Are you thinking about the best gift for a truck driver?
Picking an appropriate gift can be difficult, but this guide will make it easier for you.
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If we want to give a thoughtful gift to someone, it’s best if it can be related to his/her life or desires.
What is the life of a truck driver like?
Although truck drivers seem to have a good income, it is a hard job.
Whether they are local, regional or OTR (Over The Road) truck drivers, they sacrifice a lot of time on the road.
Truckers work 11-hour days and must take a mandatory 34-hour break after a full 70-hour work week to ensure adequate physical recovery.
They drive an average of 500 miles a day, or nearly 128,000 miles a year.
During the time they are driving, they must be seated with their hands on the steering wheel and must maintain full concentration to ensure safe driving.
Since this is a cross-geographic job, they are not guaranteed to be home with their families every day.
OTR truck drivers, in particular, are usually home only once a month or once several months.
To save time, miles and money, they only buy food at fast food restaurants or convenience stores at rest stops along the highway. This usually leads them to consume a lot of high-calorie food.
They sleep in trucks instead of hotels, which makes it hard for them to get a good night’s sleep.
But this is actually a great job, think of every item you buy that the truck driver delivers from the shipper to the retailer.
They are the cornerstone of how this country can keep running.
That’s why many truck drivers are proud to be in this profession.
They also gain the respect of everyone.
So
what's the best gift for a truck driver?
It’s the things that will make them more comfortable on the road. Is there a better gift than improving the lives of truck drivers?
We have researched and studied many products that incorporate all aspects of a truck driver’s life, resulting in the following list of gifts.
It will provide you with ideas as well as save you time.
The best gift for truckers
1, AfterShokz OpenComm Bluetooth Bone Conduction Headset
We put the bone conduction headset at the top because not many people know about this type of headset at the moment.
Although it has been around for years, it doesn’t seem to have gained enough attention. This is probably because its sound quality was not recognized by music lovers in the early days.
But today, through the efforts of product experts, its sound quality has been greatly improved.
They are re-accepted by the market. Especially for driving and for taking calls while playing outdoor sports.
Bone conduction headphones do not rely on the ears but on vibrations to transmit sound through the bones, so it does not block the ears, instead, your ears are completely open.
This allows drivers to hear the surrounding sound clearly while still being able to listen to music or make phone calls clearly.
Especially when used with siri, your hands don’t even need to get off the steering wheel to operate at all.
This is a great way to ensure driving safety.
In some states, it is illegal to wear in-ear headphones. Even if you are allowed to wear Bluetooth headphones, they increase the risk of driving because of the isolation of outside sound.
You must also have had the experience of earbud suddenly falling off your ears while driving.
The AfterShokz opencomm bone conduction headset is free of these hazards.
It is worn in a snug but comfortable manner, and it clips onto the bone next to the ear without covering the ear.
It allows the driver to enjoy music or take calls while fully hearing the surrounding sound.
Consider that at high speeds, if listening to music on the car stereo, the driver must adjust the volume to a high level to cover the tire noise, which in turn masks other sounds.
The bone conduction headphones can make the sound coming from the headphones and the surrounding sound soft together.
Another benefit of using bone conduction headphones is that it never hurts your hearing.
For truck drivers who drive more than 10 hours a day, listening to music is the best way to relieve fatigue and stay awake.
They tend to have podcasts or music on all the time, and these bone conduction headphones can play continuously for over 7 hours and are fully charged in about an hour.
And drivers can take calls anytime while driving and the sound quality of the call is clear.
This is the best Bluetooth headset for drivers.
If you think the price of AfterShokz opencomm bone conduction headset is too expensive, then here are two low-priced alternatives.
2, Hot Logic Mini - 12V Version
The Hot Logic Mini is a portable oven or food warmer.
This is my second favorite product in this list of gifts for truckers. The first is the bone conduction headset.
I think it’s a huge improvement for truckers because it’s so much better than a car microwave.
First of all, it is small (8.75″ W x 6.75″ L x 2.5″ H) and can be placed in the passenger seat, and it has 1.5 quarts of space inside for lunch boxes.
So when the food is heated up, the truck driver can reach out and get it.
Secondly, it does not overheat or scorch the food if heated for too long like a microwave oven.
Finally, it can be connected directly to a 12V cigarette lighter, unlike a microwave oven that requires a 12v to 110V inverter.
Therefore, we do not recommend a microwave oven in this list anymore.
The biggest benefit of this portable oven is that it makes truckers eat healthier.
