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title: 'Top Car Tools and Gadgets of 2023 (Christmas Gift Ideas)'
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# Top Car Tools and Gadgets of 2023 (Christmas Gift Ideas)

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## Summary

ChrisFix presents his eighth annual top five Christmas gift ideas for car enthusiasts, featuring tools and products he personally uses and recommends. The video includes a special announcement of his second children's book, 'How to Change Your Oil,' and covers a range of gifts from neck lights to a thermal imaging camera, emphasizing practicality and quality.

### Key Points

- **Introduction and Book Announcement** [00:00] — ChrisFix introduces the video as his eighth annual Christmas gift ideas for car guys and girls. He announces his second children's book, 'How to Change Your Oil,' following the success of 'How to Change a Flat Tire,' which became a number one seller on Amazon. The book is priced at $9.99 and aims to teach kids that cars are not hard to work on.
- **ChrisFix 300 Lumen Neck Lights** [02:10] — ChrisFix presents his own branded neck lights, developed with a company that makes most neck lights on the market. They are rechargeable, 300 lumens, independently adjustable, and have a battery life of 3 hours on high and 9 hours on low. They can be worn around the neck or head, and are compatible with hats, respirators, and welding masks. Profits go to charity.
- **Stocking Stuffer: Stick Light with Magnetic Charging** [06:26] — The first stocking stuffer is a stick light, specifically the model with 'LC' at the end, which includes a magnetic wireless charging pad. The light has a strong magnet for attaching to metal surfaces, a hook, and provides bright illumination for up to 3 hours. It's versatile for various tasks.
- **Hitch Vise** [08:40] — A Wilton-branded hitch vise that fits into a 2-inch receiver. It features a rotating head to avoid damage when driving, rounded jaws for gripping pipes, and an anvil. It comes with a carrying case for storage. A cheaper alternative lacks the locking feature and case, making the more expensive option recommended.
- **Stocking Stuffer: Wrench Extenders** [11:41] — Two styles of wrench extenders are shown, which slip over the end of a wrench to provide extra leverage for breaking loose nuts and bolts. They are useful in tight spaces where a ratchet won't fit, and are safer than using another wrench as a cheater bar.
- **FLIR Thermal Imaging Camera** [14:07] — A FLIR infrared camera that combines visible and thermal images to diagnose car problems. Examples include finding a parasitic draw (bad relay) and diagnosing a misfire by comparing exhaust manifold temperatures. Also useful for checking heated seats, window defrosters, plumbing, electrical panels, and HVAC issues.
- **Stocking Stuffer: Craftsman Overdrive Wrench Set** [18:09] — These wrenches are longer than standard for more leverage, and feature ridges on the open end to grip rounded fasteners (up to 50% rounded) and a six-point box end with ridges to remove up to 70% rounded fasteners. Demonstrated by removing a deliberately rounded bolt.
- **Vacuum Fluid Extractor** [20:31] — A vacuum fluid extractor that can be powered by shop air or manual pumping. It comes with three hoses and a pour spout for easy draining. Used for transmission fluid changes via the dipstick tube, brake bleeding, and power steering fluid changes. Features a thicker base to prevent cracking and a low center of gravity.
- **Stocking Stuffer: Oil Mat** [23:08] — An oil mat that absorbs and locks in fluids like motor oil, gasoline, brake fluid, and coolant, with a plastic backing to keep the ground dry. It slides under the car during fluid changes to prevent spills on the driveway.
- **Viper Chairs** [24:02] — Three models of Viper chairs are shown: Steelmax, Low Pro, and Steel Sport. They are described as the 'Rolls-Royce of chairs' with superior casters, thicker cushioning, and powder-coated metal. Made in America, they are more expensive but offer better quality and durability compared to budget chairs.
- **Stocking Stuffer: Adjustable Oil Drain Pan** [26:03] — An adjustable-height oil catch pan with extension tubes to position the funnel close to the drain plug, a vent cap to prevent splashing, and a grate to catch dropped drain bolts. It's easy to pour out and has a tight-sealing cap. Useful for various fluid changes.

### Conclusion

ChrisFix wraps up by summarizing the top five gift ideas and encourages viewers to check the links in the description. He emphasizes the practicality and quality of each item, and wishes viewers a Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, or Happy New Year.

