Expert Richard Brown - My Top Gifts

We asked our adventure travel, cycling, and guitar expert Richard Brown to search for gifts matching all his interests and to pick out his favorite from each price category.

There are so many things I want here it's incredibly difficult to pick my favourites, I may have to cheat a bit and give a few

Under $20

Hmm, it's definitely easier to say which of these I wouldn't like! If I had to pick just one I think it would be the Duct Tape Keychain - it's simple and neat and you would not believe how useful duct tape was when I was cycle touring. I normally keep some wrapped around a water bottle when I'm travelling but this very elegant solution.

I'd also really love to try out the Whiskey Elements though and test their claim to age a bottle in a day. Sounds bold but the reviews are very positive. I'm a bit dubious about their claim to prevent hangovers though!

$20 - $50

This was a toss up between two but I think I'll have to go with the Try The World food subscription. I love travel, and food, and trying new things, so that ticks a lot of boxes. Either that or the Discover Amber science kit - as a science nerd and Jurassic Park fan I really want to find some 40 million year old bugs!

$50 - $100

The thing I'd find most useful here is the Waterproof Portable Speaker. I would have used this for so many things over the last few years, camping, travelling, the beach , the pool, kayaking, clipping onto my bike while cruising around town. It's so versatile being waterproof and having a bungee to attach it to things.

$100+

These cigar box guitars. I want to sit on my porch playing the blues on one of these bad boys.