A few of the advantages of traveling light
Links further down lists more.

Drawbacks of Traveling Ultra Compact

Unsolved and solved Ultra Compact Travel problems.
  Any MacGyver, "the makeshift gadget god", types out there?

Check the weather along your planned route!


Links to my travel pages

 

Seven trips, 10 months in 14 countries.
India, Ethiopia, Albania, Macedonia, Montenegro, Croatia, Serbia, Ukraine, France, Dubai, Yemen, Djibouti, Madagascar.

From tropical climate down to some 10 C, 50 F.


  Traveling super light, without a bag. A bold experiment?

   My trip with all the gear in a multi pocket vest - no bag.

 

What is it they carry in their back packs that I don't have? 

  When I was testing my "Tropical Travel Ultra Light Gear, 250 grams. No bag!" I traveled with a friend and took the opportunity to compare some parts of our luggage. His medical kit weighed 800 grams, 29 oz, mine, 10 grams, .3 oz, two items, disinfectant and aspirin. His photo kit weighed...



Links to some related sites I liked


Baggage of nomads

Clark Wissler. A fantastic article about the luggage of nomads. When we are traveling we are "nomads". Excerpts: Man alone of all the creatures of the world carries baggage. The aboriginal natives... carry the least.  ...champion light travelers. no need for packing reserve clothing.   baggage load carried....12 pounds plus the baby ..by an Australian woman.

One Bag

  Doug Dyment, a very good site. The Art and Science of Traveling Light.  Listed advantages: Security Economy, Mobility and Serenity.


What to Pack

is very good, lots of experience behind it and lots of sound advice - I have little to add except when it comes to travel ultra compact.  Lists e g  good reasons for traveling light. Also Avoiding theft

 

 Light weight trekking

Ray Jardine. Book: Trail Life. Creative thinking! Moving this art forward! A very inspiring site, for some body into the related field of Ultra Compact Travel.

 

Packing & Traveling Light Recommendations

by Mark Veber.  A nice and extensive travel light site. Many links. List advantages of traveling light - but he doesn't suggest carrying all in the trouser pockets. 

  

Peter Cochrane's Blog

Published: Tuesday 27 September 2005.

"In my wilder moments I dream of a 'no bag' future where I travel wearing everything including all my technology in a fly fishing style jacket including all my extra clothing neatly hidden inside my top coat. The basis being that the airlines measure and weigh bags but not people. But that is something for the future."
  I think the future is here now.  If not, I think my "Unorthodox way of reducing volume of gear like camera, phone, computers etc." can make the difference.

 

The human Swiss Army Knife, Eric

"carrying permanently about his body more than 1,000 useful objects."  No bag! Sure a colleague! 

 

An-apartments-worth-of-furniture-in-a-box
 A bit related - many pieces of furniture goes into a quite small box.

What is new in wearables - Engadget

Wearables fits the concept of traveling Ultra Compact as long as they are small



To my  Skate sailing in wings, an article, which can be of common interest. Also building plans are for sale.


Top speed is around 75 mph,120 km/h.


About the author


Anders Ansar's list of Magazine Articles


To my, Anders Ansar's, home page.

Email, Postal address & Telephone number. 

All comments are welcome! Remark about the site, the content, your wishes, etc. Are there any display errors ?

Webmasters, you may include links on your site to my web pages. You are welcome to take up to three pictures and up to one hundred words to illustrate a link.


Google Sites is excellent but have some minor problems

This is a Google Site. I have some problems completely saving changes. I can't (yet) control tables widths and line spacing. And a bit more.

That said, Google Sites is excellent! I can work on home pages in Internet cafes on the road. I just open the page and edit.
Previously I needed an Internet cafe computer with MS Front Page installed. That is rare. Sometimes I managed to get it installed before I moved on. Then I had to transfer the page to a friend who put it on my homepage.


About Report 6.


If you didn't come here via the main page the other reports are at http://sites.google.com/site/travelulcomp/


Compact Electronic Gear, Camera Phone etc.


To the left is the New Gear which has half the volume of the Old Gear, right. An inch and cm tape in between.

Two important steps to get a set that is compact on the road.

A bargain if you get rid of 75% weight or volume like I did.


The first step cut the volume down to half!


The second step uses unconventional methods. Last time I got rid of some 30 %!

I found a site on Internet that helps you to find e.g. a travel camera for your needs, http://www.measy.com . "The whole process is backed by comprehensive research from the most knowledgeable experts on the Internet." Well, as far as I can tell they have, Nov 2009, completely overlooked one very, very important point.

 
And much more.


 

Content

 

·         Very good, big, camera or thin point and shoot?

·         What do I need?

·         First step toward compactness. Last time I got rid of half the volume. 

·         Standard or special cables

·         Where there are TVs there are standard cables!

·         Rechargeable battery or not

·         Camera case? No way! I have a slim pocket camera. Guess how much the volume increases with its case? 30, 60 or 100 %?

·         How I carry camera. In a breast pocket and in a way so it doesn't weigh down the pocket, which otherwise would cause the usually  very light tropical shirt to markedly hang down on camera side. Still I can take it out, hold it at suitable distance to view the LCD display and shoot without any intermediate actions.

 ·         Where I place the camera strap

·         How to take out the camera for quickest shooting

·         How to carry a slim camera/phone disguised on your chest

·         The future

·         How I reduced volume to less than half of previous gear

·         Second step towards compactness. Unorthodox way of volume reduction - makes a big difference. Last time I got rid of some 30 %!

·         From diary: Earlier examples of how I modified gear for a trip

·         I modify a PC loudspeaker set for Ultra Compact Travel  - no need to take the sound boxes with you when checking out of the hotel!

 

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Modified Nov. 27, 2009