## Transcript

Hey guys ChrisFix here with the eighth annual,  top five Christmas gift ideas for car guys and   car girls like you check it out now this year  just like every other year I've come up with   some really helpful gift ideas for anybody  who likes to work on cars and not only are  
these gift ideas helpful but they're tools  and products that you probably don't already   have in your toolbox that way you could give an  amazing gift or you could get some gift ideas   for yourself I'll be sure to link all these  gift ideas down in the description and the  
pinned comment to make it easy for you guys  to find and none of these tools and products   are sponsored everything here is stuff that I  like to use and I think you'll find helpful so   with that said I'm really excited look at all  these gifts I'm like a kid on Christmas let's  
get started and open these gifts up now real  quick before we open up all the main gifts I've   been working on something super special I know  the kids are going to love so let's open this up all right had to change the oil in a car by  me and this is actually the second children's  
book I've ever published the last book how to  change a flat tire became the number one seller   in children's books and the number one new release  on Amazon last year because of the support from   the car Community you guys sent me tons of amazing  pictures and stories about how your kids love the  
book you left hundreds of amazing reviews and this  book still sells a bunch of copies every day but   I'm excited to introduce the new book about how  to change your oil now I'm just going to flip to a   random page so I don't ruin the surprise but this  book's all about a father and son changing the oil  
in their car and just covering the basic steps  it teaches kids that cars are not hard to work   on and hopefully it'll get them excited about cars  so they could join the car Community like us now   both of these books are designed for kids 12 and  under but I know plenty of adults who bought them  
and love them and the best thing is each of these  books sells for $9.99 still and it ships anywhere   in the world Amazon is available and to be  completely transparent the cost of printing books   has gone up but the price stays the same this year  I make less than a dollar per book but it's not  
about the money it's about getting kids involved  in the car community and hopefully getting them   excited about cars so this is a great gift for the  younger generation and with that said now let's   get started opening up the first Christmas  gift idea all right let's see what we have
here and check it out a neck so for this year I'm  proud to present to you the ChrisFix 300 Lumen   neck lights and these are absolutely incredible  now I'm working directly with the company that  
at SEMA really nice people and they make most of  the neck lights on the market and I'm doing this   because I want to make sure these are high quality  for you guys and I'm not kidding when I say they   make most of the neck lights on the market they do  make a more affordable set which is nice you don't  
have to buy the most expensive one but it takes AA  batteries so it's not rechargeable and it's not as   bright Milwaukee has their own version a little  bit different of a design it uses a rechargeable   battery in the back here that you could actually  remove it has a 2 and 1 12h hour battery life on  
high and these are 400 Lumen lights instead of 300  Lumen but you can only wear this this on your neck   you can't wear it on your head and then we have  everybody's favorite Snap-on version again very   similar to mine the only difference is going to  be these come off and that's actually pretty nice  
I do got to say that is a nice feature cuz they  are magnetic you could use them and point them   around that way again another nice neck light  now with mine these do not come apart they are   rechargeable it's 300 lumens they're independently  adjustable so you could adjust them 90° in either  
direction and they have power buttons right at  the top here you press them it turns it on you   hold it it'll dim it down to 60 lumens so you  could get 9 hours of battery life or if you   want you could just have it on full brightness  and you get 3 hours of battery life and you have  
the same neck band technology which allows you  I mean I wouldn't do this to yours but you could   Bend this all the way back and it's not going to  snap and break it'll go right back to its shape   so you can wear it around your neck or wear it  around your head now something that I think you  
guys are going to ask about because I had this  question myself is what's the benefit of wearing   a neck over the typical headlamp and that's a  great question and my biggest answer is going   to be you you could wear a hat you could wear a  respirator you could wear a construction helmet  
you could even kind of wear a welding mask with  a neck light but you can't really wear it with a   headlamp and it's going to be a little hard for me  to show you but I have an idea how'd it get here   what's going on Jamie hey do you mind modeling  these real quick oh I can do that okay so as you  
can see the lights go around your neck like this  but besides your neck they could go around your   head like a headlamp and then wherever you look  the light's going to shine you could also wear it   with the hat flipped around also works with the  rest respirator as well as a construction helmet  
