As we’ve started to travel more and more I began to collect things we never travel without and over time that has evolved into a permanent electronics travel kit that is always packed and ready to go. Not having to remember to unplug chargers etc. and always having the things we need when travelling, without the possibility of forgetting something, has transformed our packing regime. Touch wood, we haven’t yet arrived somewhere, looked in the case and said “Oh, looks like we forgot …”
So what is in our electronics travel kit?
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NOISE CANCELLING HEADPHONES
Our number one item if you fly regularly is noise-cancelling headphones. If you’ve never tried a pair then you will be amazed at the difference they make on a long flight. The loudness of the engines if you take them off mid-flight is surprising; it really shows how much your brain works to tune out the din, and having your brain do that can be tiring and increase travel fatigue.
What kind of headphones you prefer is, of course, a personal choice. Do you want ‘over your ears’ or ‘in your ears’ and how much do you want to spend?
We use these Audio Technica in-ear headphones – they are not that expensive, work well, and are comfortable to wear. We have replaced the earpieces with Comply Foams and with those in place we can wear these headphones for the duration of long-haul flights and can even sleep in them, though Lee does also sometimes use earplugs for sleeping to avoid any cord tangling issues. To avoid the cord tangling, Stacey has a little velcro strap that she wraps around the cord and then tuck it under her sweater which keeps it out of the way)
Here are links to the headphones and Comply foams we use, as well as another suggestion that you might like.
CHARGERS AND CABLES
Then in no particular order, our electronics travel kit also contains:
A multi-port USB charger to charge all those gadgets you travel with is essential and this one charges ten things at once, with each device getting up to 2.4 amps per port using Anker’s fast charging technology. Of course, you can’t get 2.4 amps on all ten ports, as that’s more than the plug socket can provide, but it will charge everything plugged into it as quickly as possible and now means we don’t have to juggle with chargers and cables to get everything charged up for the morning.
Linked to the charger are the cables to plug it into the wall and the devices into the charger. For simplicity, we buy duplicate USB cables for all our devices so that they can live in the travel kit and are never forgotten when heading on a trip. Lee is a fan of these Rankie cables and has purchased a set of micro USB and USB type C for the kit. To power the charger, Lee bought this folding UK plug as UK plugs, whilst very safe with earth pins and fuses, are rather bulky, but this one can fold flat to fit into the travel kit. He also purchased a Euro plug cable to avoid using an adapter in Europe and intends to purchase a US cable plug too.
For those times we might run short of juice and aren’t near a plug, our electronics travel kit also includes a flat USB port for the cigarette socket in the car, though USB ports are becoming so common this is not as necessary as it once was (which is good because they aren’t easy to find!).
We also have a 12,000 mAh power bank- the one we own isn’t available anymore. A suitable alternative is shown below.
OTHER BITS AND BOBS
Final assortments are a 64Gb USB Flash drive which is used to transfer data between devices or as an extra backup of something whilst travelling and spare batteries for our car remote keys because sod’s law dictates that these only run out when we are on a road trip (it’s happened to us twice!), and batteries for the noise-cancelling headphones too.
So with all this stuff, we need something to put it in and Lee found that this Butterfox electronics travel organizer fits the bill perfectly.
ADDITIONAL TRAVEL GEAR
Outside of the travel case, we also take a portable Bluetooth speaker and, of course, travel adapters for different sockets in different countries.
And finally, the nifty Netgear Trek N300 travel router that boosts poor WiFi signals for our devices to connect to and means we only have to type that ridiculously long WiFi password in once and all of our devices just remember to connect to the router. It’s a little fiddly as you have to use a web page to connect it to the internet, but once you’ve done it a few times it just takes a minute and all your devices start chiming away with all the updates they’ve missed whilst you’ve been offline!
WHAT THINGS DO YOU NEVER TRAVEL WITHOUT OR ARE/WOULD BE IN YOUR ELECTRONICS TRAVEL KIT?
ANYTHING WE COULD DO TO MAKE OUR KIT EVEN BETTER?
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