Independently tested travel tech

Gear that survives the trip. Not just the product page.

We buy the chargers, routers, and travel tech with our own money, run them at sustained load, and publish the numbers the manufacturer left out.

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The protocol
14+
products on the bench
30:00
sustained load, no breaks
23°C
controlled ambient
$0
paid reviews, ever

One laptop, one phone, one outlet that may or may not be grounded. We test the way you travel, then write the guide we wish we’d had before the airport.

The map

Five ways a trip breaks. Five silos that fix it.

Every recommendation lives in one lane, because a nomad’s logistics fail in exactly these places.

Fresh from the bench

New data, not new press releases.

The chain, not the gadget

A charger fixes power. The rest of the chain needs its own tools.

Connectivity

Stay online when Wi-Fi fails

Data-only eSIMs that activate in two minutes, compared across 190+ countries. The backup plan for every router in our guides.

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Security

Secure the connection you find

Café Wi-Fi is shared Wi-Fi. Our VPN-on-router guides cover the setup most travelers skip.

Read the VPN setup