But now that your Dad’s increasingly connected on social media and has time on his hands since retiring, the game has completely changed. It all started when you bought him an iPod for his birthday a few years ago. You dragged him into the 21st century and the now-constant stream of text messages (signed “Love, Dad”—every single one of them) and the all-caps posts on your Facebook wall are all your own fault.

Father of two, Neil Mackichan, in-house gadget expert and technology editor of leading website for the over 50’s Retiremove.co.uk, recommends his top 5 tried and tested gadgets for the retired Dad this Father’s Day:

Now that your Dad has full access to your online life with embarrassing photos at his fingertips why not check out the Eye-Fi Card. In an effort to get him to focus on posting new photos rather than awful old ones of you sitting in a flower pot as a child, this card has Wi-Fi capabilities allowing him to take a photo of his new ride-on lawnmower and upload it wirelessly and automatically from digital cameras and smartphones to online, in-home and retail destinations. That’s the type of parental sharing you can get behind.

For the streamlined Dads out there without a man bag and only his pockets for his belongings, why not check out these clip-on iPhone camera lenses with Olloclip.

A new and innovative 3-in-1 photo lens which includes Fisheye, Wide-Angle and Macro lenses, simply slip on the specially designed adapter over your iPhone 4, 4S, 5 or iPod touch.  All three lenses are small enough to fit in your pocket –and lighter than a car key.

If your Dad sees himself as the next Michael Fish, make sure he’s accurate with a Netatmo, the Personal Weather Station with Air Quality sensors, for iPhone & Android.  With this Wi-Fi connected device, geography loving Dad’s across the globe will also be able to measure CO2 and noise levels as well as indoor and outdoor temperature/humidity.

This gadget allows the Dad that wants to have eyes in the back of his head, to watch what’s going on in the house – even when he is not there! Watch live or see recorded events from a strategically placed video camera to an internet-enabled computer or smartphone, keeping you in touch with goings on in the home. The downloadable free mobile app will help you keep tabs on what your camera is viewing even when you aren’t at home or at a desktop computer. Mobile alerts and email will keep you in touch with any abnormal motion in front of your custom-designated alert zones, great news for Dad’s peace of mind in his latter years.

For the eco savvy Dad that is in constant battle with his children to get out of their underpants, put on a jumper and turn the central heating down, this Remote Heating Control system gives you the upper hand, helping you to save money on your energy bills. The system can be accessed anytime and from anywhere via your smartphone, tablet device, computer and via text message. The organised Dad can use Remote Heating Control to turn the heating on and off, set heating schedules and adjust the temperature on the move.

For more information on these products and reviews of the latest top gadgets for the over 50s visit http://www.retiremove.co.uk/lifestyle/technology/ today.