Travel Gadgets

Wednesday, 16 December 2009 19:00

The holiday season means trips galore. These travel gadgets should make for the most stress-free trips ever.

By Jennette Van Dien

Pillowig

If you’ve ever said to yourself on a long trip, “Gee, I wish my hat was a cozy pillow,” the Korean-designed Pillowig is your traveling companion. It’s a full-sized pillow with a built-in wig that ties below the chin so you can strap it on and get on with your travels in comfort and style. 

MizPee

MizPee is a cell phone-based technology that finds the closest, cleanest bathroom and provides you with “entertaining” reading material once you get there. It’s great for OCD travelers and those too busy to risk popping into just any lavatory. (Standard text messaging rates apply.) 

Vending Machine Camouflage

Tourists can breathe easy with the Vending Machine Camouflage, a wearable skirt that turns you into a vending machine if danger, rather than hunger, strikes. 

Plane Seat Cover

We all know how dangerous flying can be, yet it often plays an integral role in travel plans. Thankfully, PlaneSheets makes plane seat covers to protect travelers from the treacherous plight of sitting in an unstylish, worn plane seat. A variety of plush solids and designer print fabrics are available. $30

USB Fragrance

For sweet smells on the go, the USB Fragrance Oil Drive adds a burst of flavor to your nostrils no matter where you are. Disguised as a thumb drive, the fragrance stick burns scented oil when warmed by the USB bus, and it comes in several scents. $70

SensorFreshQ Food Safety Tester

If traveling plans have you too busy to smell your food before you cook it, the Sensor FreshQ Food Safety Tester can do it for you. Great for camping or road trips, the tester “sniffs” meat before it’s cooked to determine whether or not it has spoiled in the cooler—something we all know our own nose couldn’t handle on its own. $10