Curated picks

Best Tech for Travelers

Compact, durable, long-lasting tech that survives a backpack, an airplane seat, and a hotel outlet that's the wrong continent.

Best travel headphones

Headphones

Audeze

Audeze LCD-5

Planar magnetic

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Best travel earbuds

Earbuds

Apple

AirPods Pro 4

H3 · Adaptive ANC · Real-time translation

Also worth a look

Best ultraportable

Laptops

Apple

MacBook Air 15" (M4)

M4 · 15.3″ · Fanless · $1,199

Also worth a look

Best travel phone

Smartphones

Xiaomi

Xiaomi 15 Ultra

Snapdragon 8 Elite · Leica · 1-inch sensor

Also worth a look

Best travel camera

Cameras

Sony

Sony α1 II

Stacked 50MP · 30fps · Pre-capture

Also worth a look

Best travel tablet

Tablets

Apple

iPad Pro M5 13″

M5 · Tandem OLED · 5G mmWave

Also worth a look

Best travel smartwatch

Smartwatches

Amazfit

Amazfit T-Rex 3

AMOLED · 27-day battery · Multi-band GPS

Also worth a look

Best travel drone

Drones

DJI

DJI Mini 4 Pro

Sub-250 g · 4K60 HDR · 34 min

Also worth a look

Frequently asked

What's the best travel laptop? +

MacBook Air 13 M4 for raw battery + perf-per-watt. ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 13 is lighter and Linux-certified.

ANC headphones or earbuds for flying? +

Headphones (Bose QC Ultra 2, Sony XM6) win on noise cancellation depth. Earbuds (AirPods Pro 3, WF-1000XM6) win on packability.

Is a travel drone worth bringing? +

DJI Mini 4 Pro is the sweet spot — under 250g doesn't need FAA registration, fits in a jacket pocket, and shoots 4K HDR.

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