While swim equipment may not be as glitzy as a new iPad or the latest smart phone, it can still make a great holiday gift. I'm not recommending Grandparents going out and picking the prettiest pair of pink goggles for Suzy or the green camo ones for John, but there are some excellent choices offered right here at Kiefer that your kids can use everyday!

When I was little my mother would hand me the swim catalog and ask me to circle a few things I needed for practice. Usually I would start with the suits, being a girl I wanted to have, in my own eyes, the fanciest most stand out suit for practice. In the early 90's Speedo produced a glitter suit. Just a normal black nylon suit but it was covered with sparkly glitter. Plus the tag had some of my heroes on it. Crissy Ahmann Leighton (now Perham), Jenny Thompson, and Janet Evans with autographs! Circled. Highlighted. Dog-eared. Starred. I didn't care what color but I was never so excited about getting a suit.

These days I imagine opening a Kiefer catalog as a young swimmer and circling all the Kiefer Krazies, talk about a stand-out suit! And of course we offer suits at a great price from other top retailers like Speedo, TYR, and newly added Arena.

That reminds me. Technical suits. If your swimmer really wants one for competition why not make their tech suit of choice their “big” gift of the holiday season. And if you aren't sure on sizing a gift certificate for the amount of the suit will always work.

Kiefer has much more to offer this season than just suits. You could create a whole gift pack centered within one of our Kiefer Team Backpacks or Kiefer Mesh Bags. Fill the pockets with pool necessities like a water bottle, Kiefer Microfiber Chamois Sport Towel, a spare pair of their favorite goggles, a Kiefer Fun Cap with a holiday print, and some good swim meet snacks.

Looking for a gift for a training partner or swimming friend? What about a swimp3 device? Kiefer offers a few unique products from Finis so you can rock out while you work out. The Neptune MP3 or the Swimp3X18 both work through bone conduction to bring clear sound to your inner ear eliminating the use of headphones.

For the coach in you or your swimmers life may I recommend the Kiefer Coach's Briefcase or perhaps the Kiefer 300 memory stopwatch so they have a backup at competitions?

Sensible gifts at a sensible price look no further than Kiefer and just keep swimming this holiday season!