I carry most of the tech both Craig and I will need for our trips. Mostly because i’m paranoid that I will lose or forget something, so I carry extras. I carry two pairs of headphones, lightning cables, usb plugs, you name it.
Recently, I picked up a travel surge protector that comes with two usb ports and two outlet plugs. It’s awesome and will be coming with me on any trip in the foreseeable future. I also carry at least one powerbank with me. I have two, a large one that holds about 2.5 iPhone 5S charges and one smaller one that holds just one phone charge with just one usb to micro usb charging cable since they’re the same brand, the size works for both.
Depending on the type of trip and whether or not I have school, I also travel with both my laptop and my iPad, though since I’ve started using just the iPad for school, I’ve been taking the laptop much less.
I have traditionally carried a 30-pin cable to charge my ipad, but if I forgot it or it broke, they’ve been so cheap to replace that I haven’t worried much about it. Now I have an ipad mini, which uses the same lightning cable that the iphones use so that’s one less cable that I have to bring!
Surprisingly enough, I also carry a sleep mask, silicone ear plugs and a blow up neck pillow in my tech bag. I have the Cabeau memory foam neck pillow and it’s awesome, but sometimes Craig needs one, or I forget to throw my nice one in my bag. My silicone ear plugs from Mack’s are actually rated for kids and block up to 22 dB of noise, just enough when I mix them with my sleep headphones I treated myself to after doing surprisingly well on an exam in organic chemistry. They’re lightweight and comfortable and they keep me a bit warmer which is nice. There’s just one downside to them and that’s the initial adjusting part, which can take a while, but they’re snug and comfy and have surprisingly decent sound quality without being painful to lie on. They’re not noise cancelling, but they’re noise reducing which is just fine with me. I usually reserve my iPhone headphones for Craig in case he forgets his and sometimes, if I do want noise cancellation, and what I’ve brought on past trips before I got the sleep headphones, I use my $5 dollar spot Target over ear headphones. I don’t think they make them anymore, and I have two pairs because they’re that awesome, I can actually sleep in them, but I didn’t want to ruin them.
I only recently started using ear plugs for noise cancellation, but I’ve always had issues with the regular foam ones, they never seemed to stay in my ears. The adult sized silicone ear plugs did a great job at reducing the noise, but they were so big that they just protruded from my tiny ears. So I settled on the child sized silicone ear plugs which are moldable and can be sealed nicely to keep noise out. They’re not completely sound proof, but like I said, they’re good enough when combined with my headphones. On a red eye flight, this combo will work magic with Welcome to Night Vale. Not exactly in my tech bag, but it’s a podcast I’m getting into and it’s better than paying for wifi just to have something to do, it’s very Twilight Zone-esque.
Now, craig does carry his own computer and his phone, so I’m not settled with ALL the extra technology, just the small stuff so that it doesn’t get lost, don’t worry!
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