What is your top "must-have" travel gadget?
Jan 28, 2015, 9:06 am
#121
Join Date: Jun 2007
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Got that as a small gift overseas @HKG recently, was available on Amazon but possibly discontinued, similar ones rated at 10,000 mah from Allpowers are on eBay & not pricey. Rated for 5V output @1amp, very slim @about 5 oz. - won't go (fly) anywhere without it these days, much nicer with the aluminum case vs. generic plastic ones
Jan 31, 2015, 3:42 pm
#122
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http://www.amazon.com/AboveTEK%C2%AE...sb+power+meter
That one has proven to be the most accurate, plus it supports over 5V, so I can test my Quick Charge 2.0 chargers (which go up to 11V).
That one has proven to be the most accurate, plus it supports over 5V, so I can test my Quick Charge 2.0 chargers (which go up to 11V).
Feb 4, 2015, 6:15 pm
#123
Join Date: May 2005
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You want me to pick one? Unpossible?
For on the plane it's pretty much my Kindle Voyage and my Etymotic IEMs (plugged into my phone, which I'm not counting because I carry that even when traveling to the kitchen...). I might throw my iPad in there as well, but that's usually more for when I get to my destination (and have WiFi) than for the flight. (Although I've watched a movie from time to time.)
Honorable mention: Anker 5-port USB power charger. I've almost never found a hotel room with enough outlets...
For on the plane it's pretty much my Kindle Voyage and my Etymotic IEMs (plugged into my phone, which I'm not counting because I carry that even when traveling to the kitchen...). I might throw my iPad in there as well, but that's usually more for when I get to my destination (and have WiFi) than for the flight. (Although I've watched a movie from time to time.)
Honorable mention: Anker 5-port USB power charger. I've almost never found a hotel room with enough outlets...
Feb 9, 2015, 4:46 pm
#128
Join Date: Jun 2013
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Feb 10, 2015, 8:58 am
#129
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I hate to +1, but these days it's absolutely my Smartphone... I carry a Moto X 2014, but pretty much ANYTHING released in the last 2 years is EXTREMELY capable. Even a $100 Moto E can do 98% of what a $700 Nexus 6 can. It's phone, email, GPS, calendar/planner, travel planner/itinerary, boarding pass, restaurant reservations, etc, etc, etc. If I landed in a city without my Smartphone I could still function for sure, but the level of convinience and amount of information on all subjects at my finger tips would be GREATLY diminished. I would gladly travel with ONLY my Smartphone and the clothes on my back before I traveled with everything else EXCEPT my Smartphone.
Feb 12, 2015, 6:07 pm
#130
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Our Top Universal "Must-Have" Travel Gadget
Almost all of us have a very small electronic gadget that we would never travel without. It can provide international mobile voice, text and data connectivity, beautiful photographs, supplemental battery power, wi-fi router functionality, and noise-cancelled music...and it weighs only a few grams.
It's our chipped credit cards
It's our chipped credit cards
Feb 12, 2015, 6:10 pm
#131
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Almost all of us have a very small electronic gadget that we would never travel without. It can provide international mobile voice, text and data connectivity, beautiful photographs, supplemental battery power, wi-fi router functionality, and noise-cancelled music...and it weighs only a few grams.
It's our chipped credit cards
It's our chipped credit cards
Feb 17, 2015, 10:19 pm
#135
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Location: Somewhere in Florida
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