. Let your husband feel like the next Einstein with this tie from Uncommon Goods for Rs.3,306.

Engineers have an unending love for technology and new innovations in the tech field. Be it a smart band, fitness tracker, a new smartphone with some innovative feature, or anything else from the smart-world domain. If your husband is an engineer, he is likely to develop an urge to either create or get hands-on to something innovative released in the tech industry.

Hoverboard from My Skywings is a perfect option for this year, as hoverboards haven’t yet gone mainstream. The hoverboard is equipped with 3rd generation super intelligent control panel, the original 36V 4.4AH Samsung battery, 2 350W brushless motors, and 6.5-inch tubeless tyres. With a charging time of 1-2 hours, the board runs 15-20 km on a single charge, and can take up a load of 15 to 120 kg. Get him this board from My Skywings for Rs.13,500 and he can ride hands-free on the 10 kg board with a 46 mm ground clearance.

Maths is not the only subject that engineers love, science is also included in their list of favourite things. If your husband also loves to apply logic to almost everything in his life, he would surely love to explore various aspects of science and history. You can surprise him with a trip to a science museum, and if you don’t enjoy those science topics much, you can also add other sight-seeing places to your list.

Delhi Museum Tour in a Private Car is a comfortable and worthy trip to take, wherein you can add other members of the family as well. The tour covers the science museum along with others like National Museum, Gandhi Smriti, and more museums along with some sight-seeing places as well. Book the trip on Thrillopholia for Rs.1,750 per car and get an AC cab driven by an experienced driver guide. Carry sunscreen, sunglasses, comfortable clothes and basic medication. You can also cancel the trip once booked though there is small cancellation fee.

Even engineers are not perfect people and they tend to forget things, sometimes very common ones. It could be hard to digest that engineers, who remember a lot from simple formulas to complex equations, but forget items like carrying their car keys when leaving from home or office. However, you can help him with something that lets him avoid forgetting things.

If he forgets his keys regularly, the LED Key Wallet Finder Receiver Electron Searcher Remote Wireless Lost Thing Alarm Locator Tracker is a perfect gift for your engineer husband. Though named as key finder, it can be used to find other things like glasses, canes, purses, and more with just a press of the button that creates flashes and a beep sound. Get one for your husband for Rs.1,403 and you will get a transmitter with 2 AAA 1.5V batteries, a receiver with 1 3V CR2032 battery, working across a range of 30-40 meters as well 4 key rings.

Is he fond of trigonometry? Maths is likely to be one of the strongest subjects of an engineer, and they have studied trigonometry very well. Though not many engineers use the techniques and formulas learnt while studying for their engineering degree, you can let your engineer husband recall all those memories of trigonometry with a special gift.

CafePress Unit Circle Wall Clock – Standard Multicolour is a perfect gift to re-ignite his passion for the units. Get him this contemporary multi-coloured wall hanging clock for Rs.7,617 from Amazon and let him add a unique centerpiece at his office, or even home.

Engineers are known to create marvels. For instance, you can easily recall a number of innovative building designs, bridges that seem to be hanging in-air, and many more examples of just one branch of engineering, civil. Though these seem to be amazing examples, but there are a lot of efforts, time, thoughts, and even failures involved in creating each one of this.

The Best of Modern Marvels is a series of show broadcast on The History Channel that showcased some life changing innovations and awe-inspiring buildings as well as some of the terrible engineering failures. A set of 14 DVDs of the series could be one of the best gifts for civil engineers, which you can get from eBay for approximately Rs.12,810 and let him explore the world of engineering marvels.

As mentioned before, engineers love to show off their pride of carrying the engineer label. Though there already are some personality traits that engineers carry with them everywhere, but still not many people are able to recognize those. You can look over for some funny gifts for engineers that not only let them show off, but also add a fun element to their personality.

Grafytees Engineer Verb T-shirt is a perfect match for this purpose, as it contains a funny message printed on it defining the word Engineer as a verb. The cotton-made half sleeve t-shirt is a comfortable wear for any casual occasion. Available in white colour, you can gift this t-shirt to your husband from Amazon for Rs.499, but make sure to select the right size that fits him perfectly.

Gifting shouldn’t be considered as a formality, but a way of winning hearts. You can take this opportunity to show your love and affection for your better half. Since he is an engineer, he is likely to have a hectic work schedule and will be pleased with the smallest of gestures that make him feel relaxed. Thus, you don’t need to do a lot, but a lot of small hassle-free efforts make up a great gift for engineer husband to win his heart, like: