Gift idea help....Puzzle boxes and Brain Teasers

n30_mkii · 9 Dec 2018 at 15:56

I quite like the idea of getting my two brothers in law some sort of complex puzzle box or metal brainteaser.

Ideally looking for something £20-40 but have no idea on where is a good place to start.

I can see the Himitsu Bako Puzzle Boxes around that price 7 and 14 steps, just wondering if anyone is into this scene and can maybe offer some advice. Obviously shipping times for Christmas are getting a little tight, thought this might be more interesting that the usual chocs and booze

Brizzles · 9 Dec 2018 at 16:02

Check out Chris Ramsay on You Tube

n30_mkii · 9 Dec 2018 at 16:06

Brizzles said:
Check out Chris Ramsay on You Tube

Thanks it was his lotus puzzle video that gave me the idea a while back. Not that my budget will cover most of the ones he does :-(

Combat squirrel · 9 Dec 2018 at 16:22

Had a look for something climbing related along these lines but not much sadly.

Otherwise a climbing related gift is all can think of, lots of stuff on Google.

NoobCannon · 9 Dec 2018 at 16:38

Get them a girlfriend.

A brain teaser and a box thats a puzzle to get into

Haggisman · 9 Dec 2018 at 17:13

NoobCannon said:
Get them a girlfriend.

A brain teaser and a box thats a puzzle to get into

Need to add several 0s to the budget though...

n30_mkii · 9 Dec 2018 at 17:13

NoobCannon said:
Get them a girlfriend.

A brain teaser and a box thats a puzzle to get into

Diddums · 9 Dec 2018 at 19:40

Brizzles said:
Check out Chris Ramsay on You Tube

^This. He does TONS of these puzzles. The Lotus puzzle should be in your price range.

Yadda · 10 Dec 2018 at 19:07

I collect puzzles and can recommend the Hanayama Cast series. They're very tactile and come in a range of difficulty ratings, and cost between £10 & £15 quid a pop.

Have you considered something like the wine safe disentanglement puzzle? Stick a bottle of wine in it and Bob's your uncle - an ideal Christmas puzzle gift. https://www.amazon.co.uk/Dont-break...op?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&ref_=sspa_mw_detail_0

Diddums · 10 Dec 2018 at 19:20

Yadda said:
I collect puzzles and can recommend the Hanayama Cast series. They're very tactile and come in a range of difficulty ratings, and cost between £10 & £15 quid a pop.

Have you considered something like the wine safe disentanglement puzzle? Stick a bottle of wine in it and Bob's your uncle - an ideal Christmas puzzle gift. https://www.amazon.co.uk/Dont-break...op?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&ref_=sspa_mw_detail_0

Ooooooh I like this. Looks like something you pick up for a fiver from Tiger Tiger though.

Yadda · 10 Dec 2018 at 19:23

Diddums said:
Ooooooh I like this. Looks like something you pick up for a fiver from Tiger Tiger though.

You could stick a festive bow on it.

Diddums · 10 Dec 2018 at 19:24

Yadda said:
You could stick a festive bow on it.

I'll stick a festive bow on you sweetheart <3

Yadda · 10 Dec 2018 at 19:28

Diddums said:
I'll stick a festive bow on you sweetheart <3

As long as it doesn't clash with my feather boa.

arknor · 10 Dec 2018 at 19:51

My partner has one of these
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Dont-break-bottle-bottle-puzzle/dp/B00ABH8KQS/
would make a good present because you could put a bottle of beer or wine inside and gift it locked.

they come in 2 sizes, not sure what size that one is. the big version fits a full 1litre bottle, I guess the smaller one fits a beer bottle

SixTwoSix · 10 Dec 2018 at 19:57

Been subscribed to this guy for a while, he does some excellent puzzle videos.

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCuZ4plJK1KkSqRBYps3rNww

Malevolence · 10 Dec 2018 at 20:21

Diddums · 10 Dec 2018 at 20:26

Malevolence said: