NBC TODAY: Father’s Day Gifts

With Father's Day coming up this Sunday, the traditional last-minute frenzy to find Dad the perfect gift is officially underway. Whether you're looking to keep it cheap or shoot for the works, BestStuff?s Corey Greenberg has the perfect present to please your Pop.



Panasonic Wet/Dry Shaver
Electric shavers are always a big hit with dads. The best one I've tried is Panasonic's top of the line Wet/Dry Shaver, the Model 8068. I've tried them all and the Panasonic comes the closest to a real blade shave, with less skin irritation. Plus, you can use it with lather or even right in the shower. $130. www.panasonic.com/pppc




Music-loving Dad: Tivoli Model One Radio
The Allen Iverson of FM radios, tiny but powerful. Designed by hifi legend Henry Kloss, the little Tivoli is the best sounding and best looking FM radio anywhere near its price. Perfect for the office, and it even does double-duty as a PC multimedia speaker. Three colors. $99. www.tivoliaudio.com




If your dad does a lot of business travel, I can't think of a better Father's Day gift than Etymotic Research's ER-4P in-ear headphones. A cross between squishy foam earplugs and high-end headphones, the Etymotics are unequalled at keeping out cabin noise and pressure while delivering the smoothest and most musical sound I've heard from any headphones. I never travel without a portable CD player and my Etymotics! $330. www.etymotic.com




Personal Digital Assistants, or PDA's?
A new PDA is a great gift for the tech-savvy dad. Compaq's latest iPaq 3670 PocketPC is a color WindowsCE device with upgraded 64MB storage for the most of any PDA. Add the Ricochet wireless modem and Dad can surf the Net and email from anywhere. $649; Ricochet modem, $300, service $75/mo. www.compaq.com




Personalizing a Palm is another great gift idea. With so many accessories and software titles available for the Palm platform, you can mix and match to come up with the perfect Palm custom-tailored to your dad's unique profile. Mr. Mom, Travel Dad, Chef Dad, Swinger Dad, the possibilities are endless. $99 and up for the Palm, $50 and up for the accessories and software. www.palm.com



Cameras

I'd go with digital cameras because they're much more of a toy - your dad will spend many happy hours uploading digital photos from the camera to his computer and playing with the image editing software and family photo web sites. Some of the latest digital cameras I've used and heartily recommend:

Olympus Brio D-100 $299	Kodak DC4800 3.3 megapixel $599	Fuji Finepix 6800Z (Porsche design) $900

Diaper Genie
The Playtex Diaper Genie helps keep your nursery free of diaper odors. It is the only diaper pail system that individually seals each diaper, locking in odor and germs. The Diaper Genie unit can store up to 25 medium sized diapers before it needs to be emptied. The wide opening makes it easy to dispose diapers and it has easy one hand operation. The Diaper Genie system only works with the wider blue refills which wrap up to 140 large or 180 newborn diapers. Each Diaper Genie unit comes with one refill. The refill should last about a month. www.playtexbaby.com




Under $50--Bang-for-the-buck Gift
I just found a new BBQ tool for under thirty bucks that combines a cooking fork, a spatula, a flashlight, and a cooking timer all in one tool. 4N1 BBQ Tool, $29.99. www.helmangroup.com



For the Dad who has everything?


Hammacher Schlemmer Aeroboat!
This flying raft features a large fan propeller and ultra light wings for the ultimate flying experience. Takes off in less than 45 seconds on almost any waterway. Since it glides you can cut the engine and turn it into a hangglider after reaching a certain altitude. $21,000 includes trailer. You must get ultra light certified to fly -about 20 hours of training-cost about $3,000. www.hammacher.com

Get dad high this Father's Day with some flying lessons in your home town. It cost less than you would expect, and there's even a web site www.beapilot.com to help you sign him up.