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IRIS FLOW
With all that travelling you’re going to need a decent pair of cans to block out the hubbub when you’re trying to work in airports, train stations and noisy hotel lobbies. Iris’s wireless headphones don’t have ANC, but they claim to help you switch your brain into a ‘flow’ state, which can aid focus. Or you can always just pump up the volume.
£379 / irislistenwell.com
LARQ BOTTLE PUREVIS
When you’re living out of a backpack it can be hard to keep yourself clean, let alone all your kit… but Larq has a solution. Its self-cleaning water bottle has a UV light built into the lid, which kills the nasties inside every two hours (or when activated by pushing the button). If only they could apply the same tech to a pair of pants… £95 / livelarq.com
APPLE AIRTAG
Apple’s Find My app is brilliant for locating your lost istuff, but what if it’s one of your non-apple things that’s gone walkabout? You can attach an Airtag to pretty much anything you own – bag, keys, bike – and if it goes AWOL the app will help you find it. If you’ve got an iphone with UWB, it’ll even tell you when you’re getting warmer.
£29 / apple.com
THULE CROSSOVER BACKPACK 25L
Nobody’s suggesting you should traverse the globe with a 25-litre bag, but when it comes to humping your kit around whichever spot you’re in for now, this waterresistant pack is big enough for a 15in laptop plus a tablet, and has a crush-proof compartment for your fragile possessions. £90 / thule.com
ONEADAPTR ONEWORLD PD
If only more travel problems could be solved with adaptors. Need to ask where the nearest vape shop is in Portuguese? You could stick a language adaptor in your gob. The Oneworld PD isn’t that clever, but it does allow you to plug in your gadgets in 150 countries, and has a bunch of handy USB ports. Brilhante.
£37 / oneadaptr.com
WD ARMORLOCK ENCRYPTED NVME SSD
You wouldn’t leave your work laptop without a password to keep baddies out, so why should your portable hard drive be any different? In fact, WD’S 2TB SSD doesn’t waste time with mere passwords: it uses your phone’s biometric tech to control access.
£350 / shop. westerndigital.com