Travel & Aviation
Best compression bag/sack for travel or camping
Over the past 20 years, I have spent thousands of hours in the air. Travelling is definitely as thrill and allows you to live new experiences. Travelling is incredibly enriching, but do it long enough and you start to look for cheats or tricks. After buying dozens of different types and brands of luggage, I finally found the one I fell in love with and I recommend, the RedOxx AirBoss. I wrote a review about it here (link). After travelling around the world several times, it still looks sharp and brand new.
Skyroam Global Hotspot review
Like most of you, I want to be connected all the time, even while travelling. Check out your carrier's data roaming charges and you'll quickly realize there needs to be a better option. This is where new services are popping up hopping to fill a void. The Skyroam Global WIFI Hotspot is a $125 solution that promises unlimited global data roaming in 60+ countries for an affordable flat fee of $10 per day for unlimited use (the company says the per day rate will drop to $8 before the end of summer) They aded 14 new countries in the last 6 weeks including Philippines, Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Poland, Slovakia.
Kleen Kanteen is the king of water bottles for good reason
[caption id="" align=“alignnone” width=“600”] 27 oz classic Kleen Kanteen [/caption] I recently completed a 3.5 day survival training camps and it reiterated the importance of a "good canteen". now good means different things to different people but in my case I was looking for: a chemical free canteen without a liner coat on the inside of the bottle. The Klean kanteen is made from 18/8 stainless steel which is chemical free & doesn't require a liner (like aluminium). a bottle I could boil water in if I needed to (sanitize questionable water while camping or in a survival situation).
LifeStraw Review : sucking hard for clean water
In survival, we have the rules of 3: 3 minutes without air 3 hours without shelter 3 days without water 3 weeks without food Depending on the terain, season and weather, shelter and water can change places. Dependably clean water is a basic human need. Go without it for just a few days and see what happens. In a previous article about eh Steripen UV water sanitizing system (link) , I wrote this story Even bottled water may not be safe.
Is the LifeProof waterproof iPhone case worth it?
LifeProof isn's a new company but interestingly I receive a handful of reader emails every week asking whether the $89.99 investment is justified. The questions I see the most are: Does the Lifeproof case work? Does the Lifeproof case leak? Will the Lifeproof case protect my iPhone from my toddler Interestingly reviews on the the internet are split. There are large organizations and hard users that swear by Lifeproof cases and then there is a vibrant boisterous anti-Lifeproof community that tries to have its voice heard everywhere.
List of travel items I like
[caption id="" align=“alignnone” width=“745”] Image by Sean MacEntee used under Creative Commons License [/caption] I write about travel items because I love them. Instead of a review, I wanted to list some of my favorite travel items. These aren't just random items I found on the internet, these are things that I bought and use regularly. Remember I spent most of my career travelling (over 1M miles) so you know these are good. Best Carry-On bag : RedOxx Airboss Best packing cubes : Eagle Creek Packing Cubes Best Travel Toiletry Kit : Eagle Creek Pack-It Wallaby Best Noise Cancelling Headphones: Bose QC25 Best Noise Isolating earphones: Etymotic ER-4 MicroPro Best short Travel USB/Lightning cables: Nomad NomadKey Best Small Bluetooth travel speaker : Logitech UE Mini Best portable travel power strip with USB: Belking Best travel portable water bottle: Vapur Best waterproof point and shoot : Olympus TG-4 Best portable camera : Sony a6000
Google may offer free international roaming
[caption id="" align=“alignnone” width=“2500”] Image by Moyan Brenn used under Creative Commons License [/caption] We have been hearing rumors that Google will be launching its own MVNO ( mobile virtual network operator) in the US. Now The Telegraph (link) is reporting that one of the goal's of this new (unannounced) MVNO will be free international roaming. The report claims that Google is talking to Hong Kong based Hutchison Whampoa (a diversified holding company). Hutchison Telecom Hong Kong Holdings' customers already roam in many countries roaming-charge free (with the appropriate data plan).
Is Google's Chromebook the ultimate in secure travel computing?
When I first heard about the Google Chromebook, I couldn't understand why anybody would buy a computer that only "ran a browser". Sure you could buy one for $300-500 but then again, you can pickup a "cheap" windows based laptop for about the same price. Notes from my day job My day job is being the Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) of a large multinational manufacturer. When our employees travel to high risk locations, they are equipped with a special laptop with a hardened image and they are instructed to only load the bare minimum amount of information needed during this trip.
Google Tip 3 : Get updated flight information
Enter a flight number in the Google search box and it will show you the up to date departure and arrival time information.
Sony A6000 is the ultimate travel camera
A question I receive regularly is “What camera do you travel with and why?” Here is my answer to that question. <img src="https://ekiledjian2.micro.blog/uploads/2025/920f5b436e.jpg" alt=""> I have been a happy Canon shooter for the last 7 years. I use to own a tone of Canon glass (lenses) and accessories but they are all gone. Replaced by something I wouldn't even have though of 6 months ago, a Sony A6000 mirrorless camera. It has turned out to be the best everyday and travel camera for the average Joe.