Travel Gear

News, reviews and articles about travel gear and accessories.

Hide gadgets ninja-style with a Takino Shirt

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If you’re on this site, you’re a gadgetophile, which probably means you lug around a lot of gadgets.Β  But what to do if you can’t or don’t want to haul a messenger bag, but you feel the need to have your phone, music player, earbuds, camera, wallet, keys, passport, pen, multitool, breath mints and maybe […]

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MobileEdge ScanFast Checkpoint Friendly Briefcase 2.0 Review

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When you are going through airport security, what’s the most important thing?Β  I mean, aside from making sure your socks don’t have holes in them, that is.Β  You want to get through it fast, right?Β  And it sure is a hassle having to remove your laptop from its bag and then put it back in

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Skooba Design Introduces the Techlifeβ„’ Collection

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Recently, we told you about the Techlifeβ„’ Netbook/iPad Messenger from Skooba Design.Β  Michael Hess, the president of Skooba Design, took the time to let us know that Techlifeβ„’ is much more than just a single bag.Β  The collection features aΒ series of super-lightweight, casual yet sporty bags: the messenger and a neo-skin for the netbook/iPad, a

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Why did my iPad Fail as a Laptop Replacement During my Vacation?

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I just returned from a very nice vacation in SanibelΒ Island, Florida. If you’ve never visited, you should seriously consider it… trust me. I decided to conduct a little experiment and did not take along my trusty Macbook Pro. Instead, I made my iPad serve as my only computer traveling companion for the trip. I thought

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Mezzi Gold M-Zero Molded “Chuck” Briefcase Review

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Anyone watch the NBC television nerd series β€œChuckβ€œ?Β  It’s all about this average computer whiz guy nerd who works at a Best Buy-like store.Β  He’s harmless, nerdy, a little on the wussy side.Β  One day Chuck receives an encoded email from an old college buddy who is now with the CIA.Β  The emailΒ  embeds the

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Technocel Powerpak Review… an adult juice box.

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When my kids were younger, I spent vast amounts of money on juice boxes of all kinds, because when a kid is thirsty you gotta have some juice that’s easy to deal with β€œon the go”.Β  Trust me, spill a sippy-cup of Apple juice all over your car seats and you’ll be making a bee-line

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elgato EyeTV Hybrid Review

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The elgato EyeTV Hybrid is a beautiful little USB 2.0 TV Tuner for Mac or Windows computers. It’s β€œhybrid” in that it will tune just about anything you’ve got: analog cable/tv, Digital/HDTV, and Clear QAM digital cable. It even has adapters so you can hook up a Composite or S-Video source (such as an analog

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Organize your gadgets with GRID-IT!

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Let’s face it.Β  Some of us gadgetophiles tend to be gadget collectors, even hoarders.Β  No shame in that, but how do you organize it all, especially your EDC, daily commute or travel items?Β  The GRID-IT! Organizer from Cocoon Innovations may be a good solution.Β  It’s a rubberized woven elastic object retention system for gadget organization.Β 

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IOGEAR Bluetooth Optical Mini Mouse Review

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I’m always on the hunt for spacing-saving, lighter-weight gadgets for my gear bag.Β Β Β  I’d been trying out a few different travel mice when a colleague at work showed me a β€œlittle dinky Bluetooth mouse” he had just bought, which turned out to be the IOGEAR Bluetooth Optical Mini Mouse.Β  It was even smaller than the

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booq Boa Flow M Laptop Backpack Review

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It has been more than 20 years since I have regularly carried a backpack (college to be exact). It was a ratty (at least by the time I got done with it) old JanSport with mediocre construction, little comfort, and zero accommodations for tech-stuff, being the 80’s and all ;). Jumping to present day, today’s

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