Clothes...?  Well, gear's gotta go into something.  And Scottevest delivers gear-carrying, all-in-one clothes.  You won't understand comfort until you pack these pockets with almost everything - and still feel like you can move.  And you won't really understand comfort until you doff the gear and don a caftan from Gotta-Wear-It.  Pure heaven in fabric form.

Brother's amazing printer, the MPrint MW-140BT, can fit in your hand or slip into a back pocket.  It's ideal for the travelling toolkit, but best suited for emergency printing.  For humans to read them, you'll need to prepare a stack of releases and deal memos in 24 point or larger.  But when you need them, nothing else can deliver like this.  Not the greatest rating because size does matter and there can be too little of a good thing  But all the kudos for those moments when you absolutely, positively need to put it in writing.

Hear, hear....  Good sound in very nice packages.  From the tiny to the large, these headset deliver.  Quality, sound, design.  If I had to pick just one to take on location, I'd distract everyone and take them both.  They're that good at what they do.  Good enough for three reels out of four.

Yes, that's a scanner!  It's one of the smallest, and a member of an elite group of road warriers.  They may be small, but these scanners deliver.  Quality scans, catagorized receipts, even scans from a book or off the wall.  These are top of the line experts, each with a different take on perfection.  The hardest part is choosing which to put in the toolkit.

I'm always looking for a little picture-taker to shove in my pocket, something small enough to ignore, but a whole lot better than the Etch-a-Sketch disaster that comes with my cellphone.  I use real cameras, too, but save those hefty beasts for more serious times.  Trouble with the little ones is that they're fragile and their picture quality, pixels be damned, is never quite good enough.

Yet again, the universe has proven me wrong.  Hoorah!

I’ve always loved the idea of Bluetooth headsets.  The IDEA.  They’re a winning concept, for sure.  No cords to tie me down, not even the need to keep a phone right at hand.  Most look fairly good, too, in a utilitarian sort of way.  But honing the sound of things has proven to be far more elusive.  Until now.

Welcome the Plantronics Discovery 975.  This is a headset to conjure with.

It’s comfortable to wear, makes (and holds) quick, foolproof connections to my cellphone and virtually eliminates wind and background noise.  And the audio - in and out - is simply great.

As much a medical necessity as an on-set tool, The Stress Eraser is literally a life-saver.  Silent, small, private and able to make a whole room of Type-A personalities slow down and smile.  Not inexpensive, but every department head gets one anyway.  With tension gone, everything runs smoother and faster.  Four reels and a whole room of happy faces. 

On the road again, three channels to watch and, for sure, nothing's on TV.  No more.  Now you can bring your viewing habits with you.  All it takes is an internet connection and PCTV from Pinnacle.

The Samsung DualView TL225 pocket camera is a sweet piece of technology.  A tough tool with the heart of a toy, this may just be the perfect camera for your life on set and off.  After all, where is it written that filmmakers can’t have a bit of fun, too.

Nothing else would matter if the images weren’t good.  They are and then some.  A f3.5-5.9 Schneider zoom lens (27-124mm in 35mm-speak) uses a 1/2.3” CCD to deliver 12 megapixel stills.  The camera has a 4.6x optical zoom and dual image stabilization for sharp focus even under extremely low light. 

Add the ability to shoot 720p HD video at 30 frames/second and you’ve got a optical powerhouse in the palm of your hand. 

Headsets and earbuds are ubiquitous.  If your hearing wasn't destroyed at Woodstock (or you're smart enough to throw away the throw-away earbuds that came with your iPod), you've probably sprung for a pair of twenty-buck wonders from the audio rack at Radio Shack.  Enter a new world where "good enough" isn't good enough.

As more productions turn to video, in-line editing is becoming part of the standard tool kit.  On-the-run editing can save retakes, resolve continuity questions and even end the shooting day with a fully cut sequence.

It wasn't that long back when my buddy, Bill Meredith, cautioned against those massive 5MB hard drives that were just leaving the labs and heading into the market (with their new, low, low introductory price tag under $5000).  "Don't put all your work on one drive," he warned.  "Those things are way too fragile.  Besides, anything that big is just a fad."

iGo's go-anywhere, power-everything adapter is a joy on location or hopping from the office to a plane to a car and on to location.  Every power source powers every kind of accessory.  Too many doo-dads to lose, but all worth hanging onto.  Four reels and a no-brainer for the toolkit.

Off the desk and into the air.  Logitech delivers the couch-potato's best toy.  Or the lecturers finest tool.  Either way, you wave your hand and your cursor moves where you need it.  After a while, its subtle shifts feel like mind control.  A real joy for the kit.  Three big reels.

Simple, small and very effective, the Paperport from Nuance is an essential tool for the home office or out on the road.  Scans are delivered wherever and however you need them.  Artwork.  Text.  Emails.  Well worth your attention.

On my desk is a miracle of modern technology.  Pure and simple.  It sits there cool and sleek, it’s brushed aluminum casing perfectly complimenting the Dell Laptop next to it.  A single “i” ELD emanates, winking knowingly, reminding this reviewer just how far storage solutions have come in such a short amount of time.

There is no shortage of possibilities when using the iStoragePro Pocket drive.

Samsung's newest entry, The Memoir, delivers a very smart touchscreen phone backed by an 8MP camera with Xenon flash.  The gorgeous interface is marred by a slow-to-respond camera, limited aps and an interface that seems to be patched from unmatched versions.  With a 3” screen and “TouchWiz” interface, data entry a snap.  So is the stunningly accurage GPS.  So though it's not perect, there's a lot to love in this feature-packed, all-in-one tool for the road warrior.

Stuck a POT in your ear lately...? POT? That's a Plain Old Telephone. Weird old things, ain't they....?

I stopped years ago. My chiropractor took six months to repair the damage from all my necking with the phone's headset. Finally unkinked, I still stayed tethered to a wall until various "wireless" phones finally freed me. That still left me wired to whatever was wired to the wall. Or clipped to my belt.

Acceptable. Not ideal.

We've been technology's tool for far too long now, whipsawed by every new fad and doodad, but a pair of new products make me think we're starting to get the upper hand.  Okay, I know better.  Technology will win, but until The Machines dominates, I really like these two products.

Samsung's smart Network Extender and the incredibly elegant Jawbone Prime.