Top 10 travel gadgets for 2009
2009 has been a fantastic year for travel gadgets, with new technologies being developed and to answer the calls of many tourists. Here’s our Top 10 travel gadgets (in no particular order).
i-Trans Wrist Band Motion Sickness Relief – £69.99
If travel sickness stops you going places, here’s the solution. Worn like a watch, this safe alternative to drugs and pharmaceuticals employs adjustable vibrations to target key acupressure points. The result: enjoyable, nausea-free car, ferry, plane and train journeys.
Turtle Bag Trolley – £34.95
This is the original sustainable shopping/travel bag! It’s simply a trolley with chunky wheels which allows you to get your luggage across pretty much any terrain. With a choice of two designs, these offer a 30 litre capacity.
Oregon Scientific ATC5K Action Camera – £179.99
This is the latest in camera technology. It’s a this water-proof (up to 10 feet), shock resistant, hands free video camera that will capture all your extreme sporting feats, complete with viewfinder so you don’t miss a trick. Capture up to 2 hours of footage (4 GB storage) in the toughest environments and now with an incorporated viewfinder.
230 Cordless Salon Straightener – £59.99
This is as it says a cordless, rechargeable hair straightner that powers up to a top temperature of 230°c in just 30 seconds. The tourmaline ceramic plates stabilise the temperature for instant styling. No more travel plug conversion issues!
Oregon Scientific Weather Watch – £49.99
Great for all manner of adventures, this is the Oregon Scientific Weather Watch which provides a 12-24 hour local weather forecast direct from your watch! This is in fact the World’s first weather watch with an inbuilt barometric pressure gauge. These are displayed on four easy to read icons, sun, rain, cloud and partly cloudy. It also displays the date, has a stop watch function, an alarm, is water proof up to 30 metres and a back light.
Salter Luggage Scale – £19.99
This essential gadget means no more ‘guess the weight’ 5 minutes before check in! Attach your bag to the scales and hang for an accurate weight reading. No more getting ripped off with excess luggage charges (£7.50 per kg on short-haul flights and up to £30 per kg on long-haul flights).
6 Language Translator – £14.95
No more asking for “3 toilet brushes” instead of a “club sandwich” with this little gizmo. Convert from English to French, Spanish, Italian, German or Dutch in seconds. It’s a pocket translator programmed with 5000 words and 120 key phrases.
Braun PocketGo P-60 – £14.99
This compact PocketGo shaver is especially designed for men looking to stay smooth on the move. Its compact design ensures it is the ideal companion at work, on business trips, holidays or even long weekends away. It fits in every pocket and is ideal for quick touch-ups on the go. Its wide Floating Foil technology provides an extra close and comfortable shave.
SteriPEN Journey – £100
An incredible handheld water purifier with LCD screen that uses a UV system to kill all known bugs before drinking. Place the pen in the water and watch the LCD screen tell you once the water is safe to drink [48 seconds for 1/2 litre; 90 seconds for 1 litre]. It’s also incredibly long lasting too, for example if you purified 1 litre 4 times a day you’d get approx 7 years’ use out of it!
Pocket Cinema V10 – £299.99
Believe it or not, this is a pocket sized projector that can project a 50” screen wherever you go. It has inbuilt speakers and plays movies off a 1GB memory built into the Pocket Cinema – no need to take the cumbersome laptop. It can also be connected to your laptop or games console if you so wish of course using an S-Video adapter.
