Are you carrying too many gadgets?
Is it just me or are we all becoming great big gadget whores?
As I sit writing this on my laptop on the train to Cardiff for a 4 day trip I reached into my bag for some sweets an realised all I had in the bag was gadgets. On top of the Acer laptop (£320) I had my Creative Vision W (£200), My Nokia 6680 (£200ish) My Fuji FinePix Compact Digital Camera (£200) My PSP (£200) plus games. With all the chargers, headphones and other bits and bobs it is now not unusual for me to bring my backpack, as a gadget bag on trips along with a separate bag for my clothes and toiletries.
I don’t really know where I’m going with this but all I know is that I now regularly carry with me on overnight trips over £1000 in ‘portable gadgets’ which fill a backpack and which weigh a substantial amount. Don’t get me wrong it doesn’t really bother me I mean its my choice to buy these items and my choice to carry them with me almost everywhere I go but I just dawned on me when at the point of packing I thought I was travelling light by not bringing my Digital SLR camera and the kit that goes along with it which would have easily increased my total to well in excess of £2000. Is this too much stuff?
I’m interested does everyone else carry this many gadgets or am I just some strange gadget obsessive. While you all ponder that thought I’m gong to get back to reading my stuff magazine and see what else I can cram in my backpack…
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