Auto Moto Gadgets

Imagine sitting in your car after driving for a couple of hundred miles… and getting a nice massage. Unfortunately, our better halves aren’t always willing to do that.

But there’s an alternative (although it might not be as pleasant): the USB/In-Car Massager. It draws power from the cigarette socket and is fully controlled with the included remote. The massager offers 4 modes: kneading, tapping, shiatsu and rolling, and three rhythms and speeds: high, medium and low, so anyone should be able to find an appropriate combination to suit him/herself.

And, as a bonus, when you’re done with driving you can just take it upstairs, plug it into your USB and enjoy a nice massage while clicking away at your computer.

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If you travel for a longer while, especially if you have kids, the car tends to become a small hurricane site, with things all over the place. The car never has enough storage space, so something like the Swing Away Driver Pouch should be considered by any good planner.

This seven-pocket tote can be hung behind the front seat headrest and can hold items from CDs and DVDs to chocolate bars, making sure neither get sat or stepped on. It’s also a good spot for your mobile phone – you might not hear it because of the road noise, but if it’s right in front of you and it lights up, it’s difficult to miss. The strap can be used to attach it to the headrest, but also as a shoulder strap for easy transport to and from the car.

No matter how many shiny gadgets your car is equipped with, sometimes the most basic things spell trouble. Such as a bad spare tire. A GPS can’t inflate tires or patch them, unfortunately. But if you use Check-A-Spare regularly you can make sure your spare tires are always properly inflated and ready to use in case of a problem.

The Check-A-Spare is a tool for the lazy: you attach it to your spare tire, extending the valve, and you check the pressure without removing the tire. You can attach any regular valve cap to the end of the hose, and if your spare is low you just connect the air hose to the Check-A-Spare valve.

All you need to worry about is actually remembering to do this…

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If you have to drive a longer distance at night, you are bound to run into people who don’t give a damn about other cars and won’t dim their lights. Although it’s usually harmless, ocassionaly it can result in accidents, so if you’re in the “better safe than sorry” crowd you could try out something like the Anti-Glare LED Visor.
(the link is a Google translate of the original German website).

The LED panel attaches to your sun visor and softly illuminates the inside of the car at night, thus causing your eyes to stay adapted to light. Your pupils will shrink slightly, so you’ll have less of a problem with bright incoming lights. The brightness can be manually adjusted until you are comfortable enough or you can just use a set of ambient light sensors.

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