Air Travel Survival Gear

This top tech will help you pull through any brutal summer vacation layover—except one in Detroit.


BUZZ KILLERS
Sony MDR-NC300D Noise-Canceling Earbuds
These ‘phones use artificial intelligence to select the ideal cancellation mode based on your environment, then provide 98.4 percent ambient noise reduction. You’ll sleep right through the flight attendant screaming at you to take them out. What?
$300, sonystyle.com


POWER BOOK
MSI Wind U160 Netbook
It’s less than an inch thick, weighs 2.2 pounds, and Interwebs hella fast. But the MSI Wind U160 netbook’s best trait is its 15-hour battery. Miss the flight? Console yourself with Girls Gone Wild’s whole catalog.
$430, msimobile.com


JUICE BOOST
MiLi Power Skin
Your biggest knock on the iPhone (besides the dropped calls)? The fact that it dies every time you play 17 too many rounds of FIFA 10. Enter the MiLi Power Skin, the thinnest external battery on the market, which quite simply doubles your phone’s life. Go-o-o-o-al!
$70, iphonemili.com


JAVA JOCKEY
Tugo Drink Holder
While you careen hands-full through Terminal C in an attempt to make your flight, the Tugo drink holder will keep your venti half-caff safely suspended between the extended handles of your wheely bag. A definite conversation starter, especially if you’re looking to pick up platinum medallion-class business ladies.
$10, goodtugo.com


SHRED PROTECTOR
SOMA AirBag
De-stress your surfboard transport with the SOMA AirBag, a tough inflatable sleeve that lets you stash your stick in a nearly unbreakable cocoon for cross-country flights. Better yet, it blows up in less than five minutes, leaving plenty of lung capacity to inhale, Spicoli.
$170–$220, airbagdesigns.com


WI-FINDER
Wi-fi Detector Shirt
Can’t promise it’ll get you laid, but you’ll find the airport’s sweetest surfing spot with the Wi-Fi Detector Shirt. Running off three AAAs, it proudly displays signal strength wherever you go. Hope it’s strongest near Cinnabon!
$20, thinkgeek.com


STRONG WORDS
That's Mine Luggage Tag
Most luggage tags appear destined to get destroyed. Not so the Dynomighty Design That’s Mine label. Made from a single sheet of burly Tyvek fabric, it’s practically indestructible. In other words, it’ll last a lot longer than your Hello Kitty matched set.
$10, conranusa.com