What's up, guys.
I'm Kristin, and welcome to, "Be My Travel Muse."
Today, we're going to talk about, "What is in my electronics bag?"
I've been traveling the world for the last five years now, and I've always prided myself
on being quite the minimalist with my packing.
For two full years, I traveled carry-on only.
Those were the glory days.
Those days are, unfortunately, behind me.
Today, I'm going to be showing you what exactly goes into my electronics bag and how I pack
it so that I can make sure it all stays safe and gets with me to my end destination.
So when I'm packing my carry-on bag for a flight, I like to use this guy.
This is a Pacsafe bag, and Pacsafe is one of my favorite brands for my travel gear because
it is made to be theft proof.
This bag has features that make it much harder to steal my stuff and my personal data.
First of all, this compartment here is great for my camera and my various lenses that I
have.
At this point, I have two cameras and five lenses.
But I'm usually only traveling with one camera and three lenses.
So this has ample space for all of that.
I also really like that up here, it has individual little storage pouches for each of my SD cards
and my batteries.
Another very nice feature about this bag is that the zippers can be clipped into place.
One other very important feature is the RFID blocking technology that this guy has.
My passport and my wallet go in here when I'm traveling.
So it's very nice to be able to not only lock this pouch, but also to know that if someone
accidentally bumps into me with a scanner to try to get my information, they will not
be successful.
Basically, I am, like, the most annoying person, possibly, to rob.
That is how you keep your stuff safe when you're traveling on the road.
That bag is perfect for if I'm just bringing my camera gear and my computer along.
But sometimes, I also want to bring along my drone and my underwater gear if I'm going
somewhere fun and tropical, where I need to get a variety of shots.
In that case, I bring this guy along with me.
This is a new bag that I got recently, and what I really love about it is that you have
this compartment back here where you can stick your computer, and then this is on my back.
So people, basically, cannot get into here to steal my computer when I'm wearing my bag.
Second of all, when I'm going through airport security, its way easier just to unzip this
back portion and pull out my laptop.
So I don't have to dig through the whole thing to find it.
This bag also has a clip so that I can lock up the zippers, and it's got these nice waist
straps so that I can distribute the weight.
Because this thing, with all of my gear in it, gets heavy.
So let's have a seat and I will show you all of my camera gear, and how I pack it for travel.
All right, hold everything.
This just arrived.
I mean, I fold my address label off, but the mailman just brought this package which I've
been expecting.
So this is also going to be an unboxing video now.
What could be inside?
I actually never watched an unboxing video, I don't know how they go, but I assume that
someone just opens up a box and slowly takes things out and goes, "Ouuu, ah, here we go."
I have been wanting to get another lens so that I could do those cool photos where it
kinda looks like one thing is in focus, and then everything else is blurred, and just
to get kinda a new perspective other than this wide-angle lens that I'm always using.
So I'm opening my box.
Instructions, I'm not gonna read.
A piece of cardboard.
Wow, this thing is kinda big.
And Voila.
So, and it's wrapped in more stuff.
Oh, this is a heavy lens, but the reason why is because it's made with metal and high-quality
glass, it's beautiful.
This is so cool.
All right, that is my new lens.
So this is a fixed lens and its 35 millimeters.
I'm not sure what this little ring does, maybe this is just the focus aperture...this is
the aperture, it has an aperture ring.
I've never seen that on a lens before, but I've ever had a fixed lens before.
So yeah, this is exciting.
My new lens, yay.
Check it out, see how it looks.
Check it out.
Looks pretty good, huh?
I say we do the rest of the video using this new lens...
New toy.
Right.
So this is basically all of the tech gear that I bring along with me when I am traveling.
And again, it depends on where exactly I'm going.
If I'm going to a national park, for example, I don't I'll bring my drone along because
it's not allowed to fly it there.
And if I'm not going to somewhere that has water, I don't need to bring this dome along
with me.
My next big trip is to Mexico and I have to bring all of this stuff with me.
So let's zoom in real quick, I'll show you what I have and then I will show you how I
make sure that it all goes into the bag, safe and sound.
Okay.
So this is my electronic gear and this is the GoPro 4.
I know that the six is out now, but I can't keep up, so I have this one that I got a couple
of years ago.
And this is the dome, and I use this to get these half above, half underwater shots that
you see on my Instagram.
And to keep it safe, I have a very scientific method.
This is one of the free shower caps that you get in hotel rooms.
