Oy! What's in your gizmo pack?
Jan 5, 2015, 5:47 pm
#106
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Location: Maryland
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Whoa. Stop the press!
You have place in your gizmo pouch to carry your iPhone earbuds in their original box (looking at your photo)? You sir, are either zen, or just too important, or both. Salut.
You have place in your gizmo pouch to carry your iPhone earbuds in their original box (looking at your photo)? You sir, are either zen, or just too important, or both. Salut.
Last edited by arjunrc; Jan 5, 2015 at 6:31 pm
Jan 6, 2015, 3:29 am
#107
Join Date: Nov 2014
Location: Lincolnshire, UK
Posts: 17
I plug the laptop in at the hotel desk and use the 'always on' USB port to charge the Blackberry over night. I'll also charge up the iPad if needed - the battery PowerGen doesn't need charging during trips and the same for the Bose headphones. Worse case and I need to charge whilst travelling I use the Powergen pack.
Lenovo does a slimmer version of the power brick but it's £80 and not that much smaller so giving it a miss. I am very jealous at those that can use a two pin plug - I would have been one of the first backers of 'Dart'. I hope they make a UK version (their website is suggests 2015 - I can't wait). https://www.kickstarter.com/projects...laptop-adapter
Lenovo does a slimmer version of the power brick but it's £80 and not that much smaller so giving it a miss. I am very jealous at those that can use a two pin plug - I would have been one of the first backers of 'Dart'. I hope they make a UK version (their website is suggests 2015 - I can't wait). https://www.kickstarter.com/projects...laptop-adapter
http://www.amazon.co.uk/LINDY-Foldin...EPPS9WMB21C7EP
I needed to get a figure of 8 to cloverleaf adaptor off eBay for my Lenovo X230 but not carrying a full 3 pin plug does free up more space than you would think.
Likewise the fold flat USB chargers from Made In Mind
http://www.themu.co.uk
Again mean I can reclaim just a little more space.
Jan 6, 2015, 2:32 pm
#108
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I didn't like how messy they looked in the cable pouch without the case
Jan 6, 2015, 6:45 pm
#109
Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: Chicago
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I use an Air Canada amenity kit bag and have a Monoprice 4-port charger, 3 8" USB cables, a single UBS wall adapter, Edimax BR-6258, USB to Ethernet adapter and a short USB cable (1'?).
That's the go-to mini bag. The rest depends on the trip.
That's the go-to mini bag. The rest depends on the trip.
Jan 7, 2015, 2:44 am
#111
Join Date: Jun 2008
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Note that both the Kikkerland UL03-A and the Wonpro WAT-NANO are folding UK while being international adapters.
Re: grid-it I tried it but at the end I disliked it -- there's always a feeling of lost space. You can squeeze so much more in a packing cube. Never heard of sanitizer pens before; that does look handy.
Re: grid-it I tried it but at the end I disliked it -- there's always a feeling of lost space. You can squeeze so much more in a packing cube. Never heard of sanitizer pens before; that does look handy.
Jan 8, 2015, 4:13 pm
#112
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http://www.amazon.co.uk/LINDY-Foldin...EPPS9WMB21C7EP
http://www.themu.co.uk
Again mean I can reclaim just a little more space.
Jan 8, 2015, 4:24 pm
#113
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Thank you for the picture, Speedy_j. You carry a reasonably light gizmo pack, so I chuckled when I noticed your Grid-it pack actually reads "rid-it" on the bottom right :-) I used the same Grid-it as you use now for quite a while - nothing impressed clients more than me pulling out the grid-it of my bag.
Jan 8, 2015, 7:56 pm
#114
Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: Tri-State Area
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Now, I use the large/medium size grid-it to store my gizmo's in eBag and ready to repack depending how long a trip, etc. YMMV
Jan 9, 2015, 6:40 am
#115
Join Date: Nov 2014
Location: Lincolnshire, UK
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As I said, it doesn't save a huge amount of space but being flat gives you more options
Jan 9, 2015, 8:17 am
#116
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Whilst this does not address the power brick it, for a UK based person (such as myself) lumbered with a 3 pin plug, this is really useful
http://www.amazon.co.uk/LINDY-Foldin...EPPS9WMB21C7EP
I needed to get a figure of 8 to cloverleaf adaptor off eBay for my Lenovo X230 but not carrying a full 3 pin plug does free up more space than you would think.
Likewise the fold flat USB chargers from Made In Mind
http://www.themu.co.uk
Again mean I can reclaim just a little more space.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/LINDY-Foldin...EPPS9WMB21C7EP
I needed to get a figure of 8 to cloverleaf adaptor off eBay for my Lenovo X230 but not carrying a full 3 pin plug does free up more space than you would think.
Likewise the fold flat USB chargers from Made In Mind
http://www.themu.co.uk
Again mean I can reclaim just a little more space.
I was Asia based in HK exclusively for quite a while so I just kept a set of UK to figure 8 at my temporary office and residence locker.
As I expand my consultancy to Singapore and Malaysia this would be handy as one the irritating part of the large UK plug is taken care of. When flying LCC the smaller your carry on is the less chance that they will weight it (7kg limit)
Jan 10, 2015, 10:56 am
#117
Join Date: Nov 2014
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The GridIt spreads stuff out over it's entire surface area, making the entire height of the bag usable. Even packing bags/cubes concentrate all the chargers/cables in one place, making it basically a big solid block of incompressible stuff that you have to work around, and that create a danger of breaking your laptop in the event the bag gets something heavy tossed on top of it.
Jan 10, 2015, 2:22 pm
#118
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pilotalan, thanks, that's a great idea, I will study how can I pack my BR VP275 better. You are right in how things navigate to the bottom. I have a spare Grid-It CPG8. You definitely made me think. Thanks.
Jan 10, 2015, 4:58 pm
#119
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Absolutely correct - the grid it is a great system to properly space out your gizmos without adding wads/lumps. It is also a great solution if your gizmos can't fit on the side of your bag (this was the case with the smaller Gate8 version 1 laptop bags). Unfortunately these days I carry both my ipad mini(+keyboard cover) and MBP stacked on each other, so there is no more space to add a grid-it on top, but the new G8 laptop bags have more space on the side - hence my switch back to a pouch.