living the best #consultantlife -a series

After spending 6+ months on the road traveling Monday - Thursday or Monday - Friday, I've been slowly tweaking my kit and how I do things to make things easier on the road.  So I'd like to share my tips and tricks, but I'd love to hear other people's.


I'll break it into the following topics:
1. Gear
2. Travel
3. Food and Drink
4. Fitness
5. Misc

Finsix Dart- a product review

I recently picked up a Finsix Dart from Massdrop because I've got 3 laptops and travel a bit for work and pleasure. I remember seeing the IndieGoGo campaign but I missed out on it.  Seeing it was at a decent price at Massdrop, I picked it up.  Bottomline there are some pluses and minuses but check their website to see your if your laptop is compatible.

Pros

• One of the things Finsix says is the charger as small. It really is small. It's the size of a USB cigarette light power adapter.
• It has a USB port on it. I'm really surprised more laptop power bricks don't have one. It makes it easy to charge a phone or battery pack. It is a 2v USB port so it'll charge at the same speed as an iPhone or iPad charger. 
• It's really easy to use, after all it's a laptop power brick so it better be easy to use. 

Con

• It's not able to power one of my laptops that has a power draw of > 65w. This was my primary reason for the purchase. 

Con(but not for me)

• Doesn't work with Apple products.