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## Video: 5 Totally Excessive Father's Day Gifts

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_Published 2014-06-12. 5 Totally Excessive Father's Day Gifts_


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## Transcript

Our friends at findthebest. com are fed up with bad Father's Day gifts, so here are five totally excessive gifts you can get your old man. [ MUSIC ] The Nokia Lumia 1020 has a 41 megapixel camera. Who the crap needs 41 megapixels? Excessive. The Panasonic DMC- FZ70 has a 60x optical zoom. Unless he's going on a safari or a bird watch, it's excessive. Intel's Core i7 4960X Processor blows all these other processors out of the water. You're dad plays Mine Sweeper all day, he doesn't need all that power, that's excessive. The DeWalt DCD775B 1 / 2 inch Hammer Drill features an 8500 RPM max speed, that is actually excessive in a good way.

Excessive with an asterisk. The ResMed S9 Escape CPAP machine helps your dad stop snoring. It's three decibel quieter than the average CPAP machine. If you're buying something like this for your dad, your love for him is excessive! So learn more and to play around with findthebest. com's interactive grab, head over to Time. com and search for five totally excessive father's day gifts.

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