Shiny Stuff for Backpackers

Recently, I was asked to run a profile on www.thisnext.com’s Summer Getaway Guide, and give some recommends for backpackery type items that would come in handy on the road. Since I’m such a good egg, I agreed. And no, of course the chance of gaining a bit of extra publicity for Ubertramp.com didn’t even enter my mind.

In simple terms, I was asked to have a scoot around the site and look for shiny objects that, if I were to put my hand in my pocket, would consider purchasing and taking on one of my trips.

Now, I’m personally not on the verge of blowing the dust off my credit card and placing an order as, to me, it’s a wish list – the kind of stuff that would be lovely to receive at Christmas if planning to fly to far off lands soon afterwards.

Oh, one more thing, this ISN’T a sales pitch. I get no backhanders from it, no commission, or anything of the sort. It’s not an advert, I just thought I’d share this list of shiny and (semi) useful things with you lot, because I’m nice like that…and clearly too idle to write a separate and different post on Ubertramp. The phrase ‘2 birds and one stone’ comes to mind.

Anyway, without further ado, here’s the list I forwarded. Read more