Originally published July 18 2005
Vacationing with your gadgets
by Mike Adams, the Health Ranger, NaturalNews Editor
Now that vacationers are toting more tech toys than ever, there's several tips for last-minute packers. First and foremost, remember your batteries and power source needs. Second, store most things in bags that protect the delicate machinery. If you're using a digital camera, make sure you have enough memory so that you don't end up erasing pictures.
But just like the clothes you'll need for your trip, your technological gadgets require some extra thought on your part, for maintaining them on the road is not the same as having them around the house.
If you purchase traditional, nonrechargeable batteries, your battery bill will soon outstrip the prices you paid for the gadgets themselves.
So by all means, switch to using rechargeable batteries - and remember to take a battery recharger with you on holiday.
But as people accumulate different tech toys that must tag along on vacations - mp3 players, digital cameras, camcorders, notebook computers - all those cases can add up to a major nuisance.
Bag makers such as LowePro (http://World Wide Web.lowepro.com) have heard the cries of the tech-laden vacationer, and they've come up with bags designed to hold all of your gadgets conveniently in one pack.
Plugging in before your battery is fully discharged will, over time, hasten in the demise of your notebook's battery.
Also, if you'll need to run for long periods exclusively on battery power, consider purchasing and carrying an extra battery.
If you'll be snapping a lot of digital pictures on vacation, you'll need to think about where you're going to store pictures that you've already taken so that you can reuse your memory cards.
You have three choices here: bring along a notebook computer, buy lots of memory cards, or purchase a digital image bank - a tiny enclosed hard drive made specifically to download your digital images so that you can reuse the cards.
For instance, if you want to bring along not only a digital camera but also a digital camcorder, bringing the notebook could be a great idea.
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