and finally it even works with the welder's mask  okay let's get your hat back on thank you very   much Jamie I appreciate it can I try the finger  thing go ahead go for it okay so now you know   how to wear them let me show you how they work at  night all right it's pitch black out no moon no  
street lights let's try this out there is one  light and there is the other and as you could   see it is plenty bright working under the hood  if you wanted to change a belt change a hose  
check fluids whatever it is you have tons of light  under here with both neck lights on and although   these neck lights are great for working on cars  they're also great for tons of other things like   walking your dog at night or taking out the trash  at night even my buddies goats like them because  
little guy is kidding aside the neck light allows  you to use both hands since you don't have to   hold a flashlight and that makes it great for  stuff like fishing now you could easily change   out your fishing L and check it out I even caught  this small bass while filming with the lights you  
know for research purposes be free little guy and  finally it's great in a group because it doesn't   blind people as you're talking to them if you  don't care about the engine and you acknowledge   that we're going to ventilate the block so I  think you get the idea they're very bright and  
there's tons of uses for these now if you do have  any problems at all there is a warranty card with   a number to call they have a one-year warranty  and I've done my absolute best to price these   competitively for you guys and any profit I make  from these lights is going straight to charity  
also instead of using Amazon this year I wanted  to support a local small business so there is a   father/son team out in New Jersey they have a  tool store and I'm doing all my distribution   you by Christmas that way it's a win-win for  everybody you guys are going to love these  
lights I can't wait for you to get them in your  hands or around your necks they're very useful   and that's exactly why they make the list this  year now after the main gift idea I like to do a   smaller usually less expensive stocking stuffer  they don't really fit in the stocking anymore  
some of them do but some of them definitely  don't but I you get the idea just something   simple something small something that is great  addition to what I just showed you okay so let's   see what our first stocking stuffer is all right  a stick light and what do we have in the other
box I had a feeling another stick light now I  realized we just finished talking about lights   but this stick light makes an awesome stocking  stuffer you want to make sure that you get the  
model with the LC at the end I'll be sure to link  this exact model in the description so you don't   get them confused and the reason why you want  that LC is because it comes with this magnetic   wireless charging pad check this out so this right  here is my ultimate light setup once you're done  
using your light you just pop it right on the  magnetic charger and it's charging away and if   you want you could easily grab another one without  having to plug it in or unplug it and it's that   quick and easy and I use a lot of these lights  all the time and I'm not kidding when I tell you  
I have a lot of their stick lights here's just  some of them now real quick let me show you the   charging base in this case I have it held on  by the magnets that are built in to the back   and they are strong magnets this works great for  stuff like this electrical panel here so I don't  
have to drill any holes or your toolbox you also  have four screw holes if you want to drill it into   the wall now the charging base is a great feature  but it's only as good as the light that it charges   and don't worry this is an excellent light the  first feature I want to show you is the magnet on  
the bottom just in case you don't have something  magnetic there is a hook but the magnet is really   nice for working on cars that's a 4lb hammer it  lifts it up no problem at all now the brightness   of this light is hard to see during the day like  it looks pretty good right but what does it look  
like at night well let me show you boom and I was  not kidding about how bright this light is and if   you want you could use that magnet and it holds  securely to the hood of the car or wherever you   want to connect it to so as they say the proof  is in the pudding you have plenty of light under  
here to do whatever work you need to get done and  it will last about 3 hours and if you want to dim   it a little bit it'll last even longer so that's  exactly why these stick made the Christmas gift   list this year they are absolutely amazing oh  man this is a heavy [Music] one okay now this  
is actually a pretty cool idea it's a hitch Vice  so this is the only Vice I could find that came   in a case and that's very important I'm going to  show you why in a second now this is a trailer   hitch Vie so it fits directly into any 2-in  receiver and it comes with a pin to keep it  
secure now this is a Wilton branded Vie and they  make really nice vices so they handle to open   this Vice Vice is smooth and the tolerances  feel really good and this opens up pretty   wide at about 5 and 3/4 in now another really  good feature of this Vie is when you close it  
all the way if your handle is facing down like  this this would be bad to drive with if you're   driving along the trail or Offroad and something  grabs onto this you're going to rip off your rear   bumper or your Vise or whatever you're going to  cause damage so instead of loosening your Vise  
