Great Travel Gifts

By Author: Steve Robinson
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Often it is easier to find cheap travel deals, such as cheap airplane tickets, discount hotel rooms, cheap auto rentals, and cheap vacation packages than it is to find a gift for someone who already seems to have everything.

While nothing revolutionary has been introduced lately, manufacturers have been updating existing technologies to make travel products that are smaller, more efficient, and often better tailored to travelers.

The following are common traveler complaints and gift ideas that may provide the perfect solution:

• Power hungry travelers often can’t seem to find enough power because of power draining apps, video streaming, and settings that result in a steady stream of updates and notifications. The “Mojo Battstation Tough Dual Pro” comes with two USB ports, a durable rubberized case to help avoid damage, and an LED flashlight for night use. It can recharge a phone and tablet at the same time.

• Tangle prone frustrated headphone users may delight in “OT-ADAPT” from Outdoor Technology that turns any headphone or headset with a standard 3.5 mm jack into a Bluetooth device. ...
... ADAPT can be clipped to a shirt or pocket and control volume and playlists via Nano-like buttons.

• Some travelers want to text while driving, but do not want to violate laws like the one that went into place on January 1st in California that bans texting while driving. The “Commute Car Kit” from BlueAnt Wireless syncs with Siri and Google Voice allowing owners of 4S and 5 iPhones and select Android phones to use simple voice commands instead of their hands to dictate, send and listen to texts in addition to making and receiving phone calls.

• Many parents are naturally concerned about letting young children play with $600 tablets. For them a $119 “FunTab” could be the solution. It is a 7” Android tablet from Ematic that comes with a rubberized frame for easy gripping, preloaded educational content from Zoodles, popular games, including Angry Birds and Cut the Rope, and a parental controlled dashboard that allows parents to customize lists of approved websites and monitor their child’s online activity from another computer.

• Frequent fliers know the value of noise canceling headphones but sometimes find the standard over the ear models too bulky. The “PS 210 BTNC ‘half-in-ear’ earphones” from Phiaton Corp addresses this problem. Their buds neutralize up to 95 percent of ambient noise and feature inline music controls and Everplay-X technology allowing the user to listen to his music even if the unit’s built-in rechargeable battery dies.

• Travel often interferes with a person’s health and fitness routines. The “larklife wristband” is an iPhone compatible unit that monitors the user’s exercise, sleep patterns, and calories consumed and burned. It also provides prompts when to move after the user has been stationary for long periods, as well as to rehydrate after exercise, and to eat protein after sleeping poorly.

• Not being able to pack everything that is desired is a common traveler complaint. The “SeV Fleece 7.0 jacket” from Scottevest features 23 pockets that can hold everything from travel papers to an iPad. A “Clear touch” pocket allows the user to access his smartphone without having to remove it.
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