Travel gear guide

• February 1, 2012

  MSN Travel Gear Guide: Vacuum-packin’ suitcase!

  I’m a notorious over-packer. The only way I can excuse my space-wasting packrat mentality is by convincing myself that I’m a big strong fella who actually enjoys an invigorating workout every time I lug my monstrous-sized bag onto a bus, train, or airport check-in scale But I’m changing my ways; this year I will bring…

• January 21, 2012

  Travel gear guide: metal detecting sandals!

  Well, the impossible finally happened…someone perfected summer loafing by inventing Metal-Detecting Sandals. These sexy little units are sold by Hammacher Schlemmer, a mail-order gadget store that has been proudly offering “the Best, the Only, and the Unexpected for 164 years.” Typically they sell geeky futuristic gadgets like Circulation Improving Leg Wraps, Virtual Keyboards, and blizzard-resistant…

• January 4, 2012

  MSN Travel: The secret world of checked luggage

  Would you like to see the world through the eyes of your suitcase? Want to discover what happens after your bag rides through the rubber flaps at the airport? Delta Airlines thought you might. So they installed 6 video cameras into a piece of checked luggage. Then they recorded what the luggage ‘saw’ as it…

• January 2, 2012

  Gear Guide: Wrist-worn guidebook

  So a Milan-based company has designed a strange new travel bracelet called Cricket. Looking suspiciously like a secret agent wristwatch, Cricket vibrates when you walk near an interesting location, all around the world. Imagine the possibilities! Let’s say you’re on visiting New York when the world is suddenly ravaged by hordes of post-apocalyptic zombies. You…