or just keeping this facing down and risking the  damage you just pull this out and then you could   spin this to any orientation that you want and it  locks in place such a smart feature now besides   your normal flat Jaws up here you have your  rounded Jaws down here which is designed to  
grip pipes and as we close down on it you can  see how the shape of the Vie Contours to the   shape of the PVC that way you have more grip on  it now let me quickly show you this hitch Vice in action now this was also a very well thought  out idea they SPAC this Vice back away from  
the bumper that way when you're sawing  it doesn't hit the bumper by accident you   have plenty of [Music] room okay so with that  cut the last thing I want to show you is the Anvil and you can see you can really Hammer hard  without any issues now that's exactly what any  
Vice is designed to do and it worked just as well  on a hitch Vise now once you're done working for   the day you could easily slide this out of the  hitch throw it into the carrying case and this is   why the case is so important now you have a secure  place to Stow it away in your car or truck that  
way it's not just rolling around now while this is  super nice and it comes in the case and everything   it's an all-in-one package it is a little pricey  so there is another option for you guys it is a   cheaper one but it's cheaper both in price and  in quality so it does connect just like the other  
Vie and it's pretty much just as secure as the  other Vie it's a little bit thinner of metal the   powder coat isn't as good and probably the biggest  feature that I don't like is this does not lock   in place so when you tighten it up all the way  it's going to hang down no matter what which is  
not good if you're going to drive with the vise  on and the other big feature that this doesn't   have is a carrying case it seems simple but now  where do you put this after you take it out you   just have to throw it in the back of your truck  without a carrying case it's just going to roll  
around it just the case makes a big difference  now if you could make it happen I do recommend   the more expensive one it has better features  it's higher quality it's just nicer overall it   also comes with this mounting bracket which is  nice because this you could Mount inside your  
garage just put it on one of your workbenches then  after you're done using it on your vehicle you   could take it home and then put it right onto your  workbench so this is a very useful tool anybody   who gets one for Christmas will love it and that's  exactly why it makes my gift idea this year all  
right stocking stuffer number two what do we have  here okay a wrench extender and what's the other one okay and it's another style wrench extender  that's actually a good idea all right so we have  
two different style wrench extenders and both  are great tools tools to have so how this works   is you put this over the end of the wrench and it  literally extends the wrench so now you have a lot   more leverage to break those nuts and bolts free  now I have a perfect example of where a wrench  
extender could come in handy so I'm removing the  old AC compressor which is broken and just dead   weight and in order to remove it I need to get  this Fastener loose to pull the pulley off and   as you can see if we try to get our ratchet down  here there is just no space so since a ratchet  
won't fit down here you're going to go for your  Ren and the problem is the wrench doesn't have a   long handle so you're able to get that wrench  in there because it's nice and thin but if you   try to loosen this it doesn't loosen because you  just don't have that length to give you leverage  
now a little trick that a lot of us do is we grab  another wrench and we Slide the closed end over   the opened end like that and then now you kind of  just extended your wrench the problem is it's very   easy for this to slip and then you could bust your  knuckles don't ask me how I know that and I'm sure  
if you guys have done this you know that as well  so while this does work it is a little sketchy so   instead you could get your wrench extender get  it right on your wrench like that and now this   look at how easy that was so now with this broken  free you could easily loosen this the rest of the  
way and that is exactly where one of these wrench  extenders comes in handy now another example of   where a wrench extender comes in handy is this  right here so if I'm trying to get my ratchet   on that bolt right there that holds the bearing  and let's just say I'm replacing a bearing you  
can see the axle is in the way so I can't really  get it on there now you might be able to space it   just trying to show you a quick example of where  you might grab your wrench because there's plenty  
of clearance with your wrench but you have no  leverage to to loosen this there's no way I'm   extender works it just connects right to your 1/  in Ratchet right at the end here just like that so  
ratchet to break that bolt free nice and easy so  this is a great tool to have they're very helpful   in certain situations they're not expensive and  that's exactly why they make the stocking stuffer  
list this year all right moving along with gift  number three let's see what we got oh no way a   flare camera so this is a really cool piece of  technology this is an infrared camera that uses  
