Travel Light, Save Space and Replace Your Shaving Cream with Shaving Oil

… or The Incredible Shrinking Shaving Foam Can

When backpacking, every ounce counts, and – just in case you might want to shave from time to time – that 10 oz shaving foam can is not what you’re looking for. And on overnight business trips, you might want to restrict yourself to hand luggage only, when that same can of shaving foam is just another nuisance making this harder to achieve. Worse still, the severe liquid restrictions that apply at airport security checks might get your can confiscated and see you take off with no can at all. So instead of taking a can, why not travel with shaving oil such as the one from Somersets or the Pacific Shaving Company?

Bushnell GPS BackTrack Guides You Back to the Exact Spot

The Bushnell BackTrack, also marketed under the name “GPS Homing Device”, is a useful and simple handheld GPS location-finder for people who need to memorize a spot in a city or landscape and who don’t want to operate a more complex GPS receiver. It can memorize up to three spots by the simple press of a button and guide you back by means of a simple arrow.

Comparison of Different Mosquito Repellent Approaches

When you go on a camping vacation or just want to enjoy sitting outside in the summer, mosquitoes, no-see-ums, black flies, and other pests are a real nuisance and can spoil your entire evening. There are several products on the market that promise to keep them away, and it’s not always easy to make an educated choice between the different options. Some work, some don’t. Some are harmful to your health as well; some aren’t. We’ve compiled the following table based on personal experience and information found on the Internet.
Since it was new to us and it looks promising, we discussed the ThermaCELL Portable Mosquito Repellent in more detail in another article.

For information on the new breed of Solar Bug Zappers, you can read this article on Solar Landscape Light and Bug Zapper.

Handpresso Wild Portable Espresso Maker for Travel, Camping and Picnic

If you’re the kind of person for whom a coffee is okay as long as it looks like coffee – even if it doesn’t necessarily taste like coffee – then you don’t need to read any further. For you the product that follows probably is a gadget. But if you’re a coffee lover for whom instant coffee is an inconvenience too far, even while on vacation, the Handpresso Portable Espresso Maker might be your savior. Personally, I can’t stand instant coffee. I’d rather have no coffee at all, even if my blood caffeine levels do get dangerously low as a result during our camping vacation.

ThermaCELL Portable Mosquito Repellent – No Lotions, No Electricity

The fact that you’re reading this article probably means you’ve already had camping vacations spoiled by mosquitoes, or maybe just quiet evenings on your terrace at home ruined by those little pests. So far I haven’t found a good solution to the problem myself, but I have high hopes that this ThermaCELL Portable Mosquito Repellent could save my next vacation.

The 150-Country Travel Adapter

We've already covered various types of multi-charging stations, helping you to reduce the number of outlets occupied by your cell phone, iPod, PDA or other multimedia gadgets, at the same time decreasing the number of cables cluttering your desk. This travel adapter is different in the sense that it has additional benefits for travel, while retaining some of the advantages of the other solutions as well.