E is for Extension lead

With cameras, smartphones, laptops and tablets, modern life for today’s photographer is entangled in a sea of chargers – and with different socket types throughout the world, you can spend a small fortune on mains adapters. To save on costs, cut down on fiddly gadgets and keep life simple, buy a good-quality world adapter that’ll convert anything to anything, and take a humble four-gang extension lead. When you get to your destination, stick the adapter on the four-gang plug, and you’ll have four sockets at your disposal, all of which will fit your gear.

If you’re staying in a hotel where you place your card key in a slot to power the room, use any old card of the same size and shape to keep the mains on. That way, you can still charge things up when you leave the room.