thermal imaging to help you diagnose car problems  you can't see with the naked eye now this Fleer   has two different cameras we have a visible light  camera and an infrared camera here's the visible   here's an infrared camera which is turning heat  into an image the purple and blues are for the  
cooler temperatures and the white and yellows are  for the hotter temperatures now the problem with   infrared is it doesn't give you a sharp image  by Nature so they combine the images of the   two cameras that way you could see more detail so  you could get a pretty good image on this thermal  
camera but there is no screen so you have to  use your cell phone and then you have to go onto   the app and connect the camera wirelessly like  that so let me show you how awesome this is for   diagnosing cars so right now the Del Sol is losing  battery power overnight there is a parasitic draw  
something is draining the battery when the  car just sits so how do you figure that out   the conventional way is to grab your multimeter  and I'm not going to get into the details I have   a whole video on this but basically pull each fuse  one at a time to see what causes that amperage to  
drop but if we use our thermal imaging camera  check this out it becomes clearly visible very   quickly where the parasitic draw is coming from  and it's coming from the radiator fan relay right   back here when relays go bad they could get stuck  closed and there's enough current running through  
them to kill the battery overnight but not enough  to turn on the radiator fan so you would never   know just by looking at it so that's the perfect  example of a really good use of thermal imaging   so I have another really useful example with my  pickup truck it's diagnosing a misfire if you take  
a look at my pickup truck you could see there is  a slight miss you see the vibration there and that   Miss only happens at idle and as you increase  the RPMs it goes away so what's causing it the  
check engine lights not going on so when I scan  the computer it's not telling me which cylinder   it is well we could use our thermal imaging camera  to check the temperatures of the exhaust gases and   the manifold let me show you so we'll get this  down here and you can clearly see here all three  
cylinders are firing because we have a bright  white and yellow color that means they are all   very high so cylinders 1 2 and 3 on this side are  all consistently hot you don't see any variation   so I'm pretty sure it's not that now if we come  to this side we have four five and six let's check  
our exhaust manifold down here and see what we got  look at this this is such a good example you can   clearly see that cylinder number four the front  one is cooler than 5 and six 5 and six are nice   and bright white or yellow but cylinder number  four is a cooler orange so we know that is where  
our problem lies so that's just another example  of how thermal imaging could help you diagnose a   problem now we know cylinder number four is  our issue so we could check timing we could   check spark and we could check compression to see  where our ISS issue lies but we diagnosed it very  
easily using one of these another use for thermal  imaging is checking on heated seats to make sure   the coils are all working properly and they're  heating up to full temperature same thing with   window elements you could use this to spot a bad  heating element in the rear window and finally you  
could use this for around the house for plumbing  problems like finding a clog or even finding   a leak without ripping out the walls you could  also use it to check electrical systems like the   breaker panel to see if any circuits are drawing a  lot of power and then finally you could use it to  
diagnose HVAC problems you could use it to find  insulation leaks or in this case check this out   if you look back here you can see we have moisture  building up which is cooler and I would have never   seen this with the naked eye so I need to get this  fixed before it gets moldy and I think you get the  
point there's a ton of uses for thermal imagery I  just scratched the surface and with that said if   you have any uses of your own that you could think  of let me know in the comments because I want to   give it a try but that's exactly why this made  my list this year there's a ton of uses it's very  
helpful and I know anybody who would get one would  love this so let's move on to the next gift okay   so Cooper is going to help me out with this one  what stocking stuffer do we have here yeah Cooper   okay I'll give you a little help nice we have  a wrench set now this overdrive wrench set from  
Craftsman isn't a normal wrench set it has two  features that are awesome one it helps you remove   rounded nuts and bolts and two these wrenches are  longer than the typical wrenches that come in a   regular set let me show you you can see the silver  wrenches are your typical wrenches and then the  
black chrome ones are the overdrive wrenches now  although the difference in length isn't that much   it's only an inch or two every inch counts because  the longer the wrench the more leverage you have   and the easier it is to remove Fasteners now what  really makes these wrenches special is the end of  
the wrenches that grab onto the Fastener you're  trying to loosen now on a regular wrench the   open-ended side is flat across all the way on  both sides but on the overdrive wrench you can   see there are ridges on this side and also there  is a little hump right here so these ridges allow  
