Foxelli Bluetooth Beanie

This knit hat has a pair of speakers and a microphone tucked inside, so it doubles as winter headphones. Pull it on, pair it with a phone, and music or calls come through right over the ears while the cold stays out.

The battery runs up to 15 hours on a charge and refills in about 2 hours over USB-C. Bluetooth 5.0 gives it a range of about 30 feet, and a small control panel on the side handles volume, skipping tracks and answering calls without digging out a phone with cold fingers. The knit is stretchy acrylic that fits heads from 19.6 to 23.6 inches around, and it’s thin enough to wear under a helmet. The speakers slide out, so the hat itself can go through the washing machine. Foxelli also says it shrugs off light rain and snow.

It’s a practical swap gift that still gets an “oh, nice” when people realize what it is. It suits runners, dog walkers, winter commuters and anyone who has lost an earbud in a snowbank.

The catch: you have to pull the speakers out before every wash and put them back in the right spots afterward. And it’s a winter hat first, so it spends the warm months in a drawer and needs a charge before the first cold morning.