Space-saving gadgets, TSA-friendly beauty products, and other lightweight, innovative gear to take on your summer vacation.
1. Plug and PlayTravel smart with the Away carry-on with built-in USB port ($225; awaytravel.com) and the Bravo luggage-tracker tag ($30; thetrackr.com). Photographs by Laura Metzler.
2-3. The leather Tech Dopp Kit 2 takes the tangle out of cords; $219 at thisisground.com. An IonBank 5K battery has a compartment with Lightning and USB cables; $80 at moshi.com.
3. At nine ounces, the wireless, noise-canceling Beoplay H8 headphones are lighter than most; $500 at beoplay.com.
4. JBL’s rugged Charge 3 speaker can play your music for up to 20 hours; $150 at jbl.com.
5. Plug the GL-MT300A mini-router into an ethernet or connect to hotel wi-fi to enable your wireless devices; $32 at gl-inet.com.
6. Beautycounter’s Protect Stick Sunscreen eliminates another liquid in your carry-on; $18 for face stick, $34 for body stick at beautycounter.com.
7. Unlike other solar panels, the slim Solartab comes with a power bank so you can charge devices even on a rainy day; $100 at mysolartab.com.
8. With a Gotenna, you don’t need wi-fi or cell service to text a Gotenna-equipped companion; $150 a pair at gotenna.com.
9. Starck’s sunglasses are hard to snap or crush, no matter where you stuff them; $410 at Voorthuis Opticians.
10. Compressed Towel Tablets unfurl when wetted into a thick wipe; $5 at prospectorco.com.
11. The Luna Play Plus skin-cleansing brush uses sonic pulses to gently scrub away the grime of travel; $50 at foreo.com.
12. Mophie’s Juice Pack Air smartphone case doubles battery life with the flip of a switch and provides high-impact protection; $99.95 at mophie.com.
13. SU:M37’s Miracle Rose Cleansing Stick won’t need to go through airport security in a Ziploc; $28 at sokoglam.com.
15. The silicone-bristled Issa electric toothbrush is charged with a USB cord; $200 at foreo.com.
This article appears in the June 2017 issue of Washingtonian.
Hayley is an Associate Editor at Washingtonian Weddings. Previously she was the the Style Editor at The Local Palate, a Southern food culture magazine based out of Charleston, South Carolina. You can follow her on instagram @wandertaste.
