5 Must-Have Travel Products That Will Make Life Easier
Gear up for your business trip (eBags)
Fancy yourself a business-travel road warrior? Well, you can’t hit the battlefield without the proper gear. Here are five travel products that you should check out for your next journey:
eBags TLS Professional Weekender
eBags has a cool travel backpack for grownups. (Photo: eBags)
The great thing about backpacks is their hands-free convenience. The worst thing about backpacks is that most of them make you look as if you’re either going on a hike or trudging through the quad to your eight o’clock class. But the eBags TLS Professional Weekender has the professional functionality that’s perfect for business travel. It quickly goes from a backpack to a soft-sided carry-on with multiple compartments for your cards, clothing, laptop, and AC adapter — all in a sleek, grown-up exterior. Our favorite feature: a trolley handle pass-through panel on the back that you can use to slip the pack on your favorite suitcase handle for super-convenient airport maneuvering.
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Laptops, tablets, clothes, adapters — there’s a handy place for all of it in the TLS Professional Weekender. (Photo: eBags)
EatSmart Precision Voyager Luggage Scale
No more baggage-check surprises (Photo: EatSmart)
Speaking of maneuvering bags through airports, getting slapped with an overweight-bag fee at the baggage-check counter is a major preflight bummer. Avoid any last-minute surprises with the EatSmart Precision Voyager Luggage Scale. It clips onto your bag’s handle, and in addition to making lifting easier, it weighs the contents, displaying the magic number on a little screen at the top of the handle. It’ll let you know whether you should take some stuff out or have room to add more in. But seriously, if you’re traveling on business, you really shouldn’t be checking any bags.
Your bag’s weight shows up right on the handle. (Photo: EatSmart)
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Kensington’s AbsolutePower Laptop, Phone, and Tablet Charger
One charger for all your gadgets (Photo: Kensington)
So much of business travel comes down to a search for power — power for your portable devices, that is. Kensington’s AbsolutePower Laptop, Phone, and Tablet Charger allows you to charge your laptop and two USB devices simultaneously in one small, lightweight charger. Downside: It doesn’t work with Mac laptops.
Able Planet’s Linx Fusion (NC2000BCM) Active Noise Canceling Headphones
Able Planet brings a unique twist to noise-canceling headphones. (Photo: Able Planet)
Noise-canceling headphones are travel essentials, especially when you want to drown out the sound of airplane engines or screaming kids. Able Planet’s Linx Fusion has taken a big step forward in the noise-canceling-headphones game. Able Planet — which made a big splash at this year’s Consumer Electronics Show — has added a unique feature that drowns out noise by transmitting sound through the skin and bone as well as the ears. Not only does it lead to a noise-free experience, but it allows you to listen at a far lower volume. Your ears will thank you.
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iBolt’s Mobile Device Holders
An essential accessory for your rental car (Photo: iBolt)
Renting a GPS from your rental car company is costly. And navigating with your mobile phone in your hand while driving is a good way to cause an accident and/or get a ticket. iBolt has a line of products designed to keep your GPS, iPhone, or Android device in place while you navigate.
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