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travel accessories

Prepare for Long Flights with Ugreen’s 25,000 mAh Power Bank

With the holiday season fast approaching and the pandemic over, international travel is back on the agenda once again. However, those long flights across the world's oceans will inevitably have your phone, tablet, laptop or Nintendo Switch running low on power well before the wheels touch the tarmac once again. And if you have children on the journey with you,

DOOGEE S96 Pro Sees in the Dark with IR Night Vision

DOOGEE claim to be the "world-leading rugged phone brand" and their flagship phones have the capabilities - dustproof, waterproof, shockproof - with the certifications to back it up - IP68, IP69K, MIL-STD-810G. Today, DOOGEE add another string to their bow with the introduction of night vision in the new S96 Pro smartphone. Yes, night vision. As part of a rear

DOOGEE Adds S58 Pro To Rugged Line-Up

Hardly a day goes by at the moment without a new smartphone being announced and here we have DOOGEE, adding the S58 Pro to their rugged line-up. Unlike the average smartphone, the S58 would be entirely at home in a futuristic sci-fi thriller with its radical design, but closer to earth the S58 Pro is perfect for the great outdoors

Lighten Your Load with the Sitpack Zen

Sitpack makes portable compact seats that transform telescopically from a small cylinder the size of a drinks can to a 90 cm tall T-shaped rest that makes waiting a great deal more comfortable. I reviewed the first and second generations of the Sitpack back in 2017, and you can read my thoughts about these ingenious devices here and here. While

Pacum Sucks…And That’s a Good Thing

Budget airlines have revolutionised air travel over the past few decades, and while the seats might be cheap, putting luggage in the hold can be pricey: I was recently on a trip where the ticket price trebled when hold baggage was added, so you really want to try and get everything into your hand luggage to get the cost down.

Don’t be lost for (foreign) words with Pocketalk

Us Brits aren't known for our linguistic abilities shamefully relying on our continental cousins to speak English rather than learning the local lingo. Fortunately, we can now cover our embarrassment by using the Pocketalk Voice Translator, a two-way voice translator that instantly translates between 74 languages. The winner of the ‘Innovation Award in Mobile Computing’ at IFA 2018, Pocketalk lets

Get Cooking with a Cauldryn at CES 2018

Stainless steel insulated water bottles are commonplace today and have largely taken over from the glass vacuum flasks - the latter are just too delicate, especially for camping and hillwalking. And while the steel bottles are good are keeping stuff warm, the liquid has to be hot in the first place....or does it? Cauldryn Fyre bottles have a built-in heating