the open-ended side of this wrench to grip up the  50% rounded Fasteners now on the close side of the   wrench you can see the overdrive has a Six point  design versus a 12-point design I personally like   the Six point better cuz you're less likely to  round a Fastener but even more importantly there's  
those ridges again on three of the surfaces and  these ridges allow you to remove up to 70% rounded   Fasteners let me show you so surprisingly I had a  difficult time finding rounded Fasteners I had no   shortage of rusted fasteners like this one right  here but it's not rounded yet so don't try this at  
home to make this rounded I'm going to use a file  and file this down actually we're going to grind   it down because I want to make sure this is really  round all right and let's use our normal wrench to  
test it out yeah that seems pretty rounded to  me and I can hear the comments already to make   sure it's rounded here's a Six point socket  and I'm pressing down to make sure it sits flat all right so now let's try the  overdrive wrench and we want to get  
grips okay and look at that she is loose and if  you look closely you can actually see how The   Ridges grab onto to that rounded Fastener and just  like that the bolts free that's impressive so you  
know what they say the proof is in the pudding  and I honestly didn't think I was going to get   this off it's pretty rounded and this still grabs  on to it which is impressive so there you go that   is the biggest feature removing those rounded  Fasteners or even preventing them from getting  
rounded to start with and that's exactly why this  makes my stocking stuffer list this year all right   almost done only one gift left after this one  let's see what we got all right a vacuum fluid  
extractor now a vacuum fluid extractor is a must  have for anybody who likes to work on cars and   this one is excellent it has two different methods  of pulling a vacuum you could use shop air or an   air compressor right here and that'll pull a  vacuum or you could do it the old-fashioned way  
and a couple of pumps and listen to this plenty  of vacuum to pull out whatever fluid you want   including gear oil which is pretty impressive now  this extractor comes with three different hoses   and it has a really nice feature here where you  have a pore spout to make it simple to remove all  
the fluid that you collect and then finally the  last feature I want to talk about is the thicker   base so they put a thicker plastic in here so  the base doesn't crack cuz that is a very common   problem on the cheaper ones and also the center  of gravity on this one is pretty low compared to  
the taller ones so this one won't tip as easy so  you can see this is a pretty good one let me show   vehicle without dropping the pan just pull the  transmission dipstick and push the included hose  
down the dipstick tube until you reach the bottom  then just pull a vacuum and this is sucking about   2 quarts a minute which is a lot quicker than you  realize now once you remove all the transmission   fluid the vacuum is going to keep sucking air that  way when you remove the hose it won't drip which  
is nice now just get your funnel and add however  much transmission fluid you just extracted and   that's all there is to a quick transmission fluid  swap without any hassle or mess this also worked   very well for bleeding and flushing brakes now I  did need to buy a more flexible tube to fit over  
the bleeder valve but once it's connected just  crack the bleeder valve and then pull a vacuum and   you can just see how dirty that brake fluid is and  that's exactly why I'm flushing the brakes check   out that difference then all you need to do is  close the bleeder valve while there's still vacuum  
that way you don't get any air in the brake lines  okay one last example I need to change the power   steering fluid in the vet and the vacuum extractor  makes that simple just take the cap off and then   push the hose all the way to the bottom of the  reservoir and pull a vacuum and just like that all  
the old power steering fluid is removed and then  we could add our fresh new power steering fluid   and this is a simple thing to keep your vehicle  maintained and then finally once you're done   changing out all the fluids this is super easy  to empty you just take this adapter off and now  
you have a nice pourable spout so you don't make a  mess and you can see how easy this one is to drain   I have another vacuum pump that's a pain to drain  and because of that I don't even use it anymore   so there you go this thing is very well-made it's  super useful and I'm sure you can find even more  
uses which is exactly why it makes my list this  year all right Cooper what stocking stuffer do we   have here get ahead pull it off good boy and check  it out it's an oil mat now oil mats are a must  
have for anybody who works on their car at home  let me show you why so how the mat works is it   slides under the car before you change any fluids  and since I learned about these I use them every   single time I work on my car that way I don't  have any spills standing the driveway and just to  
show you we have a bunch of different fluids here  I'm going to pour onto the mat first we have some   5W30 motor oil next we have some gasoline then we  have brake fluid and finally we have some coolant  
so as you could see all the different fluids have  absorbed into the mat and they are locked in and   if we take a look underneath the mat you can  also see it is bone dry and that's because of   this plastic backing now anybody who likes to work  on a car the day that they spill any fluids and  
