Archive For The “Travel Accessories” Category
A Kikkerland Tin for your Best Friend. It’s the time of year for travel and we plan to take our best friends with us. Yes, they are our dogs. Kikkerland have the perfect trip accessory with their Dog Road Trip Kit. Kikkerland are famed for their tins for almost any occasion. This Dog Road Trip…
Year-round protection. It was back in 1937 when Alfred Woelbing started making Carmex® medicated lip balm by hand. He poured the melted preparation into the now-classic little jars in his kitchen. Alfred had cold sores and the balm helped in the cold Northern States of the USA. I first came across Carmex® in the early…
Valentine perfection from Go Emu The Christmas tree needles are still in the carpet and the dustman has only just collected all those boxes and paper, but it will soon be another celebration: Valentines Day, and Go Emu have your gift-giving solutions covered. Go Emu have a range of stylish and colourful goods that offer…
Music on the move. It’s almost summer: we’ll spend more time away from home and with friends. There will likely be good conversation, a bite of food, some wine and, if we are lucky, a little appropriate music. If we own an XB13 EXTRA BASS™ Portable Wireless Speaker from Sony we will definitely have iconic…
Build Your Own Ukulele with a Kikkerland Kit ‘I am building my own ukulele,’ I said. They laughed, but only for a moment, and then said ‘You know that instrument is really popular? Started with that song “Somewhere Over the Rainbow”.’ And plenty of other pieces of current music have the ukulele as part of…
Travel with a Twelve South PlugBug Duo It’s a while since we travelled, and we are looking forward to it. Along with the excitement goes packing, and that includes a pile of technology which will need charging and, if one is lucky, in more than one country! No need to take several adaptors: Twelve South PlugBug…
I have been writing food, travel and product reviews for 14 years, and around Autumn time I start presenting Christmas gift suggestions. Those articles often start with something along the lines of ‘Buy something more interesting than socks this Christmas’. Now I have a suggestion that is more interesting, but it is still socks. It’s…
PortaScent is exactly what it says. It’s a small refillable spray and perfect for one’s handbag, manbag, bathroom bag or travel bag. It makes a wonderful and affordable gift for both men and women. This little spray bottle is so convenient, but I would counsel any girl with a social life to buy two. It’s…
It’s that season when a young (or not so young) person’s fancy turns to festivals. We have great hopes for weather, music, good food (only kidding) and good times. But we do need a few accessories, and one in particular will make life more pleasant for the festival-goer and those around them. I introduce Alexander…
Ion8 Leak-Proof Travel Mug/Flask, Vacuum Insulated Stainless Steel, 360ml / 12oz, Red Drink bottles are trending. We all want to enjoy the well-known health benefits of hydration at any time of year. A flask or mug needs to be durable, portable, attractive and practical. Ion8 stainless steel Leak-Proof Travel Mug is one of the better…
‘Reusable’ – that’s the buzzword these days. I have heard the statistic of around 2000 plastic bottles per year could be discarded by the average family. Well, not sure if I would agree with that estimation, but it’s undeniable that lots of people throwing away lots of plastic isn’t a good idea. One could consider…
PNY, a company celebrated for its small technology innovations, presents The Family Car Charger. This could be the solution to LONG rides punctuated by frequent enquiries of ‘Are we there yet?’. This nifty gadget will be welcomed by the whole family, including those in the front. This neat device has four universal USB ports and…
I think that we all agree by now that smartphone cameras can offer remarkably good picture quality. There has always been, and it’s remarked upon by traditional camera users, one limitation and that is their fixed lenses. Yes, the images can be great, but they are limited in their field of view. The PNY Smartphone…
A charger seems a simple thing, but a charger is an indispensable part of any traveller’s kit. In fact, even an office worker with only a short commute will be glad of a power pack, and in particular the PNY Outdoor Charger. This is actually the most robust and practical charger I have found so…
It’s that time of year again. Summer holidays are being planned, or there might be some early spring vacations on the horizon. Either way we need to be mindful of both the pleasures and hazards of that contemplated trip. We need Mosquito Repellent and Beach Accessories from THEYE. Malaria is much in the news. Most…
Most of us might have learnt a little French or German at school, although in the 60s when I was treading the corridors of wisdom acquisition, there were few prospects of leaving these shores. These days we can easily travel the globe as independent explorers. But to be an adventurous and also a confident voyager…