Admit it: our daily routines in this day and age requires a handful of technology and accessories not only to accompany personally but make our work a lot easier and convenient. Your smartphone, laptop, earphones, powerbank, smartwatch, etc. may in fact, be a part of your day-to-day. But surely there are a few tech accessories that claims a spot in your carry on.

With a lot of tech accessories in the market, it can be pretty overwhelming deciding on what items you actually need and which ones really do make your daily routine a lot simpler. To give you an idea on what items you ought to get your hands on, here are our top five picks:

Portable Cord

If you have multiple gadgets at hand that you often need to juice up or connect to your laptop, a portable cord would easily solve your multiple chargers issue. As of this writing, we have Lighting cable for iOS, Micro USB for Android, and USB-C for your other gadgets. Carrying all these cables around, add to that your earphones, in your bag can be a twisted mess.

A portable cord that is comes with all three plugs can be a lifesaver. No need to run around the living room then to the bedroom looking for your cables, you can just pick this one up and go. It’s perfect for when you’re traveling as well.

Cable Organizers

If you have other cords for other gadgets plus your portable one and your earphones, you can never be truly safe from tangles, which is why it’s better to take control of this and prevent any tangling from happening and the solution—cable organizers. Get your cables organized in a few seconds and never take out a tangled mess of cables from your bag ever again.

A Backup Drive

Have you experienced your smartphone or laptop meeting the blue or black screen of death? Or any other issues that needs complete rebooting—cleaning out all your files? We’ve all experienced this one way or another and it is not very pleasing. Imagine all your treasured photos, videos, and other important files suddenly wiped out in an instant.

This is why it’s important to always backup your files for such instances. Invest in a reliable backup drive that holds a great amount of storage to safekeep your files.

An E-reader

There’s still no feeling like holding a physical book and turning the pages. However, bringing a number of books with you when you travel can take a lot of weight and space. This is especially impractical if you only have a carry on.

E-readers solve this issue—it can house hundreds of books that you can take anywhere with you. If you’re wary of how it could affect your sight, no worries as it runs in e-ink display which almost feels like a normal book only on a screen display.

A Flash Drive

Sure, Google Drive and Dropbox, and other cloud services options out there can serve you right. However, transferring a large file from your to another cannot be accommodate by these services. Having a flash drive at hand is still a great way not only for transferring files from one computer to another but also for small file backups.

What are your must-have tech accessories? Share it with us!

About the author: When she couldn’t be found eating pizza or indulging on sweets, Chie writes for Zapals — a global shopping site that sells anything and everything you need under the sun.