In the past, truck drivers mostly bought food from fast food restaurants at rest stops, and those foods contained too many calories and added a lot of burden to the driver’s body.
When they want to eat, if there is no microwave oven nearby, they have to eat the cooled food.
Now with the help of a portable oven, they can bring a good meal from home.
The warmed up meals look like they were just taken off the stove at home.
The Hot Logic Mini has two slight flaws, one is that there is no working light, you can only know it is working by feeling the temperature rise; second is that it takes about an hour or so to heat the meal well.
So you need to put the meals in 1 hour in advance.
3, Contigo Autoseal West Loop Vacuum-Insulated Travel Mug
Long hours of driving can easily produce fatigue, so if you can drink warm coffee, you can quickly regain energy.
So for truckers, a vacuum-insulated mug is essential.
But, for some reason, it’s hard to find a mug with good insulation and sealing effects.
Today we finally found the Contigo Vacuum-Insulated Travel Mug.
It really does insulate and seal.
After testing, it can keep warm for 6-7 hours and cold for 16-18 hours.
Moreover, it is well sealed and does not leak whether it is placed on its side or dropped.
The design of opening the cap by pressing the button with one hand is simply made for drivers.
This is without a doubt the most needed thermos for truckers.
Its lid is easy to clean, but cleaning the inside of the mug requires some skill and a few tools.
We recommend buying the stainless steel color (unpainted) because only the stainless steel colored mug is dishwasher safe. Other colors are not dishwasher safe and will lose their paint.
It is available in 14 oz, 16 oz, 20 oz and 24 oz.
4, BESTEK 300W Power Inverter
If he wants to be able to use his laptop, microwave, coffee maker, and other devices that require 110V power in the car, then he needs a 12V DC to 110V AC car inverter.
A car inverter is a device that converts 12V DC power from a cigarette lighter to 110V AC power.
BESTEK 300W Power Inverter has two 110V standard sockets and 2 USB ports.
This brings great convenience to truck drivers.
BESTEK is known for providing high quality on-board inverters. Its 300W power can satisfy most of the vehicle appliances.
It can support up to 700W instantaneous power output to meet the startup power requirements of microwave ovens, refrigerators.
Note that the BESTEK 300W Power Inverter is the standard BESTEK inverter, which is a modified sine wave inverter.
The modified sine wave output AC power has more interference, so it may affect the use of some appliances. Or it may make a humming sound when the appliance is in use.
BESTEK also has a pure sine wave inverter, which produces 110V AC power that is pure sine wave AC power in line with the AC power from the grid.
The pure sine wave inverter is suitable for all appliances.
The only drawback of the BESTEK inverter is that the internal fan for cooling is a bit noisy. This is not felt during driving, but may disturb sleep at night during sleeping periods.
5, BougeRV 12 Volt Refrigerator
The 12V Refrigerator allows truckers to keep their water/drinks/food cold.
Truck drivers usually prepare enough food for long hours of driving. An on-board refrigerator can help keep food fresh and leave it to spoil.
12V DC refrigerators can be used directly plugged into the cigarette lighter, and the low power consumption of 12V refrigerators makes them more power-efficient.
Usually the biggest problem with car refrigerators is the noise problem, because it works almost all night long.
The BougeRV 12 Volt Refrigerator solves this problem very well by keeping the noise at a low 45dB.
This ensures that truck drivers get a good night’s sleep.
The BougeRV uses a compressor for cooling, so its cooling performance is equally excellent with home fridge.
It can cool quickly from 77°F to 32°F in 16 minutes and from 77°F to -5°F in 50 minutes.
The 30 Quart capacity is large enough to store truckers’ drinks and food.
6, Elite Gourmet Personal Single-Serve Compact Coffee Maker
To be able to concentrate on driving the truck, most truck drivers like to drink coffee to keep their wake up.
If he is used to start a new day with a cup of coffee.
Then a small coffee maker is perfect for him.
The Elite Gourmet Personal Single-Serve Compact Coffee Maker is designed for a single person.
It takes up very little space and takes only 1 minute to brew a fresh cup of coffee.
This fresh cup of coffee will accompany him on his new journey.
It is easy to operate, just put in the coffee powder and add water, close the lid and press a button.
However, since it is 110V, you need to connect it to the inverter. If you want to send this coffee maker to a truck driver, make sure he has a 12V DC to 110V AC inverter in his truck.
Another reason we recommend it is that it comes with a 14oz T304 stainless steel coffee cup. But most other coffee makers of the same type are equipped with plastic cups or paper cups.
