The holiday and gift buying season is upon us once again, which means you will probably be thinking about what you could get the people in your life. It is hard to choose the right gifts, don’t you think? You want to get something that will be practical, but also something they will really like. For those who love travelling in your life, there is a plethora of different high-tech gifts you can buy them. DotCom Magazine are happy to make the job of choosing between these a little bit easier by introducing what we feel are the top 5 best travel gadgets for tech lovers.
Samsung Gear IconX
Travelling is best done with a soundtrack, don’t you think? For anyone who wants headphones that are compact, The Samsung Gear IconX are ideal. TAs well as being great earphones in their own right, they can actually be used as a music player, thanks to the internal memory storage of 4GB. If the person you’re buying for loves to keep fit and monitor their progress, they will appreciate the fitness tracker that is also built into the earphones too. It detects whether you are jogging or walking and logs the calories you’ve burned, the distance you’ve walked and the time you’ve taken.
Weatherman’s Collapsible Umbrella
Anyone who travels a lot should always take an umbrella along with them. However, umbrellas are very easy to misplace or leave behind. That’s why the Weatherman’s Collapsible Umbrella is a good option. It uses Bluetooth tech to connect to your phone to keep it safe. They are designed to be durable and will withstand winds of speeds up to 55mph.
DJI Osmo Mobile 2
If you know of someone who loves to take pictures or shoot videos using their smartphone, but hate the shakiness that often comes with filming in that way, DJI may have the solution you need. The DJI Osmo Mobile 2 is a gimbal that helps with stabilizing smartphones to produce professional and ultra-smooth video and provides the user with functions such as controllable zoom, Active Track and motion lapse.
GoPro Hero7 Black
GoPro have for a long time, been the go-to action camera for the traveler who likes to track their adventures. Along with the 8 times slo-mo captures and 12MP photo resolution, the newer models are designed to shoot 4K quality videos with stabilization similar to what can be achieved with a gimbal and are able to stream. There are also a bunch of accessories that can improve the use of this camera.
Sony a9
If you are interested in having a camera that is like a traditional camera with all the features of modern pieces of tech, look no further than the Sony a9. The full-frame 35mm 24.2MP has image stabilization of up to 5-axis, ISO that can be expanded to 204800, maximum of 1/32000 seconds shutter speed, 20fps high-speed shooting and an CMOS sensor. There really is nothing else like it available.