25 best travel gadgets

Zomm Wireless Leash

£50, zomm.co.uk

Ever left a restaurant only to realise your phone isn't in your pocket? It's bad enough when you're on home turf – never mind when you're on holiday. The Zomm Wireless Leash prevents such heart-stopping scenarios, kicking up a noisy racket if it's parted from your smartphone.

Crosskase Solar 15 backpack

£140, crosskase.com
Functional and comfortable, the Crosskase rucksack stores energy via its front-facing 3 watt solar panel and comes with eight device charging adaptors. It's also water repellent, an essential given its dedicated iPad and laptop storage spaces.

Handy Cooler

US$50, amazon.com
The Handy Cooler makes plastic handheld fans feel about as effective as the breath of a kitten. Essentially a mini air conditioner, it features a water-soaked cooling filter/fan combination to battle summer sweats and banish shiny foreheads to the ether.

Eye Scope telephoto lens

£30, firebox.com
Is that a lens in your pocket or… oh wait, it is. This mini lens packs in a lot of optical grunt for its miniscule size and offers 8x the power of an standard iPhone lens by conveniently twisting and attaching onto the included case. Snap away.

Panasonic HXWA10

£225, amazon.co.uk
What better way to record your first terrifying shark encounter than with this Panasonic camcorder? It'll happily capture watery memories at depths of up to 3m for 60 mins at full HD resolution, and with 16MP stills, it's not too shabby on the imaging front either.