Slather on that sunscreen, wear that bathing suit, and pack your beverage of choice in that insulated set Snowman your. We’re going to the beach!
While I think the beach is the best place to leave your technology behind or, like Lorde did, toss your mobile device in the water, there are a few gadgets you can bring along to enhance your relaxing experience. When you head to the beach this July 4th to soak up the sun and relax, I encourage you to bring along some of my favorite gadgets.
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From a portable, waterproof device Bluetooth Speaker to listen to your beach playlist at your convenience electric fan for when it gets too hot, I’ve rounded up some of the items I’m taking to the beach this summer — and I highly recommend you do the same. Keep reading to know more.
Let’s talk tunes: This Sony speaker is my favorite to listen to at the beach, in the park, or at home in my bedroom. I’ve used it to play music at dinner parties, even with a group of 15 friends sitting around the table, and the sound is clear and powerful. It gets loud and delivers crystal clear sound. It’s also waterproof, dustproof, and rustproof, so you can splash water on it or kick sand around it without any problems. It comes with a handy little strap for maximum portability, and its 12-hour battery life will get you through a full day of water fun.
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What I also love about this speaker is the quality that Sony has packed into an affordable Bluetooth speaker that sounds great. For $130, you get a speaker that sounds way better than its price tag. For summer days at the beach, I can’t recommend the Ult Field 1 enough and look forward to playing my favorite songs on it as I lounge on the sand this season.
If the ocean breeze isn’t blowing and you’re in need of some extra cool air on your face, this mini handheld fan is about to become your best friend. My friend, who took this fan to the beach last summer to cool off, told me that she still takes the fan with her everywhere thanks to its compact size and easy portability. Even better: This isn’t just a fan, it’s also a flashlight and a power bank, so you can plug a charger into it to give your phone some extra power at the end of the day. .
The mini fan has over 50,000 ratings on Amazon, with customers praising its great design and functionality. It’s perfect for any breezy, breezy summer day, whether you’re on the beach, at a crowded outdoor concert venue, standing in a long line at an amusement park, or braving a sweaty subway ride.
If you don’t have enough room for a book in your beach bag, may I suggest a Kindle instead? I know that an e-reader is not the same as a paperback, but there are some cases where an e-reader, like the Kindle Paperwhite, simply works better than a paper book.
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The beach is one such case for a few reasons: the first is that the Kindle is waterproof and can withstand splashes of water and sand, unlike wet paperbacks. The second reason is its slim design and portability — you don’t have to choose between titles with the Kindle; Instead, take them all to the beach and make space in your beach bag. The Paperwhite offers adjustable warm lighting and a glare-free screen, so you can read e-books in direct sunlight without issue. If you have a long list of books to read this summer and are planning to read a few of them while lounging on the beach, then this Kindle can help you achieve your reading goals mine.
Hanging out on the beach all day is sure to drain the batteries of your various devices. Bring a portable charger, like this Anker PowerCore, to top them up. The PowerCore is lightweight, small enough to fit in a pocket, and has USB-A and USB-C ports. ZDNET’s Adrian Kingsley Hughes says he uses these frequently to power up his action cameras and devices on the go. While the chargers aren’t disposable, Kingsley-Hughes says he likes that they’re affordable and easy to replace if they’re lost. “If they get damaged, lost (or, as they’ve been known to do, dropped off a cliff), I won’t be out that much money,” he writes.
When thinking about the best gadgets to bring to the beach, I kept two essential things in mind: usefulness and portability. I tried to choose tech gadgets that the average person would actually use and take advantage of while they spend their day by the water. If you’re like me, and your nearest beach is a 50-minute subway ride away, you know that that beach bag you’re carrying around gets heavy quickly. I tried to choose products that lighten the burden of your beach bag or help you escape hot weather. I test and report on tech products for a living, so I’ve chosen products my colleagues and I can vouch for, many of which we’ve reviewed ourselves. .
High temperatures can drain your phone battery quickly. That’s because heat speeds up the chemical reactions in the battery. To keep my phone battery lasting longer at the beach, I like to wrap my phone in a towel and keep it out of direct sunlight. I also try to only use my phone when I need to.
There are classic beach bag essentials, like a beach towel (I like to bring one to sit on and one to dry off), sunscreen, sunglasses, water bottle, and a stocked cooler. drinks and snacks in it. I also like to bring headphones so I don’t bother my friends while listening to my favorite tunes on the water.
Other beach-friendly technology
These Nothing Ear (a) headphones have been my go-to accessory for listening on the go lately. They’re light and easy to find in my bag, and they strike a great balance between clear sound and good noise cancellation. I’ll be taking these to the beach and on road trips all summer long.
Take your battery charger to the beach — and look chic while doing it — with this Casely Power Pod. You can pair the MagSafe battery pack with your Casely phone case so the bulky battery seamlessly connects to your phone and doesn’t look like a brick.
