Touch Lamps for Couples
You touch your lamp, theirs lights up—no matter where in the world they are. Sounds cheesy until you actually use it. Then it becomes the best $85 you've ever spent.
The science of staying close
Stay Present.
Stay Connected.
Being far from someone you love is hard. Really hard. We've been there—checking the clock, calculating time zones, wondering if another video call will ever feel like enough.
So we built this: a place to find gifts and tools that actually bridge the distance. Not random products. Things we've tested ourselves, researched obsessively, and sometimes built from scratch.
What Are You Looking For?
Whether you need a gift for next week's anniversary or you're just trying to feel a little closer tonight—we've got you.
Gift Guides
67 tested gifts organized by occasion, budget, and who you're shopping for. No filler. Just stuff that actually works.
Connection Tools
Touch lamps, synchronized bracelets, time-released postcards. Tech that creates moments of presence.
The Science
Why do some couples thrive across distance while others struggle? The research has answers.
Occasions
Valentine's Day, anniversaries, birthdays, or just "I miss you" moments. Guides for when it matters most.
Our Top Picks
After months of testing, these are the long distance relationship gifts we'd actually give to someone we love.
Time-Released Postcards
A physical postcard that unlocks new digital content over days or weeks. One gift that creates seven moments of joy. (Full disclosure: we built this one ourselves.)
Bond Touch Bracelets
Tap your bracelet, they feel a buzz on their wrist. Simple. Subtle. The kind of thing that makes a random Tuesday feel like a little love note.
Why does any of this matter?
The Psychology of Staying Present
Long distance relationships get a bad reputation. The statistics everyone quotes—that 40% fail rate—come from studies of college students in the 1980s. The research has evolved. A lot.
What we now know: it's not distance that kills relationships. It's the feeling of distance. And that feeling can be bridged with the right tools and habits.
We built PRESENCE around five research-backed behaviors that relationship scientists call "maintenance behaviors." Gifts and tools are one piece of that puzzle.
Read the ResearchQuick Stats
- Couples in LDRs (US)
- 14+ million
- LDR satisfaction vs local
- Equal or higher
- Success with effort
- ~70%
A note from us
"We started PRESENCE because we were in a long distance relationship ourselves. Three years, two time zones, too many airport goodbyes. The gifts we bought each other weren't about stuff—they were about creating moments of presence when we couldn't be together. That's what we wanted this site to be about."
— The PRESENCE Team
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