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Flashpacker Guide to Packing a Laptop Backpack With Travel Gadgets

By Kathleen Crislip, About.com

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8 - Vibrating, Mutli-Feature, Buzzing Travel Alarm

Vibrating Pillow Travel Alarm CLock - Vibrating Buzzing Travel Alarm

Shake Me, Wake Me

Students are notoriously sleep deprived -- student travelers, in particular, tend to run up a major sleep debt. Pay it later -- wake up and smell the espresso now with a vibrating travel alarm. Yep, you could use your phone's alarm -- but a clock is kinda nice and packing one of these in your laptop backpack means the whole pack vibrates when the alarm activates -- or tuck the alarm into your pillowcase and wake up without shrilling dormmates awake. Slip it in a cargo pocket on a train or plane ride and your wakeup call won't disturb seatmates, either.

Vibrating Pillow Travel Alarm

Dual alarm -- vibrates *and* rings, or choose one function only. Takes two AAA batteries and comes with a leather bag.

Let's move on to packing the exterior of your laptop backpack...

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