Home may be where the heart is, but when it comes to finding the best smart luggage and connected travel technology. it’s now incredibly simple to bring interconnected devices with you, wherever you go.
More than ever, the ability to combine small and smart is providing the opportunity to make some amazing smart luggage your travel partner of choice, whether journeying for work, rest, or play.
The Best Smart Luggage and Smart Devices for Travel
The best smart luggage and travel packing options are bringing together wireless connected technology with the everyday practicalities that we’re always looking for when we’re on the road, at the airport, or checking in to that distant hotel.
In this part of our guide, we’ve taken a look at the very best smart luggage solutions for making your trip as smooth as possible.
Bluesmart Carry-On Smart Luggage
The smart luggage carry-on that does it all, the Bluesmart One is an intelligent suitcase looking to redefine the way you think about luggage.
A truly smart luggage device packed full of intelligent, interconnected and airport anxiety-saving features, the Bluesmart utilizes Bluetooth and allows you to locate and track its location, remotely lock the case and check the weight of what you’ve packed, all through your smartphone.
With a built-in digital scale, simply picking up the Bluesmart by the handle provides you with an instant weight readout on the app – incredibly useful at helping ensure you never go over a weight restriction again.
The Bluesmart also offers a charging dock, with two USB ports which are built into the case itself, allowing you to power your phone up to six times from a charge – I mean seriously, think of the times this would help when one of your devices is in desperate need of juice but there’s not a free outlet to be found in the airport.
An integrated digital lock is controlled via your smartphone or device and allows you to access your smart luggage with ease, while a proximity sensor automatically locks the case when you’re separated.
And what if you do get separated (like, 2000 miles separated)? Well, this is where the Bluesmart comes into its own. Internal tracking sensors will keep you updated with the exact location of your valuables, displaying the coordinates on a map within the app.
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Smart-Unit Anti-Theft Luggage Tracker
If you like some of the security ideas of the Bluesmart but already own a case that suits you just fine, the Smart-Unit Luggage Tracker could be just what you’re looking for.
A pocket-sized device with built-in GPS and Bluetooth, the Smart-Unit fits discretely in your case and provides 24/7 information on the location of your luggage wherever it winds up.
Using a companion app on your smartphone, the Smart-Unit allows you to track and locate it at the touch of a screen.
If the Smart-Unit (and your luggage) are out of range, the device will send you an alert to let you know.
Similarly, if someone tries to open the luggage, not only will the Smart-Unit let you know, but it will also sound an alert to deter the would-be bag intruder.
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Wistiki Voila
When you’re out and about, keeping an eye on travel valuables such as wallet, phone and camera can be a challenge.
Take the thinking out of securing your possessions with the Wistiki range, a family of small GPS trackers designed for convenience, connectivity and portable peace of mind.
Featuring a system known as ‘Virtual Leash’, the Wistiki devices will give an alert when a connected item gets too far away from you.
When paired with the app, Wistiki allows you to simply ‘call’ the item you’ve lost to locate it with ease.
The Wistiki range of pocket-sized trackers is growing. For keys and similar objects, check out the Wistiki Voila. For wallet related security measures, try the Wistiki Hopla on for size.
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Ogon RFID Stockholm V2.0 Aluminum Wallet Card Case
A super smart, code encrypted wallet, the Mini Safe acts as a shield to both the physical and invisible threats to your wallet contents.
As well as protecting your cards from harmful magnetic waves, the Mini Safe also protect from RFID threats, meaning it will help stop hackers increasingly attempting to access your ID through your pocket.
What makes the Mini Safe even smarter though is the ability to connect to your phone, allowing you to track and monitor your wallet as well as a feature which lets you know when it’s strayed from your pocket.
And what about if an old-school thief picks your pocket? No worries here either, the Mini Safe Wallet has a physical line of defense in the form of a combination lock meaning it’s always on lockdown until you need to access your money.
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Tile Mate and Slim Combo Pack
One of those little annoyances of modern living has to be when something you’re looking for goes missing.
Whether it’s a set of keys, an elusive phone or your wallet, the important stuff we keep in our pockets always seems to have that habit of ending up somewhere it shouldn’t, right when you need it most – no more so than when you’re packing for a trip or already travelling
This is where the simple genius of the Tile family of smart trackers come into play.
The Tile Mate and Slim are both tiny Bluetooth trackers for keeping an eye on your wallet and pocket valuables, wherever they wind up.
With a slimline design (the thickness of two credit cards) made for fitting perfectly into a wallet or pocket, the Tile Slim is made to be placed wherever it’s needed, without being obtrusive and noticeable when it’s not.
Tile Slim is a discrete way of tracking your things and works by connecting to your phone through a companion app and letting you know where your wallet has wandered to at the tap of a screen.
The Tile Mate works in the same way as it’s slimline sibling but incorporates useful holes for looping onto drawstrings, bags, keys, and those bits of travel gear and luggage that are perfectly suited to attaching things in this way.
We’ve all had that moment where you need to grab your wallet, find your passport, or locate that missing item before rushing out the door but just can’t find it. With the Tile Slim and Mate devices, simply tap the screen on the app and the relevant Tile will ring, revealing the hiding place of your missing valuables – Under the bed or in that jacket you never wear anymore.
If your wallet has been left further afield though, the Tile smart trackers get really smart.
Firstly, the system will ‘remember’ where you were when it was last able to connect to the device from your phone.
If this doesn’t throw up any clues, the app will anonymously enlist the help of other Tile users who come near your Tile (and of course, wallet) and will let you know exactly where it is when this happens. If your wallet gets left under your seat on the bus for example, as soon as another Tile user gets on the bus, the app will let you know it’s found your possessions.
The Tile Slim is thin enough for multiple applications outside of pockets as well, and combined with the Tile Mate smart trackers, you can use this set to simply attach to any valuables and be sure that your things will always be found without adding extra weight into the equation.
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