Top 10: Gifts under £50

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Gin or beer brewing kit

It can be easy to come home from work, get into your PJs and sit down to watch Bake Off. Instead, why not pick up a new hobby? Hear us out now, post-Christmas we're all going to be trying to lose a few pounds as the encroaching darkness of winter sets in. Sounds depressing, right? Exactly.

Why not get the gift of not sitting around watching Christmas telly with a Beer or Gin making kit? Firebox's The Artisan Gin Maker's Kit retails for around £30, while the Brewdog Elvis Juice Beer Making Kit sits at about £40. The kit comes with almost everything you need to brew a gallon of Brewdog's Elvis Juice, their popular citrusy beer, and the gin kit just requires you to find yourself a bottle of vodka (as super cheap or extravagant as you like. The box contains everything else you need – juniper berries, botanical mix, apparatus and a hefty artisan bottle.

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Tile Pro

The Tile Pro is the perfect present for the scatterbrain in your life. This small and simple Bluetooth tracker will put an end to those mornings chasing your kids to leave the house on time while you help them look for their lost keys, bags etc. The companion app helps you find whatever the device is attached to and if you lose your phone, you can ring it using the Tile. Clever, right?

Every running Tile app tracks Tiles around it too, so if you lose both then you can call upon your fellow Tile users to help you find it. With a Bluetooth range of 90m, a replaceable battery which lasts around 12 months and a one-year warranty - it deservedly won our best Gift Under £50 at the Honest John Kit product awards back in May, too.

>> Read our full review

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Raffaello Luxury Pasta Making Kit

This Pasta Making Kit from Pasta Evangelists is the perfect gift for the pasta lover in your life. Complete with doppio zero Italian flour, fine Italian salt flakes and tools fashioned from elegant beech wood, this luxurious kit includes everything an intermediate pasta chef could ever wish for.

Follow the step-by-step instructions with tips and tricks to make three Italian classics: tagliatelle, gnocchi and ravioli. Each set of instructions makes enough pasta to serve two people. Buon appetito!

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Amazon Echo Dot or Google Nest Mini

If you don't already know, the Amazon Echo Dot is an extremely popular voice-controlled speaker. Ask Alexa, the voice assistant, to play music, answer questions, read the news, check the weather, set alarms, control compatible smart home devices and more. You can use your voice to turn on lights, adjust thermostats, lock doors, find TV shows etc as well.

Similarly, the Google Nest Mini offers insights into the weather, news and almost anything else. Hear your personalised schedule, commute, and reminders. Set timers and alarms. The Nest Mini is also compatible with hundreds of smart devices, like lights, thermostats and TVs.

>> Read our full review of the Amazon Echo Dot (Gen 2)

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14 Award Winning World Lagers And Tasting Glass Gift

There are plenty of booze-related gifts on NotOnTheHighStreet, but this one is up there with the best of them- in our opinion, anyway. Lager is the world's favourite beer, and Beer Hawk has hunted out some exceptional lagers from around the world for this 14-bottle beer hamper.

This craft beer selection showcases some brilliant modern breweries and it's the perfect gift for the lager-drinker in your life. The website notes that if they're out of stock of any of the beers or glass featured in the photos, they'll substitute a beer or glass of greater or equal value to ensure you get the beers as quickly as possible.