Travelling means adapting and adapting doesn’t always come easy.
These travel accessories, however, promise to make your tourist life and trips a little easier.
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Travel Accessory #1: Sleep Mask (Bedtime Bliss)
A sleep mask should be a top priority on everyone’s travel accessories list. Apart from the good moments, travelling also includes flying, moving a lot, changing means of transportation, and sleeping in environments you have no control over – or the lack of sleep altogether. All of which of course take a toll on your energy and mood. But does it have to be that way?
What a sleep mask does is pretty simple: it blocks out the light. It stops the light interfere with your sleep and thus let’s you sleep better. What makes BedTime Bliss a best-selling product are some minor yet vital design adjustments. The mask has an adjustable velcro strap to fit any size head. It’s perfect for men, women, and children alike. What also makes the mask unique is the recessed areas that you will find on the inside of the mask. Those areas are designed so that there is a small gap between the mask and your eyes. Thanks to this gap, when you get into the REM phase (Rapid Eye Movement) during sleep, your eyelashes won’t hit on the back of the sleep mask waking you up, like it would happen with a common mask.
Travellers of the world, go to sleep!
Bedtime Bliss on amazon.com
Travel Accessory #2: Travel Pack (Nomatic)
The travel pack in your journeys becomes second nature. It’s the best friend that holds all your necessary possessions for you: your wallet, your laptop, your books, your passport, and whatnot. One of the most established travel packs on the market right now is The Nomatic Travel Pack. This particular pack is one of the most successful Kickstarter campaigns: more than 10k backers pledged more than $2M to bring the project to life in the crowd-funding platform. Since then, the Nomatic Travel Pack has become synonymous with travelling.
The travel pack is one of the top travel accessories for many reasons. The bag is made of strong waterproof tarpaulin material that promises to last for a long time. At 21 by 14 by 9 inches, it meets international carry-on standards. And thanks to its innovative design, the travel pack can easily switch between backpack and duffel bag. It also features a full perimeter zipper, which gives you the widest opening possible for optimal packing.
Inside the bag, you will find a separate compartment to keep your shoes separated and protected. A similar pocket is at the top of the bag designed to easily store socks, underwear, a light jacket and other items you like to keep accessible. Your laptop and tablet also have their very own specially designed places. The right side of the bag also has a full perimeter zipper with multiple features: First, there is an RFID safe pocket designed to protect your credit cards, passports and other scannable items. Second, there is a combination of mesh, fleece lined and zipper pockets to keep your cords, powerbank, earphones and other miscellaneous items untangled. Furthermore, on the other sides, you can find extra pockets for a book and other small items, as well as a waterproof pocket for your water bottle.
Travel Pack on nomatic.com
Travel Accessory #3: Adapter (MICRO)
Countries all over the world can have many differences, including those regarding the law, their language or their currency. Regardless, besides any possible deviations between their values and philosophies, countries can have their own take on something more tangible: plugs.
Frequent travellers know that plugging your devices in different countries can be a challenge. Although there are regular adapters in the market, the problem with these adapters is that they plug into only one type of socket. Also, common universal adapters aren’t very travel-friendly, as they’re big, bulky and can be quite heavy. Enter MICRO adapter.
MICRO is the self-proclaimed world’s smallest universal travel adapter. Despite its small size, it has all the benefits of a regular universal adapter and surge protection on top. Are you planning to travel to Africa? Maybe Australia? No matter what country you’re travelling to, the adapter secures the access to electricity on all your devices.
MICRO is very easy to use. So, for example, if you visit the US, with the top lever your will release the US pins, lock them into position – and you are good to go. Likewise, if you are visiting Europe, use the bottom lever to release the European pins. Or, if you find yourself Down Under in Australia, release the US pins and twist them into position.
Technically speaking, MICRO’s specifications are:
- Input voltage: 100V – 250V
- Max power: 100V-630W/250V-1575W
- Replaceable fuse: T6.4 A
- Not grounded
- Does not convert voltage
Travel Accessory #4: Water Filter (LifeStraw)
The last of our top travel accessories on our list is not designed for the average urban traveller. However, if you find yourself travelling in less civilized places, this product is made for you. Imagine turning any source of water on the planet into safe, drinking water. That’s what water filter LifeStraw does.
LifeStraw water filter is very easy to use. You just put it into a water source, as you’d do with a regular straw, and you can start drinking immediately. The water then runs smoothly through the straw. The hollow fibre membrane will filter out all bacteria, parasites and turbidity to the highest standards. As the product manufacturer states, the microfiltration membrane removes 99.999999% of waterborne bacteria, including E. coli and salmonella, and 99.999% of waterborne parasites including giardia and cryptosporidium. In addition, it removes the smallest microplastics found in the environment (down to 1 micron) and reduces turbidity down to 0.2 microns.
LifeStraw is perfect for all outdoor activities as well as travelling. The filter in LifeStraw is reliable and very safe to use. It doesn’t have any chemicals, batteries or electricity and there’s also no iodine or carbon in the filter. With many other water filters, you often have to worry about when they stop working. You don’t have that problem with LifeStraw though, as it stops working when the straw reaches its capacity. At around 4,000 litres, the membrane inside the straw will start closing down and it will become more and more difficult to get water through the straw.
LifeStraw on Amazon