This capacity is just right for everyday needs, and the stainless steel coffee cup ensures that the flavor of the coffee is not spoiled and can be reused.
7, WACACO Picopresso Portable Espresso Maker
Well, after much hesitation, we still put this WACACO Picopresso Portable Espresso Maker into this trucker gift list.
The reason is that the WACACO Picopresso Portable Espresso Maker is a very interesting coffee maker.
He is not for all coffee drinkers, it is only for those who like espresso.
It has a great design, it is very compact and it is very professional.
People who see it for the first time question how such a small machine can make great espresso.
But it does.
It doesn’t need to be powered by electricity, it’s all manual.
All it needs is hot water and fresh coffee beans (best within 2 months of roasting) to produce an espresso with crema.
The taste is comparable to that of a large professional espresso machine.
It features a naked portafilter, so users will see delicious creamy espresso flowing directly from a standard 52mm 18 grams stainless steel filter basket during the brewing process.
If he’s a trucker who likes espresso, then this portable espresso machine will be his favorite on the road.
8, Irish Setter Men's 83606 6" Aluminum Toe Work Boot
You may be wondering here, do truck drivers need to wear work boots?
Yes, they do.
But not while driving the truck, but they are needed when they are at the shipping and receiving locations.
This is because when loading and unloading cargo, truck drivers are constantly walking around areas where cargo is concentrated and climbing up and down the truck.
Sometimes they even help to load and unload the heavy wooden pallets.
So, they usually need to have a pair of work boots.
The Irish Setter work boot is a mid-range work boot.
We recommend this work boot for truckers because it has the same level of comfort as those high-end brands, but at half the price.
The Irish Setter has a very soft sole that gives the foot plenty of support.
This effectively relieves the pressure of the weight on the bottom of the foot.
While many work boots can cause foot pain after standing for a long time, Irish Setter does not at all.
Its sole is very slip resistant and performs well on concrete floors and wooden planks.
If you don’t need steel toe protection, the Irish Setter is also available without a steel toe.
9, Shiatsu Neck and Back Massager
After 11 hours of continuous truck driving, the neck and shoulder area of truck drivers can be very painful.
This is caused by maintaining a rigid posture for a long time.
Since they have to continue driving the next day, truck drivers urgently need to relieve this pain.
However, sometimes sleep alone is not enough.
Some neck and shoulder stretches will help, but it’s hard to keep doing them because they’re already fatigued.
The Shiatsu Neck and Back Massager can be a great way to help truckers quickly relieve neck and shoulder fatigue.
It works as if a real person is massaging with their fingers. And the strength is also very good.
Truckers can use it half an hour before going to bed to help loosen the neck and shoulder muscle groups.
It also has a heating function, which brings warmth to the neck and shoulders while massaging. This is even more helpful in relieving pain.
In addition to the neck and shoulders, it can also massage other parts of the body such as the back and legs.
This passive way of loosening muscles is much more effective than active stretching movements and can last longer.
When the body goes to sleep in a relaxed state, it not only improves the quality of sleep, but also greatly relieves the body of fatigue.
10, ORORO Men's Lightweight Heated Vest
When truck drivers are on the road, the cab is their temporary home.
During the day, they drive in the front, and at night, they sleep in sleeping cab.
They also have to contend with harsh conditions.
Especially on cold winter nights, the cab’s insulation may not be able to fully withstand the cold.
That’s when some kind of heating device is needed to help maintain the temperature of the cab.
Now, there are also new technologies that can help truck drivers fight off the cold.
ORORO’s Heated Vest product is a self-heating undershirt that will have you surrounded by warmth within minutes of flipping a switch.
It has 4 carbon fiber heating elements generating heat across the collar, mid-back, as well as underneath two pockets for core-body warmth.
Three heating modes are available.
It is powered by a lithium battery, which is placed in the pocket of the undershirt.
A single charge lasts about 10 hours of heating.
Enough to help truckers deal with the cold at night.
If the trucker needs to leave the cab for a short time, he just needs to add a jacket to the outside of the undershirt.
Even in the cold outside air, his body is still warm and the heated undershirt completely blocks out the cold.
11, Purple Harmony Pillow
Sleep is the most important and most difficult part for truck drivers.
Especially after a tiring day of driving, they need both a quality sleep to recover their strength.
However, the realities of the conditions limit their ability to get a better night’s sleep.
Being alone, lonely and boring driving makes it hard for their spirits to loosen up.
Some truck drivers suffer from mild anxiety and depression.
To focus on driving, they perhaps consume large amounts of caffeinated beverages during the day.
