The Ultimate from Omnicharge is a powerful 40.3K mAh portable power supply that boasts a massive 150W DC output, 120W AC output, and 60W USB-C output. The DC output offers adjustable wattage, there’s USB-C in & out, and 2 USB-A ports. It’s also TSA & FAA approved for travel, solar-ready, weather resistant, and recharges in 2.5 hours. A funded Indiegogo.
Recently spotted on the finger of Britain’s Prince Harry & widely reported on, the Oura Ring is a smart ring activity tracker that monitors your heart & respiratory rate, body temperature, sleep patterns, steps, calories, & more without the bulk of a watch or wristband. All insights & data are organized by a dedicated App. Oura Rings are Available in 2 styles & four colors.
If you struggle to stay focused on your writing—with emails, notifications, and other distractions constantly pulling you off task, the Freewrite Traveler could be just the thing you need. It’s a simple, little lightweight laptop that doesn’t have any distracting apps, offers 4 week battery life, continual auto-save of everything you write, and document cloud-sync via wi-fi. Its e-ink display ensures brightness & contrast that work perfectly even in broad daylight. A funded Indiegogo.
Bushnell’s all-new Hybrid model combines a golf rangefinder and GPS into one unit, the world’s first to offer a fully integrated display featuring both laser and GPS yardages. It’s pre-loaded with 36,000 global courses & uses bluetooth for auto-upload of new courses. The laser delivers 5X magnification and offers a 400-yard range that is accurate to within 1 yard.
The One X camera from Insta360 is a throwable 360º action camera that features advanced omnidirectional image stabilization, twin ultra-wide lenses & captures video in 5.7K at 30 fps. For super crisp super-slow-mo, it has 2 Slow motion modes: 50 fps at 4K and 100 fps at 3K. And because it’s throwable, it will open up possibilities for tossing—literally throwing—this thing right into the action to grab insane 360º slo-mo’s you just couldn’t get with other action cameras.
The all-new and attractively priced Instinct Smartwatch from Garmin offers GPS, GLONASS, and Galileo satellite network location technology, heart rate monitor, daily stress tracking, calorie monitor, step counter, sleep tracker, and activity/goal alerts. There are swimming & cycling profiles as well as workouts, drills & loads of other sports metrics. It pairs with Android & iPhone devices, offers 40-hour battery life, and is waterproof to 100-meters.
Available in 45, 85, and cavernous 125-liter sizes, the Stagecoach from Big Agnes is a burly rolling duffle purpose-built for travel & adventure. The outer material is a durable, waterproof nylon with welded seams that keeps water out. The frame is aluminum with an extending lockable handle for easy rolling and it’s also got Independent backpack straps to convert your duffel to a pack when the terrain gets too rugged for rolling.
Italian luxury luggage maker Tumi has just introduced the Alpha Bravo Recycled Collection, bags and packs that feature fabrication using recycled plastic bottles. The entire collection is black and constructed with their Recycled Ballistic nylon for long life and durability. The brand estimates that each bag keeps as many as 17 plastic water bottles out of landfills and oceans.
Designed exclusively for Monocle, the Porter suit bag is a classic travel essential that sooner or later you’re going to need. Made in Japan and crafted in long lasting, water resistant nylon cordura, it features a removable garment hanger, removable shoulder strap and a smart sleeve to mount on luggage. Choose from navy or khaki and proceed directly to your boarding gate.
There are lots of choices these days for the smart lock that will make your points-of-entry more secure & easier to monitor. And the Secure Smart Lock from Lockly looks like a solid option. It uses a 3D fingerprint scanner and algorithm-generated passcode that can store up to 99 fingerprints. The lock supports wi-fi but doesn’t require connection to operate. And if it is connected, the algorithm security features prevent the possibility of hacking.
Quest is the latest VR headset from Oculus, the brand’s first all-in-one virtual reality gaming system. It combines features of the tethered Rift system with Oculus Go, giving users the freedom to move & walk around while playing in what they call “arena scale” tracking with a range of 4000 square feet. There are 4 cameras built-in giving the optics a resolution of 1600 x 1440 per eye, plus audio with deep bass. Oculus is launching the Quest system with a catalog of 50 game titles and many more on the way.
The luggage innovators at Away partnered up with champion b-baller & wine aficionado Dwyane Wade to create a whole line of luggage, including the Away x Dwyane Wade Wine Case, a rolling, hard-sided suitcase that will safely and stylishly transport up to 6 bottles of wine. It features 4 smooth-rolling wheels, a retractable handle, and a TSA-approved lock.
Twenty hour battery life! Your wireless headphones don’t do that. Samsung’s AKG N700NC Wireless do. Lots more, too. Like adjustable active nose cancelling, so you can control how much ambient noise you let in or block out. A flat, foldable design for transport, memory foam ear cushions, and simple intuitive controls.
The Sherpa 100AC is a compact, portable 94.72Wh power bank that delivers plenty of juice for your off-grid power needs. It offers Qi wireless charging, high-speed power delivery, and a variety of ports to power phones, tablets, DSLR cameras, and laptops—including power-hungry MacBooks via a pair of 60W each USB-C ports.
Ultra lightweight Dyneema fabric is the key ingredient in the Emergency Jacket from Black Yak. Tested and approved in high elevation Tibet, it is the lightest jacket with the smallest packing volume on the market and weighing just 71 grams, was purpose-built to protect against wind and weather in emergency situations. It has no pockets but does have a hood as well as an anorak style zip-front closure.
