latest, greatest and favorite travel gadgets and things

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What are some of your best and/or favorite travel gadgets that make life on the road a little easier? 

I'm always on the look out for more, so what's your can't live without travel list?

For me, it's this stuff: 

www.containerstore.com/shop/travel/travelEssentials?productId=10024933


www.amazon.com/Eagle-Creek-Travel-Pack-It-Compression/dp/B001M0O094/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1401801412&sr=8-1&keywords=eagle+creek+space+bags 

uk.longchamp.com/luggage/le-pliage/travel-bag-1625089  


www.muji.eu/pages/online.asp?Sec=18&Sub=79&PID=6018


multiple adapters 


Good travel document holder

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The first link doesn't work -- what is it?

My favorites:

Longchamp Le Pliage medium shoulder bag (to fold up in my luggage and then use as a purse at my destination)

Lands End Packing Cubes

Travel White Noise Machine/Alarm Clock

Bose Quiet Comfort 15 noise-cancelling headphones

This slimmed down wallet for my slimmed-down needs when traveling (I don't need all my buy 10 salads/get 1 free cards!)

Vapur collapsible water bottle

Apple World Travel Adapter Kit

Adapter with 2 USB plugs


Apps I love:

TripIt
Trip List
and a white noise app for my iPod (in conjunction with the Bose headphones and an eye mask, they help me pretend that I'm not cramped on a plane!)

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Jun 3, 2014 8:55:32 GMT -5 v said:

The first link doesn't work -- what is it?

it's this luggage scale, but in silver: 


www.amazon.co.uk/Salter-Touch-Luggage-Scale-Black/dp/B006ZKXHUE/ref=sr_1_11?s=luggage&ie=UTF8&qid=1401805050&sr=1-11&keywords=digital+luggage+scales 

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Jun 3, 2014 9:18:05 GMT -5 @uwhuskygirl said:

Jun 3, 2014 8:55:32 GMT -5 v said:

The first link doesn't work -- what is it?

it's this luggage scale, but in silver: 


www.amazon.co.uk/Salter-Touch-Luggage-Scale-Black/dp/B006ZKXHUE/ref=sr_1_11?s=luggage&ie=UTF8&qid=1401805050&sr=1-11&keywords=digital+luggage+scales 

My husband would love one of those!

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Jun 3, 2014 9:19:24 GMT -5 v said:

Jun 3, 2014 9:18:05 GMT -5 @uwhuskygirl said:

it's this luggage scale, but in silver: 


www.amazon.co.uk/Salter-Touch-Luggage-Scale-Black/dp/B006ZKXHUE/ref=sr_1_11?s=luggage&ie=UTF8&qid=1401805050&sr=1-11&keywords=digital+luggage+scales 

My husband would love one of those!

This particular one works really, really we'll. like accurate to .2 of the airport scale.

I always leave .5lbs and I've never had a problem of my bags being over weight once I check them.

I seriously love this scale.

[neonpink]

Jun 3, 2014 9:51:25 GMT -5 @uwhuskygirl said:

Jun 3, 2014 9:19:24 GMT -5 v said:

My husband would love one of those!

This particular one works really, really we'll. like accurate to .2 of the airport scale.

I always leave .5lbs and I've never had a problem of my bags being over weight once I check them.

I seriously love this scale.

I may need to invest in one of these. My last trip involved me weighing myself and then my H handing me my suitcase. For what it's worth it was correct I was 2lbs from being over.

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Jun 3, 2014 14:05:27 GMT -5 neonpink said:

Jun 3, 2014 9:51:25 GMT -5 @uwhuskygirl said:

This particular one works really, really we'll. like accurate to .2 of the airport scale.

I always leave .5lbs and I've never had a problem of my bags being over weight once I check them.

I seriously love this scale.

I may need to invest in one of these. My last trip involved me weighing myself and then my H handing me my suitcase. For what it's worth it was correct I was 2lbs from being over.

That's what my husband always does.  But it is quite a balancing act, and we don't trust our scale enough to rely on it so we always round down.

[love1999]

I love our luggage scale too. It has never failed us but I always leave at least 2 pounds of error room in case it is off from the airport scale.

I just got this last week for our upcoming trip and I think I am going to get lots of use out of it:
pacsafe.com/rfidtec-150-rfid-blocking-passport-wallet

We always travel with 2 of these to carry water bottles around since they easily clip to our backpack, beach bag, etc:
www.rei.com/product/813734/bison-designs-bottle-bandit-carabiner-clip

This camera backpack has been awesome and is always my husband's personal item. You would be amazed how much it can hold. The rain cover saved our DSLR when it started raining on us halfway across the crater on the Kilauea Iki trail:
www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/855680-REG/Lowepro_LP36423_PWW_Flipside_Sport_15L_AW.html

We love our goPro Hero 3 Black Edition camera and our Nikon AW100 (current edition is the AW120) camera since they are good both above and below the water.

We never travel without a few bags of this trail mix. It has saved us more than once when we couldn't get a meal for one reason or another:
www.target.com/p/archer-farms-reg-chocolate-peanuts-banana-trail-mix-11-oz/-/A-12942915

I also love my Lo and Sons Mott small cross body bag but I don't think they make them anymore.

[GilliC]

Airline headphone adapter


TravelRest pillow for side-sleeping


"me" passport wallet


silicone coin purse for places with coin-heavy currencies
(and because it's so adorable it even makes cute Japanese women squee)


GoToob travel bottles

folding fan for sitting on the tarmac in warm weather


Also:
Compression socks
Moisture-wicking clothing for long flights after rushed connections

[GilliC]

I just remembered our newest acquisition in travel gadgetry...

A tiny USB-powered wireless router

Similar to this one: www.amazon.com/Arrival-HooToo%C2%AE-TripMate-Wireless-Powered/dp/B00HZWOQZ6/
We bought it because some of our hotels in Japan only had wired internet, but then we realized that for some of the big chain hotels where you have to log in on every device, it's easier to just log in once and then use it for all our phones, tablets, and laptops.

[simone]

*powerbank to charge our gadgets when there's no outlet available
*Dot&Dot products (packing cubes, packing folders, silicone travel bottles)
*neck pillow
*adapters
*ipad mini
*go pro hero 3
*monopod selfie stick

[caddywompus]

I love this, I didn't know it existed! I am buying one right now!

Thanks!

Jun 3, 2014 14:31:56 GMT -5 GilliC said:

Airline headphone adapter

[Brit]

The Bose Mini Soundlink speaker. I thought it was dumb the first time my H packed it, but it has been really nice to have in our hotel rooms.

[mbcdefg]

Jun 3, 2014 9:51:25 GMT -5 @uwhuskygirl said:

Jun 3, 2014 9:19:24 GMT -5 v said:

My husband would love one of those!

This particular one works really, really we'll. like accurate to .2 of the airport scale.

I always leave .5lbs and I've never had a problem of my bags being over weight once I check them.

I seriously love this scale.

I wish we'd had a luggage scale on our recent trip ... we hardly ever fly for vacation, but we went to the West Coast and MH stocked up on beer bottles that we can't find back home. He stressed out a lot while packing because our airline had a 50-lb. weight limit for checked baggage and he was positive that we'd exceeded it. Luckily the bags came out to 43 lbs. apiece! Then of course we were kicking ourselves for cramming more stuff into our carry-ons.

I was planning on buying him a luggage scale for his birthday a couple weeks before our trip, and at the last minute I decided that it probably wasn't necessary. I will definitely bookmark this scale and get it for him the next time we fly someplace!