All of these contribute to their sleep disorder.
It is clear that their bodies are fatigued, but they have trouble falling asleep.
A good pillow can help them get a quality sleep.
The Purple Harmony Pillow is a 2021 Good Housekeeping Best Bedding Award Winner for the Premium Pillows category.
Its unique design allows it to provide “soft” support for the trucker’s head and shoulders.
This is great for relieving neck and shoulder fatigue.
When you wake up the next day, the neck and shoulder discomfort from the previous day’s fatigue will be gone.
This “gentle” pressure-free support also provides you with a feeling of “suspension”.
Helps truckers relax and calm their spirits, and helps them get to sleep quickly.
The Purple Harmony Pillow is a little pricey, but it’s worth it for the experience it brings.
12, Big Trucker Truck Mattress
Mattress is also a gift that can help improve the sleep of truck drivers.
The typical trucker’s sleeping cab is around 80″ x 40″.
This is not a lot of space, but enough to put down a standard single mattress.
The quality of the mattresses that come with the truck is usually not very good.
They can sag or loose balance out to support the body.
This is a direct result of the reduced quality of sleep for truck drivers.
An overly soft mattress or raised springs can cause back pain the next day.
Fortunately, because of the desperate need for quality sleep, mattress companies have mattresses designed specifically for truckers.
We recommend North American Mattress’ Big Trucker Truck Mattress in this area.
North American Mattress is an American company.
They fully understands the needs of truckers and has turned to a variety of mattresses designed for truckers.
The mattresses are available in a wide range of sizes, from 74 “x30 “x7” to 80 “x43 “x7”, covering most truck models.
The Big Trucker is dual sided and engineered with added support for the largest of drivers. supporting over 400 pounds.
Flip the dual duty truck mattress for firm support or soft conforming. Either side provides a comfortable night’s sleep.
Its breathable polyester fabric cover with zipper is durable and can be easily cleaned with warm water and mild soap, then air dried.
The foam layers remain stable providing truck driver long lasting comfort with no sagging.
Its eco-friendly CertiPUR-US foam has no odor and is safe to use immediately upon receipt.
So, if he has recently complained about his mattress being uncomfortable, then sending him this Big Trucker Truck Mattress will greatly improve his sleep quality.
13, Nintendo Switch
Truck drivers are always running around alone on the road.
In addition to driving as well as resting, there is some free time waiting for loading and unloading as well as waiting for dispatch instructions.
How to spend these free time is a truck driver often faced with the problem.
If he ever likes to play video games, then giving him a Nintendo Switch is a good choice.
Many people still remember the Nintendo Gameboy they played when they were young, and the Nintendo Switch is the latest model of the game.
He supports handheld mode as well as TV mode. You can either enjoy game time with your family at home connected to the TV or carry it with you to play on the go.
So, if he likes to play games, then Nintendo Switch can help him spend those spare moments.
14, Ipad
An Ipad is also a great gift for him.
Ipad can not only help him spend time, and can work better.
There are many productivity tools available on the Ipad, and it is much easier to work on documents on the big screen than on the phone.
There are also many fun games on the Ipad.
He can also read on the Ipad.
As well as watch youtube videos or watch movies on Netflix.
15, Kindle
If he likes to read a lot, Kindle is perfect for him.
The Kindle’s e-paper screen doesn’t make his eyes tired after reading for a long time, and in a dark environment, the Kindle is better for reading than the Ipad.
When he sleeps in the cab at night, the light around him is not very good, and the Kindle’s soft backlight and non-flickering screen will not cause discomfort to his eyes.
This allows him to read his favorite novels before bedtime. Gives a good prelude to sleep.
Summary
In this post, we have recommended 15 of the best gifts for truckers.
These gifts have been carefully selected from various categories.
They are almost all the best products in each category.
They cover every aspect of a trucker’s life on the road. Including driving/entertainment/food/sleep/relax, etc.
You can choose from them as you need and save your time.
We also share tips on how to pick a gift for the person you care about.
Understanding his/her life, observing his/her hobbies and thinking about how you can help improve his/her life is an easy way to find the best gift.
Other gift categories you can choose from with this in mind are
- Car wifi router
- Digital radio receiver
- Satellite TV receivers
- Blankets
- Comfortable clothes
- Sunglasses
- Fascia gun
- Fan
Remember, what you give is not just a commodity gift, it is actually a gift of your care for someone.
A gift worth $10 is exactly the same as a gift worth $100, as long as it is prepared with your heart.
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