THE WICKED COOL GOODS GIFT LIST
10 Gifts for Coworkers That Earn a Spot on the Desk
Good gifts for coworkers are useful, easy to share, and nothing personal. These ten are small gadgets that live on a desk or in a work bag: a charging cable, a screen pad, a hand warmer, a phone mount. None of them is political or a personal-care item. Each entry says what the product does and which numbers come only from the seller.
NO. 01
Whippy Charge
One cable with three charging tips.
The safe pick for a desk swap. Whippy Charge is a magnetic cable with a 540-degree rotating head and swappable Lightning, USB-C, and Micro-USB tips, so it fits whatever phone your coworker carries. It charges only; it does not transfer data. The bend-lifespan claim is the maker's, not independently tested.
Price: .99 (up to 55% off promo at time of writing). Check the seller for current price and return conditions.
NO. 02
WaterBear
A stick-on pad for smudged screens.
Cheap enough to buy for the whole team. WaterBear sticks to the back of a phone and wipes fingerprints off screens and lenses. The maker describes a nano-carbon pad that lifts oil instead of smearing it; that description is the seller's, not verified here.
Price: See offer page (50% off promo at time of writing). Check the seller for current price and return conditions.
NO. 03
Cozy Charge
A rechargeable hand warmer for a cold office.
For the coworker who keeps a sweater on the chair in July. Cozy Charge heats on three settings, and the maker says it can also give a phone one full charge. It replaces single-use warmer packets. Heat-up and runtime figures are the maker's own.
Price: See offer page. Check the seller for current price and return conditions.
NO. 04
Peeps
A pocket cleaner for glasses.
For the coworker who wipes their glasses on a shirt between meetings. Peeps has a retractable brush for dust and carbon microfiber pads that clean both sides of a lens at once. The maker says the pads last up to 500 cleanings; that figure is the seller's, not tested here.
Price: See offer page. Check the seller for current price and return conditions.
NO. 05
Snap-N-Charge
A small battery with magnetic tips.
For the coworker whose phone dies before the afternoon meeting. Snap-N-Charge is a compact 3000mAh pack with magnetic USB-C, Lightning, and Micro-USB tips. It is a top-up, not a full recharge, and the maker's charge-percentage estimates are not independently tested.
Price: See offer page. Check the seller for current price and return conditions.
NO. 06
SmartCard
A card-thin tracker for Apple Find My.
For the coworker who leaves a badge or wallet in the conference room. SmartCard is a slim tracker that slides into a wallet and shows up in Apple Find My, with left-behind alerts. It works only with Apple devices and relies on nearby iPhones, not live GPS, so ask what phone they carry first.
Price: See offer page. Check the seller for current price and return conditions.
NO. 07
Anything Speaker
A speaker that plays through the surface it sits on.
The white-elephant favorite. Anything Speaker vibrates whatever it is stuck to, so a desk drawer or a filing cabinet becomes the speaker. Battery life is rated about 3 hours and it has no waterproof rating. Check that the office is fine with music before it goes on a shared desk.
Price: See offer page (30% off promo at time of writing). Check the seller for current price and return conditions.
NO. 08
Tenikle
A bendable phone and camera mount.
A group gift for the team, or a thank-you for a manager who runs video calls. Tenikle has bendable, suction-cupped arms that hold a phone, tablet, or camera on a smooth surface. It costs more than the rest of this list, and the maker's weight-holding and grip claims have not been independently tested.
Price: $110 (40% off promo at time of writing). Check the seller for current price and return conditions.
NO. 09
FlightPath
Golf tees for the office golfer.
For the coworker who books Friday afternoons off in summer. FlightPath is a polycarbonate tee with an angled launch platform that the maker says is designed to reduce sidespin and backspin. The distance and spin numbers come from the maker's own robot testing, not an independent lab. It is a pack of tees, so it gets used.
Price: See offer page. Check the seller for current price and return conditions.
NO. 10
Kelvin 8
An 8-in-1 emergency tool for a long commute.
For the coworker who drives in from far away. Kelvin 8 combines a hand-crank power bank, seatbelt cutter, window breaker, flashlight, alarm, and strobe in one unit for the glovebox. Battery and charging figures are the maker's estimates.
Price: See offer page. Check the seller for current price and return conditions.
How to pick one
Start with the budget your office agreed on and the person, not the job title. The cable, the screen pad, and the glasses cleaner suit almost anyone and stay cheap. The tracker only works with an iPhone, and the golf tees only land with a golfer. The mount is the pricey one, so it works best as a group gift. Skip anything political, personal, or scented when you do not know the person well. Doing a gift exchange? See our white elephant gift ideas and gag gifts. Filling a stocking instead? See our stocking stuffers for men and stocking stuffers for women.
What we did not do
We did not test these products ourselves. Each blurb is based on the seller's own description and our product assessment. Check current prices and return terms on the seller's page before you buy for a whole team.
Sources and research scope
This is an editorial assessment of seller information, not a hands-on product test. Seller claims are not independent evidence of performance. Undated sources have not been rechecked for this revision.
- Whippy Charge: seller product information and current terms · not rechecked for this revision
- WaterBear: seller product information and current terms · not rechecked for this revision
- Cozy Charge: seller product information and current terms · not rechecked for this revision
- Peeps: seller product information and current terms · not rechecked for this revision
- Snap-N-Charge: seller product information and current terms · not rechecked for this revision
- SmartCard: seller product information and current terms · not rechecked for this revision
- Anything Speaker: seller product information and current terms · not rechecked for this revision
- Tenikle: seller product information and current terms · not rechecked for this revision
- FlightPath: seller product information and current terms · not rechecked for this revision
- Kelvin 8: seller product information and current terms · not rechecked for this revision
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