Actually Worth 4 Travel Gadgets buy

Actually Worth 4 Travel Gadgets buy -

second in first Tuesday Monday of each month, Dave Dean of too many adapters gives us a great tips and advice about tech and gear. This month's article is to take on gadgets worth on the street.

It is surprisingly hard to find chassis, delivers. It is the small solar charger, the claim took half charge my phone, the wind-up flashlight with a handle that the first time I have bent to the mouse for travel, five days by batteries in a week chewed, and the countless others that I have tried and rejected over the years.

If space is limited in your pocket, really suspension has to work hard to justify his place on your packing list. To start with, they need to be able to go the distance - dirty, wet, jammed in backpacks, dropped, struck out and plugged in terrible power. If they do not, they will break down in a hurry.

You need to be small, light and really useful. Something that you use frequently and noticeably improved travel in a certain way.

With criteria like that, it's no surprise there are not many tech gadgets I recommend for the trip. But now and then, I about something. Against the trend and hits the sweet spot in terms of price, function, weight, and reliability Here is my current favorite pieces of equipment for tech travelers are:

Mazzo PowerDrive

If you asked almost all smartphone owners what they want more of, it is the battery life and storage space.

The Mazzo PowerDrive treats both problems at once, in an elegant and quite inexpensive device. I first came to them during their Kickstarter campaign and had the chance to use it, at the beginning of this year. It is about the size of a deck of cards and weighs 7.5 ounces (about 215 g). This is not super easy, but it is not hard enough to keep you move it in your backpack.

Inside sits a 7800mAh battery and between 16 GB and 128 GB memory. You can ask at once two USB powered devices charged, and the battery is large enough to charge an iPhone 6 up to three times. The memory is designed for iOS, but I was able to get it with my specific Android devices also work with an additional cable.

you are between $ 79 and pay $ 249 depending on Amazon, on the amount of memory.

This is an awesome device those have been looking for additional space and power.

Monster Travel Power Strip

charging my devices, used when I travel to a big pain to be (I have a lot). I have several devices from around the world, which means a mixture of different connectors and adapters required if I want to charge a device ... plus, plenty of electrical outlets!

I traded all my non-US power cord from socket then bought a monster trip all in clogging. It's easy and only about six inches long, and the cable wrapped lengthwise to stay around the strip in place, when I'm traveling.

I opted for the one with three US-jacks and a single USB port, but there is also a version that has four US sockets. Yet another variation has three jacks and two USB ports, and plugs directly into the wall.

Whichever option you go for this little power strip can be multiple devices from a source without the hassle of having to calculate many adapters!

chargers, adapters and cables

Apropos travel adapter there much of overpriced junk out there. I've seen go shops country-specific adapter for less than $ 20 at the airport, and she looked like the kind of thing that would not last a week.

Unless you know for sure that all countries that use you 'll on your journey visit the same plug-type buy a universal adapter. I have a super cheap model using for four years (Four dollars on Amazon!) -. I had to replace it even when it stopped working, but I think $ 2 / year is not a bad investment

I also like multipart adapter - they are more expensive, but tend to have more options. Some models also includes a USB port, which is a nice touch.

There is also a USB charger worth packing. If your phone or tablet did not come with one, a decent dual port charger will set back $ 10 -. Just be sure that at least one opening is designed at 2.1 amps to tablets is properly charged

Corsair Flash Survivor USB Stick

is a USB flash drive useful for travelers as it share the easiest way to video files or many photos, and things like boarding passes printed, without the subscription e-mail on dodgy computers in hostels and internet cafes.

The Corsair Flash Survivor is a shockproof, waterproof, dustproof USB stick that up to 256 GB comes in capacities. This is to secure enough space photos of even the longest trips, as well as memory to hold enough music and movies you entertained. This means that you do not need to carry a separate portable hard drive for backups, which often break and take a lot of space.

you will pay a little under $ 100 for the 128Gb version, or $ 150 for the highest capacity. That's not bad for an almost unbreakable, multi-purpose backup device that fits in your pocket

The key thing to remember when travel Tech picking not be removed by -. Simply too much to end up in your luggage. Select a few accessories that combine two or more different functions in one device. Look for things to save the frustration, time, money and space in your bag

If you do, you will have an easier, more comfortable ride -. Without wearing 20 pounds of electronic waste in your backpack.

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Dave runs dedicated too many adapters, website technology for travelers. An outsider, as long as he can remember, he was in IT for 15 years. Now based out of a backpack long Dave writes about traveling and Tech from anywhere with halfway decent internet and great views. You can also use it on the life of a find in long-term travelers conversation What to do Dave?

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