What electronic stuff do you bring on a trip
 

Hi,,,,

I was unloading my suitcase and was amazed at all the junk I bring with me

and I am not really a GEEK ,

MP3 player and a couple sets of headphones ($1 store ones)
GPS, its cables , car charger, house charger
camera , extra batteries and memory cards, USB cable to download pics
USA and Europe phones with house and 2 car chargers ($1 store ones) and handsfree
plus AA and AAA and D batteries for the flashlight

and sometimes ....

DVD video player with car and house charger , plus a pile of DVDs
Laptop with charger and car 12v-110v converter

I am sure there are lots more things I could bring :)

so what do you bring ?

Rally

OHHH forgot to add
cassette adapter to MP3 player so I can play my music in the car
small AM-FM radio, might change it to a AM-FM-SW

Here is what I usually carry (that was a few months ago, a lot of the stuff has been upgraded since then :D):

http://boardingarea.com/blogs/travel...-in-the-world/

Phone and charger. Palm Zire.

Will be getting a netbook soon and will bring that and relevant gear.

We prefer to travel light and leave the kitchen sink at home :). No checked luggage on any trip (well, 8 days to Europe in Winter so far just from carry-on)

Cheers.

Too much stuff:

1. Cell phone (Nokia e90) + charger
2. Camera (even though cell phone has a camera) + charger
3. Sony eBook Reader + charger
4. Bluetooth earphone + charger
5. Archos media player (plays music, videos, etc.) + charger
6. Bose noise canceling ear phones.
7. XM radio + charger

Sometimes I take my laptop, too. There are some overlapping functions represented above. Maybe one of these days I will figure out how to take less.

Oh yeah...I also take a power strip so that I can plug in all of the chargers! :)

I've switched as much as possible to USB chargers for my devices. Way easier than carrying a bunch of power bricks.

You really should consider the Chargepod; I switched from 9 chargers to just one. Saved me ton of weight...

http://www.callpod.com/products/chargepod

I travel with my laptop (cheap old Acer running Arch Linux or Asus EEE PC 701 running Debian Linux depending on my mood), cell phone (nasty old MotoRazr V3xx), and iPod (30GB iPod Video). I don't need or want anything else except to replace phone and iPod with iPhone when I'm upgrade-eligible in January.

Off-topic, but nice blog, ScottC! ^

Wow ! I thought I was bad, but ScottC definitely has me beat !

Here's my list:

2 Lenovo T61 laptops (1 customer, 1 employer)
Kensington charger with multiple tips
BlueAnt headset
IPhone
Classic IPOD
Blackberry Curve
Motorola Razr
Digital camera
3 regular USB keys
1 IronKey
320 external WD HDD
1 IGO wallcharger with multiple tips
Amazon Kindle

Soon to add: Lenovo Netbook ! :)

Current contents of my bag (which is a SwissGear backpack - one of the ones sized for 15" laptops)

Laptop: Dell Latitude D620 (cleverly disguised with Apple logo covering Dell :D )

Gadget bag (Eagle Creek Quarter Cube):
* Sierra Wireless AirCard
* iPhone USB charger and USB-Dock cable
* iGo DualPower dongle with y connector for iPhone and Samsung
* Samsung external battery charger (for my Blackjack)
* a USB extension cable
* Presentation remote + USB dongle + spare battery

Loose in the main compartment of the bag:
* iGo 130W air/auto/plane adapter
* WD 250GB hard drive
* D-Link travel wireless router
* 3-outlet grounded splitter (to butt into an occupied outlet at the airport)
* External Li-Ion pack to recharge/power iPhone on long trips
* Flip digital video camera
* REI therma-rest style inflatable seat cushion (to make those coach seats a little more comfy)

Main compartment still has space for a couple of notepads, clipboard, snack, and 2-3 paperbacks, while still fitting an RJ overhead bin.

In the gadget pocket up top
* A couple of USB thumbdrives
* Shure SE530 earphones with iPhone cable (adds an inline mic)
* Extra foam tips for Shure
* Regular earplugs (Etymotic tri-flange reusable)
* Jawbone and USB charging cable

* iPhone in my pocket

Recently cleaned out the bag in prep for the next trip and got mad at all the schtuffffff.

Packing for this trip:

Two cellphones, three SIM cards, Europe wall charger (going back home with the bearded guy), car charger and USA wall charger.
MP3 player, headphones, USB charger.
Digital camera (leaving the battery charger at home).
EEE 900, power brick, Europe plug (going back with the bearded guy), USA plug.
Mini mouse USB.
Extra CDs for in the car.

All going into a slightly-larger-than-normal purse. Gotta leave room for the partridge in a pear tree.

I'm stunned at the amount of stuff that some of you bring on trips. I travel >200k miles / year and I'd go crazy trying to drag around that much.

I bring:

- Either Dell notebook or Aspire One netbook (depending on trip)
- AT&T 3G card
- iPod touch 16Gb + earphones
- Blackberry 8100
- Occasionally Nikon S600 camera, depending on trip

I work in an industry that pretty much depends on me being able to connect to the Internet wherever I am, and I very rarely find myself being caught short with this setup. This is about 80% international travel, predominently Europe, Middle East, Australia.

Charging cables for anything I have with me (USB only where possible) just go into my main clothes bag.

Some people just bring gadgets for the sake of gadgets I think :)

Here is my list of electronic stuff:

1. Thinkpad T60, AC/DC charger, a very thin ethernet cable, modem cable, a EVDO card.
2. Either Bose QC2 or a Sennheiser PXC-150 headset, spare batteries and adapters.
3. Nikon Coolpix P5000 or S7c camera with a spare battery.
4. Nokia N73 world phone, spare battery and a charger.
5. Sometime a DoCoMo FOMA phone and charger (for Japan trips).
6. Garmin eTrex Venture Cx GPS, USB cable, spare batteries.
7. My BB 8830 for it's contact list etc. It use same USB cable in item 6 for charging. The MicroSD card holds my music.

All the cables and AC adapters go in a single pouch.

Lenovo T60p laptop

Internet connectivity:
*Novatel EX720 EV-DO card
*Orinoco Gold WiFi card w/external high gain antenna

Cellphones:
*Motorola Q
*Samsung Ace SPH-i325

Plantronics Voyager 520 headset (works with both phones)
Plantronics corded headset for the Motorola Q in noisy enviroments (the 520 is not really noise cancelling, at least not with my phones)

My camera is Nikon CoolPix S6

I have an extra power brick for the laptop and set of chargers for my phones that stay in my bag, along with an extension cord, travel adapter, etc.

Must Bring:
Sony Type G Laptop + charger
Sony PSP w/ extra memory sticks to watch movies/TV programs + charger
AT&T Tilt w/ Int'l Data Roaming + charger
Skype Phone

Business Trip:
Old Nokia 6300 Phone if visiting customers (no camera/no memory) + charger

Personal Trip:
Nikon D90 + 18-200mm + charger
Sony T100 + charger (I can't believe it has T700 now...)