5 essential gadgets for the worldwide wanderer

TRAVEL COMPANIONS

While a weekend away might scratch the travel itch for some, you look like the sort who won’t be happy until they’ve spent months traversing the globe in search of life-changing experiences, jaw-dropping vistas, and the odd pitcher of cheap booze. You are! Well you came to the right place, because we’re about to run through some of the gadgets and gizmos that’re absolutely essential if you’re a globetrotter with a taste for long-haul adventures. Have at ’em!

G-RO CARRY-ON CLASSIC

When you’re queuing at passport control, frequent flyers will judge you based on your choice of luggage. Show them you know what’s what by taking one of these G-RO suitcases, which comes with a built-in (but removable) 10,000 mAh battery and two USB ports to make use of, plus a Tile Slim Bluetooth locator so you’ll always know where it is. And the GravityRoll wheels makes this the luggage equivalent of an all-terrain vehicle.

PANASONIC LUMIX DC-TZ200

Zoom lenses take up a lot of space, right? Wrong! The 15x optical zoom on Panasonic’s TZ200 concertinas inside a pocket-sized body – and combined with the 20.1MP sensor and Leica lens, it makes for a great all-rounder that’s ready for pretty much any photographic situation. The 1in sensor makes it much more capable than your phone in low light, and it even has that nifty Post Focus feature, so you can change which part of your picture is sharp after you’ve taken it.

AYO LIGHT GLASSES

When you’ve spent a big chunk of your hard-earned cash on a holiday, the last thing you want is for jet lag to rob you of too many waking hours at your destination. AYO’s futuristic headset might make you look like you’ve escaped from an episode of Black Mirror, but the blue light it emits is supposed to help you adapt to your new time zone up to three times faster than normal. Got to be worth a try, right?

BOSE QC35 II

A pair of Bose noise-cancelling headphones has practically become a uniform for serious business types lording it up on aeroplane flat beds, but theres a good reason for that: they block out the drone of in-flight hubbub better than any other. The QC35 IIs have a 20-hour battery life, enough for even the longest of long-haul flights, and an app that allows you to adjust the noise-cancelling to exactly your liking. What’s more, when you’re back down on terra firma, they have Google Assistant built-in as well.

FLIGHT001 4-IN-1 WORLDWIDE TRAVEL PLUG ADAPTOR

When you globetrot as much as you do, it can be tough to remember which timezone you’re in, let alone which plug adaptor you need to take with you. Fortunately, you remembered to pack this 4-in-1 colour-coded converter. It’ll have you covered in 150 different countries around the world, and fits together so neatly that you can just chuck the whole lot in you bag and know you needn’t worry.