What Is a Slipmat? A Beginner's Guide
A slipmat is the felt disc between your record and the platter. Here's what it does, whether you need one, and how to pick a good one.
Everything we know about slipmats, spinners and picking a good gift for a record dad, written down of a Sunday. No jargon, no hard sell. Just the stuff we'd tell a mate over a beer if they asked what to get the old man.
A slipmat is the felt disc between your record and the platter. Here's what it does, whether you need one, and how to pick a good one.
Every dad has his thing. The course, the grill, the slow cup of coffee. Here's the gift guide sorted by the dad you've actually got.
He's got the records, the turntable and the opinions. Here's what to get the music-lover dad who's already got the music.
Father's Day lands on 6 September 2026. Here's the Australian gift guide for the dad who has everything, the one who flips the record at dinner and means it.
From slipmats to little dads that spin on the platter, here's the stuff we'd actually give our own. A proper gift guide for the record-collecting dad.