they're using this mat they're going to be super  thankful you got this for them which is exactly   why it makes the list this year okay our last best  gift idea and it's a big box oh man no way I've  
always wanted one of these a Viper chair so I have  three different models here to show you this is   the Steel max then we have the Low Pro and this  is their newest least expensive model the steel  
sport now these Viper chairs are so nice think of  them as the Rolls-Royce of chairs they are one of   the nicest maybe the nicest ones on the market and  I constantly see these getting compared to cheaper  
chairs now don't get me wrong there's no problem  getting a cheaper more budget friendly chair they   get the job done and they're more affordable but  there's just no comparison now this is the Caster   on a Viper chair and this is the Caster on a  budget chair look at that difference the bearings  
on this feel absolutely amazing for both this and  for the wheel that feels good and smooth as well   the wheel itself is made of a rubberized plastic  so it feels good when you roll on it everything   is zinc plated the Fasteners are grade five and  grade eight which is over Overkill I mean you do  
definitely pay for it but the comparison you can't  even compare there it's not even fair and just   look at how to better casters roll more easily  across the rough concrete now for the budget chair   well it's going to need an extra push and the  next thing I want to talk about is the cushion on  
the seat because it makes a big difference if you  have a nice cushion so on an inexpensive chair the   cushion is a cheap thin foam when you press down  on it you could feel all the way through the foam   you can't push all the way down to the metal it's  more supportive and it Puffs back up and doesn't  
leave an indent plus this is pretty comfortable  to sit on and finally the Viper chair has a thick   powder coating on all the metal surfaces and the  budget chair has a painted coating so a work chair   like this is a great gift idea for somebody who  works on their car and if you could Splurge I  
highly recommend the Viper chairs they're made in  America you saw the difference in quality they're   going to last a lifetime you'll be able to pass  them down to your kids kids and that's exactly   why they make the list this year okay Cooper the  last stocking stuffer for the entire video I hope  
it's a good one okay okay an adjustable oil drain  pan now if you're using one of these oil drain   pans or an old baking pan like this to drain the  oil in your car you definitely need to upgrade  
to one of these having an easy to use mess-free  oil catch pan like this makes changing the oil   that much quicker and easier and I've been using  this exact pan for years and it's great for basic   oil changes like this or like this and the funnel  is big enough for situations like this where the  
engineers don't think about the maintenance it's  also good for manual transmission fluid changes   transfer case fluid changes automatic transmission  fluid changes it even catches the drips from Messy   filters and you could use it like this to drain  gear oil from the rear end now what really makes  
this funnel great is the height adjustment let  me show you under my truck so with a normal drain   pan you could see how far it is from the oil plug  and that's just going to make a mess now you can   slide some wood under here and that's going to  help a little bit but now it's a lot less stable  
and could tip over and realistically it would be  better off if it was higher like this so with the   adjustable height funnel you could add one of  these extension tubes or two but that's just a   little too high under here so in this case we're  just going to use one and now the funnel is right  
near the oil drain plug this also has a vent cap  that prevents the oil from gulping and splashing   everywhere and now when you drain your oil you  have a nice stable catch pan that's mess free   now another really nice feature is this right  here there is a great on top of the funnel that  
way if you drop your drain bolt in it's not going  to fall into the catch pan so you never have to   worry about dropping this and losing it so let me  get the oil drain plug back in here and tighten it   down now for storage the funnel part snaps right  into the side and my only problem with this catch  
pan is these two attachments have nowhere to go  and finally pouring the old oil out is easy and   mess free and the plastic cap that seals the  catch pan fits tightly it doesn't easily strip   when you tighten it down and it doesn't leak  like some of the cheaper pans so this is one  
of my favorite oil catch cans it makes changing  oil easy mess-free and quick which is exactly why   it makes the list this year so there you go those  are my top five Christmas gift ideas for car guys  
and car girls like you all these gift ideas  will be linked down in the description and in   the pinned comment to make it as easy as possible  for you to find if you guys do end up getting one   of my children's books please leave reviews it's  very helpful and if you end up getting the neck  
light definitely tag me in any photos and let me  know what you use it for I love to hear about it   as always I hope the video was helpful if it was  remember to give it a thumbs up if you're not a   subscriber consider hitting that subscribe button  and I want to wish you guys a Merry Christmas  
or happy Hanukkah and if you don't celebrate  either I want to wish you a happy New [Music] Year