Screen-Free Gifts for Adults

A gift that gets them off the screen. Actually.

Most screen-free gift ideas are not really screen-free. They still involve a phone, a tablet, or a remote control. A puzzle lock is genuinely different.

When you pick up a Puzzlocks puzzle, there is no app, no tutorial, no hint button, and no loading screen. Just a heavy brass lock and a problem you have to figure out with your hands and your brain. You cannot scroll past it. You have to actually engage with it.

People who spend most of their day in front of a screen tend to respond to this in a way that surprises them. Engineers, teenagers, retired professionals, busy parents. There is something genuinely refreshing about a physical problem that demands your full attention and gives you nothing but your own thinking to work with.

Every puzzle in this collection is made from solid brass, requires no batteries, no Wi-Fi, and no software update. It just requires curiosity and a bit of patience.

Puzzle Difficulty Average Solving Time Price
FunLock Beginner 2 hours $75
B-Lock II Beginner 3 hours $75
LoopHole Beginner 3 hours $89
B-Lock Beginner to Intermediate 4 hours $99
Locus Beginner to Intermediate 5 hours $119
Ant Hunt Intermediate 6 hours $149
PicoLock Beginner to Intermediate 8 hours $119
DanLock Intermediate to Expert 10 hours $199
Loki Expert 18 hours $219
The First Steps Bundle Beginner 8 hours total $224

 

Not sure where to start? The LoopHole is our most popular puzzle and a great first choice for anyone new to puzzle locks. The First Steps Bundle gives you three beginner puzzles in one package.

Read our full guide to screen-free gifts for adults.