For years I used to suffice with a plastic bag and some paper plates for a picnic. However, as I get older it seems to make more sense acquiring a proper picnic bag with all the gear.
Out of all the picnic accessories I have used, the Outwell Picnic Calypso offers the most convenient solution.
Each bag is highly portable and includes glasses, cutlery, plates and a cool-bag section for 2-4 persons (depending on the model). Retails for a very reasonable £45 ($90) at Outwell.
The Shady Beats Speaker case is a great little gadget accessory for the summer.
Suitable for summer and winter holidays the Shady Beats Speaker case carries your sunglasses or ipod and plays your ipod tunes via a flat panel speaker inbuilt into the case. It also has a water resistant exterior, anti scratch lining and a variety of colourful exteriors. I think it probably packs a kitchen sink too…
Features include:
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Going on an action packed holiday has almost always meant leaving the camera equipment back at home. However, an array of new gizmos and gadgets are coming onto the market that will record your every move.
The Digital Hero is heralded as the “ultimate waterproof camera” water resistant to 30 metres.
The 3 megapixel camera takes still and video images with a built in 16mb internal memory card which is expandable to a 2Gb SD Card.
As a waterproof video camera, it has the ability to shoot 54 minutes of colour TV resolution video with sound.
The Digital Hero is light and attachable to your wrist, kayak paddles, handlebars or rollbars.
Features of the GoPro Digital Hero Camera are summarised as follows:
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One if the most frustrating things about travelling is the array of adaptors and plugs you have to lug with you. This is a particularly salient problem considering the advent of ever increasing technical gadgetry e.g iPods, sat nav, laptops, digital cameras etc.
We spotted the Travel Easy Cable Bag and thought that this might be a helpful addition to our readers suitcases.
Gizoo say:
“The Travel Easy Cable Bag looks very much like a CD pouch, but explore the contents of this zipped black vinyl case and you’ll discover a variety of cable adapters including USB, Firewire and serial connectors. Inside you’ll find 6 retractable cable spools, 3 adapters, Firewire and Serial Connectors and a mouse. The adapters attach to the end of the spools to give you a vast array of options for connecting things to other things.”
Retailing for £17.95 ($35) the spec includes:
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I was asked the other day which compact camera would be the best for some simple underwater photography. “Nothing fancy” I was told!
Well there are some truly excellent waterproof cameras on the market these days - but the best one I’ve come across is the Vivitar ViviCam 6200W. This delightful little camera has just about everything you need, all contained within a protective rubber casing.
The spec is as follows:
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