A Road Warrior’s Dilemma

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Whenever I travel, I struggle with carrying far too many clothes. I have yet to crack the code for carry on luggage. I remember on one trip my roommate packed one jacket, a pair of pants and two shirts to last five days. There’s no way I could go for that – I need to have a change of outfits at a 1.5 ratio per day! On my last trip, my luggage was delayed for two days; by then my jeans were standing straight up. Now look at this picture; granted I am on the road for an extended work trip, but I have to get a better grip on the amount of gear I carry. Do I need help or do all road worthy gadget lovers carry this much stuff?

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http://www.geardiary.com Judie Lipsett
Kerry, you need help! We almost need to have a “name Kerry’s gear” contest…there is such an assortment spread about.
http://www.wonderdawg777.blogspot.com Kerry Woo
I should have brought the Treo 650 or 680 with the TomTom bluetooth GPS – getting around Atlanta can be a challenge… I can be helped!
http://www.geardiary.com Judie Lipsett
What bag did you put it all in??
JDTagish
LOL…I just left Atlanta last week! It would be easier to get around there if every third street wasn’t named Peachtree!
runningman
Kerry, it’s all about cable management! If you can get your chargers under control, you will be good. Time for Judie to do some reviews of power management systems!!
Bill
http://www.wonderdawg777.blogspot.com Kerry Woo
Hi Judie,
Normally I use slimmer bags, however since this was a car trip of four hours, and a extended stay, I used the Swiss Army Synergy Bag http://tinyurl.com/yurnjk. I normally would not pack a FreeAgent 500 GB external drive, or the Altec Lansing inMotion iPod player. Probably could have passed on carrying the second phone pictured – the Blackjack.
I rotate between four different bags just like my wife who changes purses… wait what did I just say?
Bill, you are absolutely spot on with the cable management!
I just found out that I will be issued a wireless card, laptop (not a Mac) but maybe a tablet and a Blackberry for my new job at a very large telecommunications company. Another set of gear from 8 to 5!
Paul
You need help I’ve found that managing the chargers is one of the most crucial pieces. I try to have cables that will charge most things off the usb port of my laptop which cut’s down on the items quite a bit, but I also only bring my laptop, phone, ipod and Iliad with me. Hoping to combine phone and ipod once the iphone does wireless exchange syncing.
In regards to Atlanta, I live here, and it’s actually every second street named Peachtree
http://dotsisx.blogspot.com khouryrt
ok i have a solution for you, ship half of those my way, and you wouldn’t worry about carrying too much, would you?! :p
and yes you need help, a lot of it too, might i recommend someone?
JSage
http://www.onebag.com/
Alison
Hey Kerry,
I’ll be taking a whole bunch of stuff like this on vacation in a few weeks. Luckily I have a great new bag to put it all in, but as Judie’s getting one too, I’ll let her fill you in on all the details!
Alison
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I think that if you can get the cables down that you have conquered half the battle. Nowadays, there’s a lot of adapters that will allow you to plug any USB device onto the wall. I have found that it solves a lot of my charging cables problems and have lightened my load. Of course, I’m not a road warrior.
http://www.geardiary.com Judie Lipsett
Kerry, it is all about using Gomadic tips!
http://www.gomadic.com