News, reviews and articles about travel gear and accessories.
Those travel-savvy folks at Tom Bihn are at it again, having not long ago introduced their new Cadet minimalist laptop bag and now three more new travel items. The Travel Tray is a container to keep track of your loose pocket-sized items during your journey. It collapses flat and closes with a drawstring. One size, […]
Tom Bihn’s New Travel Tray, Travel Money Belt & Citizen Canine Read More
Kensington Computer Products Group is one of the old-timers in the computerperipheral business having launched their first product (Apple II System Saver) back in 1981. Kensington’s most ubiquitous product is the K-Lock security slot that is found on many laptops. As Kensington is an established company with a history of quality products I felt relatively
Kensington AbsolutePower Laptop, Phone, Tablet Charger Review Read More
The PlugBug Charger from TwelveSouth is a different kind of powered USB charger. Pop the cover off the PlugBug, pop the power prongs off the Mac charger, and then plug them together. US power prongs fold out of the PlugBug. The other end of the PlugBug has a USB port that delivers 5V at 2.1A,
Add a USB Charging Port to Your MacBook Charger Read More
The iSurge from Energizer is a compact 3-outlet surge protector with a couple of extra bonuses. On the top of the unit is a 30-pin Apple dock connector to charge your iPhone or iPod. On the side is a USB port. And you’ll be able to charge your laptop, iPad, or any other gadget from
Energizer iSurge Portable Charging Station and Surge Protector Read More
About a year ago, we told you about the Scosche flipSYNC charging cables. Now, Scosche has updated their compact cables and converted them to carabiner clips, so they’ll be even easier to keep on a keychain or clipped to your gear bag. The clipSYNC gear features full-sized charging cables with a spring-loaded carabiner built in. Each clipSYNC is less
Keep Your Charging Cables Close at Hand with the Scosche clipSYNC Carabiner Cables Read More
Traveling with a lot of gadgets means traveling with a lot of chargers and cables. All those chargers can add up to a bulky, heavy load to add to your already bulging gadget bag. And being sure you take all of them – and bring them back home – can be difficult when you have
Aviiq Portable Charging Station Review Read More
Whenever we go away on holidays, as “Head Gadgeteer” in the house I”m responsible for making sure we have all the cords,cables and power adapters required for the trip. Now call me anxious or paranoid or OCDish but I don’t like putting these things in check in luggage in case the Airline loses my bag.
Crumpler All and Sundry Accessory Bag Review Read More
In my last travel article I bemoaned the fact that the single convergence device was still not a reality. Is this one step closer? Panasonic along with Japanese provider Softbank has just announced the 101P in Japan ( due post November ). Using the 13.2 CMOS Lumix sensor found in their point and shoot cameras, and packing a
Panasonic Lumix Phone 101P – Phone+Camera=Convergence? Read More
“One Device to rule them all, One Device to find them, One Device to bring them all and in the darkness bind them.” ( Apologies to JRR Tolkien 🙂 ) Having just returned from a three week trip to Vietnam, I was putting away all my gear and was thinking, whatever happened to a single
Travelling with single convergence (divergence) devices – Still poles apart Read More
We aren’t beer drinkers here at the Cloninger house, but this cute Deluxe Mini Kegerator and Draft Beer Dispenser from EdgeStar makes me wish Sprite Zero came in 5-liter mini kegs. It may be small, but the Mini Kegerator uses DraughtKeg™ carbonator pressure technology so you’ll get a “pub-quality pour” every time. It has precise temperature
EdgeStar Deluxe Mini Kegerator & Draft Beer Dispenser Read More
Star Trek’s Universal Translator is here! The Vocre iPhone app from myLanguage “listens” to your sentence, translates it into the selected language, then speaks it. It’s not instantaneous like the Universal Translator, but it’s close. You can choose a male or female voice to speak the translation. The speaking voice sounds like a human, not
Language Isn’t a Barrier with Vocre Read More
This review has nothing to do with a new tech device, or case to protect it, or bag to carry it, or even some wild theory on the long awaited iPhone 5. Nothing like that. I am here to tell you, I have found the ultimate milkshake….yes, that is right, milkshake :). This magical dessert
A Totally Non-Tech Review… Read More
So I’m sitting on the Reunification Express on my way to Hue from Hanoi in Vietnam. It’s a 13 hour trip and I need something to while away the time. This is the third overseas trip I’ve done with my Kindle and figured why not write a quick review of how useful the Amazon Kindle
Amazon Kindle 3G – The Perfect Travel Companion Read More
If you can’t wait until 2020 to take a vacation on Virgin’s Spaceship to an orbital tour of outer space, then make a reservation in 2016 for the Russian Space Hotel. The cost is a bit steep at $818,000 to travel via a Soyuz rocket to the hotel, and then another $163,000 for five days
Have a few extra million to spend: Take a vacation on the space hotel Read More
You hear the horror stories about taking your gadgets with you traveling…..slash and grabs, cutting holes into your bags, straight theft. Pacsafe is the brainchild of two Aussie travelers and produce a line of products that help keep your gear safe. Their range includes adventure backpacks, urban and leisure bags, women’s bags, photography bags, motorcycle
Pacsafe Camsafe 200 – Happy Travels Read More
Carrying a keyboard for long typing sessions on a portable device can be a hassle. There are many keyboards that can connect, cases that contain keyboards, and stands that make the combination more useful. I recently purchased a case from InCase that is custom made for the Apple BlueTooth keyboard, and designed to also serve
InCase Origami Workstation Review Read More
Interesting take on the age-old gadgeteer’s problem of portable power. AViiQ (pronounced “a-VEEK”) has announced their Portable Charging Station, a 3+1 USB charging hub in a zippered carrying bag. Pockets for your cables, pass-through syncing with your laptop on one of the ports, and a single-slot AC adapter all show their attention to the design
AViiQ Portable Charging Station Announced Read More
There isn’t a shortage of bags and sleeves designed for carrying an iPad or any other similarly sized tablet device. Finding one that matches your particular style might take a bit of shopping though. In an effort to give you yet another option, I want to show you the WaterField iPad Travel Express which can
WaterField iPad Travel Express Bag Review Read More
Kenton Sorenson designs simple, elegant leather goods in his Wisconsin studio. His pieces are made from salt-cured, vegetable-tanned leathers from “unbranded male cattle hides raised by American ranchers – a type less than 1% of all available hides.” Each piece is “cut, oiled, conditioned with beeswax, and hand stitched using a heavy thread prior to
Kenton Sorenson Handmade Leather Short Stay Bag Read More
After reading Julie’s (very favorable) reviews of the Col. Littleton wallets, iPhone wallet (No. 50), and pocket for the iPad (No. 5) and Janet’s announcement that they would be creating a new bag to carry not only your laptop but your iPad as well, I knew I wanted to see it in person. I don’t
Col. Littleton No. 42 Courier Bag for Laptop and iPad Review Read More