So this doesn't always come with me, obviously, it only makes sense if there's water.
But when it is, this is really cool stuff to have along.
This is my wide-angle lens, and this is what I use most of the time to film and shoot with.
This is my external hard drive.
This is pretty important because you don't always have a strong enough internet connection
to back up your files, so this has one terabyte of space.
This is really important as well, it is an adapter, and it's got enough spaces to plug
in four different USB ports, and it also works with just about any electronic around the
world.
At this point, I have plugs from the US and plugs from Europe since I live in Germany
now.
So I need, actually, an adapter with a lot of options.
These are filters, these help me get that long exposure shots.
And I like to bring this along for iPhone photography.
This is a wide-angle lens and I can just clip it on and get some kind of cool Instagram
stories.
Or if I really don't want to bring my camera along, this guy works pretty well for capturing
photos.
This helps me to clean the sensor on my camera.
This is a telephoto lens.
This is really good for wildlife photography or things that are far away.
It can also be kinda cool for portrait shots just like the lens that we have right now.
This is an external battery so that I can keep charged if I am out hiking, or if I am
on a long bus ride or something like that.
This is my iPad.
This doesn't always come along with me, but I do really like to have it along with its
attached keyboard to do some typing when I'm on flights, if I find that it is a more ergonomic
setup, since I can detach this.
So that's really nice to have along.
Oh, my drone, this is one of my favorite toys.
What I really like about this drone is that I can fold out the arms.
I usually have extra batteries along too because when I'm out hiking, it does add a lot of
extra weight.
But each battery is only good for about 20 minutes, and I can't usually recharge when
I am out on the move.
This is my Kindle.
This is probably one of the most important essential items to come along with me.
I do a lot of reading, so I've got a ton of books on here.
And what I love about it is that even though I've got all these books, I don't have a lot
of weight, so this is a nice little item.
I use this to organize all of the cords and chargers that I have, because at this point,
with all of this stuff, I do have a lot.
So for a while, I was just kinda stuffing everything in there, and then I realized it's
way better off in something like this.
This was super cheap.
This thing...this is my solar charger, as you can see, it's quite dirty.
But I use this when I'm on long hikes.
It does add some weight but it keeps my camera charged up.
And that, for me, is invaluable.
And I can use these little USB ports to keep stuff charged.
And of course, the only thing, other than my passport, to come with me to every country
I've been to is my computer.
I used to have a MacBook Air which is in here, but now I travel with the MacBook Pro, and
that's so that I can have the higher power and editing software for making videos like
this one.
So let's get all of this packed into my backpack and ready to go.
So in the back here, I like to put my drone because, usually, when I go through security,
they do wanna see what that thing is all about.
And my computer, of course.
And then at the top here, I've got a little bit of space.
So I'm just going to put my lenses, keep them nice and safe in there.
And now, the friends.
Because I want to access it easily, I'm going to put my phone in here, as well as my Kindle.
And because I like to be able to just grab it for easy typing on the flight, I'll put
my iPad in here, too.
Okay.
So now for the inside compartment.
This is basically where all the rest of the other stuff goes.
So in here, it looks kind of like a clamped shell the way that I have it now.
We have this little pouch and then this inside area.
The bottom of it here has the drone and the camera stuff.
So in the top here, I'm going to just put all of the extras that don't need as much protection
And then in the very top, the dome.
And now, I am pretty much good to go.
So that is what is in my electronics backpack.
Yes, I do often have the tripod that this camera is on right now, and I can just strap
that to the back here.
Or I'll put it in my checked luggage because sometimes, they don't really like you bringing
tripods through security.
I did have a problem once, but in the end, they let me take it on.
That would have been sad if I couldn't because that's not a cheap tripod.
Also, obviously, I have my camera.
But usually, I hand-hold my camera because sometimes I like to film when I am boarding
the plane, or when I exit.
If you are having a weight problem with your bag, take out the things that are not valuable,
like the chargers or the batteries and put them in your checked luggage, and then your
expensive electronics can stay with you on board.
And yeah, big surprise, I've got more in here than I usually bring as far as clothing, toiletries
and shoes, and my makeup, and my jewelry.
Everything combined, I have more electronics than I do other stuff.
So yeah, that is the life of a travel blogger.
I hope that you guys liked this video.
If so, give it a thumbs up and let me know in the comments below what kinda tutorials
you want to see next.
Or if you have any packing wisdom to share, I am all ears.
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