I decided to put myself forward to take part in the Sports
Direct #sdfiverchallenge Christmas Challenge.
Which is basically finding Christmas presents for under £5. I do struggle to find little stocking fillers that are good
quality but also a little unusual too. I
like to shop online and it’s difficult to get ideas.
On Sports Direct’s website you can visit this page: https://www.sportsdirect.com/christmas
and then select a price range. You can
also select who you are buying for – male, female, child etc. I just filtered for under £5 and included all
types – I was a bit disappointed to start with as it brought back lots of
football gifts and nobody in our family likes football (not uncles, in laws,
hubby – nobody!) However, once I scrolled
past these there was a lot more choice, something for everyone from toolkits to
chocolates to wrapping paper and even jumper debobblers!
I was surprised at some of the children’s toys, quite a lot
of Disney there – I bought the following:
Disney Up games are £4.99 and you can buy Princess, Cars or
Frozen – I bought a Cars one and a Princess one for relatives. These are great little games and are decent quality
for the money, they are a great price and I couldn’t find cheaper elsewhere –
Sports Direct claim they are usually £9.99 however I found them on Amazon for
£6.89 as part of Prime.
The Spirit Of Christmas 13in1 Hammer Tool was £4.99 and an
ideal stocking filler for hubby who is always looking for tools! This hammer is a real hammer and includes pliers,
wire cutter, knives, screwdrivers, a saw, a bottle opener, a wire bender, a file,
and a nail puller. Quality seems
brilliant, knives are sharp and it is a nice heavy item. He will probably keep it in his car as sometimes
needs tools with his job but doesn’t want to carry a toolkit round with
him.
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| My daughter is only a metre tall and she is on her knees - very small marble run! |
I also bought Marble Mountain Game for my daughter, I can
remember having one of these as a child and having great fun making different
tracks and racing the marbles, the price was £4, claiming it was usually £8. I have to say I was extremely disappointed with
this product, considering it should have normally been £8 the quality is
absolutely shocking – the plastic is really brittle. The whole thing is tiny and the connectors
don’t fit together well – the slightest knock and it falls to pieces, my
daughter dropped a marble and knocked it over, one of the connectors chipped on
the edge and it was not a hard knock at all.
This is not worth the money so I would avoid buying it.
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| Loop the loop doesn't fit flush and keeps falling apart |
I do think Sports Direct are expensive when it comes to delivery as it is £4.99 flat rate and it wasn't free over a certain amount, even if you have it delivered to store it costs £4.99 although you do then get a £5 voucher to spend in store. So you do have to take this into account as it may not be worth ordering if you only have one or two items, however if you are buying several items it isn't so bad. In future I will probably also stick to the branded gifts like the Disney games, the unbranded marble run was shocking quality and I am glad it wasn't a gift for a relative as it really wasn't worth the £4.
So all in all it is a great place to do some Christmas shopping at good prices and to get some gifts that you perhaps don't see every day.
So all in all it is a great place to do some Christmas shopping at good prices and to get some gifts that you perhaps don't see every day.
This post is an entry for BritMums #sdfiverchallenge
Christmas Challenge, sponsored by Sportsdirect.com. https://www.sportsdirect.com
