From a next-generation compass to a swath of old-school cotton, Globe staff add seven items to the pentheon of must-pack products.
Have your own suggestions? E-mail them to travel@globeandmail.com . Before you do, check out last year's hall of fame items and our readers' must-haves.
Cyclists' little helper
— Peter Cheney
The Big Daddy of baby wipes
Available through a number of U.S. retailers, including Amazon.com, for about $5. For more information, visit www.hooahhs.com.
— Louie Palu
Cotton salvation
— Stephanie Nolen
Scented suitcases
I always pack perfume strips — those scented ads in magazines — in with my luggage when I travel.
Partly, it's nice to finally find a use for those smelly strips.
But it's also nice to unpack clothes smelling like Chanel No. 5 (or at least the magazine version of it). This works for guys too — with cologne ads rather than perfume, of course.
— Rebecca Dube
Wine of the times
— John Barber
A photographer's best friend
On a recent trip to Scotland, I used one to store more than 13 gigabytes of castles, lochs and glens.
It worked like a charm and took up less than half the suitcase space of the smallest laptops. It comes with a built-in reader for compact flash cards, and adaptors are available for other formats.
You plug your memory card into the unit and press the "copy" button to back up your photos to the hard drive, and then view them on the 3.5-inch LCD display. The Flashtrax XT retails for $399 (U.S.). For more information, visit www.smartdisk.com.
— Roger Hallett
Parent snap
For more information, visit www.graco.net.
— Simon Tuck
