Mine is a small bottle of liquid bandage. It stays in my toiletries, can go through that, and is superior to most bandages!
Amongst other things, I always carry some zip ties. They weigh nothing, yet come in handy in so many ways.
Ah yes, zip ties. I also carry them every day. Along with plastic sheeting, a machete, a shovel, and a bottle of moonshine.
you like Huey Lewis and the News?
Gotta have your TOOLS
Nothing sus about that
Does this smell like chlorof…
Binder clips to bind the curtains together. Sometimes hotels have hangers with pants clips on them, for everywhere else? Binder clips.
I also bring liquid bandaid most places, it really is superior but you have to wait for the bleeding to (mostly) stop first
My travel kit includes way too many nails, mousetraps, an upholstery stapler, power drill, syringes/needles, and first aid stuff. Sideshow performer so it’s just par for the course. I also use the needles for medication.
What
I’ve been looking for a portable humidifier. Hotel rooms are so dry!
I dunno, I’ve stayed in a few moist ones.
I’ve just boiled the room kettle a few times, and leave the shower and bathroom door open before bed (not during a shower). Helps a bit, anyway.
A small backpackable 2 line parafoil kite in case things get blowy
Body glide blister balm, and laundry wash sheets (so much tidier than washing powder!).
Most of my other stuff seems standard to me…
Laundry wash sheets are a good idea
Shoe horn, thermoplastic.
A shoe horn is a good idea. What’s thermoplastic?
What’s thermoplastic?
Hot Glue
Thermoplastic usually starts as small pellets that you can heat up in boiling water and mold into shapes to repair things. Once cooled, it’s pretty strong. I just have a blob of it in my toiletry bag to fix whatever breaks.
Ignore the thermo part of the word.
Do you know those supermagnets that can be found in old computer hardware? I take one of those, a particularly strong one, which my BF and his relatives found for me once during the advent of their metal detecting hobby. Good for things like getting stuff out of hard to reach places or determining the material of something, though I’m told it’s not so good for those who have put their phone or credit card too close to my baggage. I even once took a toy out of a grocery store toy machine this way (screw the rigged crane, especially when you have a kid who just went through a tragedy).
Does it cause any issues with airport security?
I’m not sure. I’ve never tested that out. Though I’ve heard that even just being made of metal risks extra vetting at the airport.
A roll of ‘for rectal use only’ stickers.
Ooh, that does remind me. I bring wet wipes, for rectal use only.
I carry a box of assorted googly eyes. I’ll see you out there, fam.
My regular electric toothbrush instead of a travel one. I have found its just easier to just throw my toothbrush in a bag morning of then to deal with having a 2nd one for travel which is often disgusting
I used to do this before I worked in an airport. The sheer number of incidents that arise from accidentally activated vibrating things will surprise you.
My trusty bag, basically a small/medium duffel bag I can wear over my shoulder or carry. When I’ve traveled (been so long, I miss it), that holds everything. It makes travel so nice. I just carry it on the plane, shove it under my seat. One thing to worry about. No hauling luggage, no waiting for baggage claim (mostly). A single pocket for my passport. Just one bag.
Coffee making gear, so hand grinder, tiny scales, and either a tricked out picopresso or an aeropress or my wave dripper. I pick based on what sort of coffee beans I am expecting to be able to pick up where I go.
Get yourself a small hotplate and a moka pot if you like thick coffee. Add a milk frother and your choice of milk (I like oat milk in coffee), and sweeten with brown sugar and top with cinnamon.
It is heaven.
I use a foldable cone, and a dual voltage kettle. I’m thinking of adding a vial of electrolytes and minerals to add to distilled water. Many places I travel have absolutely terrible water, and water makes a big difference!
I have a weed grinder in my wallet. It’s one of those card-sized, flat, cheese-grater ones.
Alcohol gel, pack of tissues, steam deck with vpn connection to my home server. Next time I’ll be bringing a travel router to test WFH 😉
I have been messing around with a raspi and nmcli to create a WAP out of it. Runs WireGuard back home. Win win.
Those gl-inet routers are really handy. Great if you have a bunch of wireless devices too, login to the hotel wifi with one device, spoof on the router that device’s MAC, then you have “one” device hooked up to the hotel wifi… And everything else connects to a pre setup wifi network and you don’t have to login on all of them.
Liquid bandages?
I didn’t realize liquid got injured enough to have a product like this.
Yeah, they’re like bandages, only liquid.
