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The Best AA Rechargeable Batteries

We’ve all met the fate of a dead or dying batteries, whether in a simple remote control or a high-end digital camera. If find yourself regularly replacing batteries in your electronic devices, then perhaps it’s time you moved up to rechargeable batteries. Not only can you stop throwing disposable batteries into landfills, but you can […]

The Best AA/AAA Travel Battery Charger

If you’re bringing an MP3 player, portable speakers, a flash light or digital camera that runs on AA or AAA batteries and one pair of batteries won’t last the length of your trip, you should seriously consider getting yourself some good rechargeable batteries and a charger. The latest rechargeable batteries last longer in most devices […]

The Best Travel Knife

Ask anyone who owns a swiss army knife and they’ll tell you just how handy they can be. This makes them one of the best gadgets to pack on any trip, and in some cases even just a trip is just to the supermarket, as I realized the other day after buying a bottled drink […]

Creative EP-630 In-Ear Earphones

As someone who takes music quite seriously, I used to travel with a pair of Sony MDR-7506 studio monitor headphones. While these are excellent headphones for the price, unfortunately they aren’t exactly small and portable, making them too bulky for my ultralight GaiaGeek travels. I wanted something the size of the earbud-style earphones, but those […]

Luggage or Backpack?

Rolling luggage may be practical for getting around the tiled floors of airports and from the cab to the hotel room, but for anything beyond those nice, easy strolls, quite frankly - it sucks. Try rolling that luggage through a shoddy, crowded street in Asia or carrying it up the stairs of a subway station […]