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Nomad Gear — The best gear for digital nomads as voted by you 💫
Nomad Gear is a collection of the most popular products tested and used by digital nomads and voted on by you. Products for digital nomads are characterized as minimal, functional and highly durable.
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It's like Product Hunt for nomad gear.
Pros:All the best stuff for being productive and happy while staying mobile.
Cons:It makes me spend the monies. :(
Hi Hunters!
I didn't mean to hunt this, but someone else did it, so I thought why not 😁
🤔 Problem
On Nomad List, we've had a chat channel called #gear. For the last few years, they've been discussing what's the best backpacks, laptops, sunglasses etc. for nomads. There's a running joke by @flowen_nl who will ask once in a while "did #gear find out what's the best backpack for nomads yet?", because the discussion around that never ends.
💡 Solution
This site is a way to formalize that data. Using simple upvotes, we can figure out what's the most preferred products. This helps if you want to go work remotely any time soon as you'll be able to pick the right gear to go. That saves time and money spent on the wrong stuff.
I generally believe that most product categories have one or two distinct "best products" and this site is already showing that. For nomads specifically, you want products that are minimal (so they can pack it small), (multi-)functional and durable (so it doesn't break). That means it can cost a bit more, but it has to be high quality stuff.
Remember: nomads might spend $250 on a backpack which seems ridiculous. But that backpack is a bit like a normal person spending $500 on a couch. They LIVE from that backpack! High quality is important.
✨ Future
Next things to add: product categories. Like a /gear/backpacks page to list all nomad backpacks for example. And maybe add a product to your own gear kit on your Nomad List profile. But that might make it too commercial and consumerist which I don't like...
Also maybe sell a Nomad Bundle of laptop stand, backpack and a few other things as a starter kit and take a commission there to make some $$$ and help newbie nomads start off fast.
I'd love to hear any ideas you might have. It's just a page for now, but could grow into more!
@flowen_nl @levelsio Adding the categories would definitely help. Also I would sort it slightly different, so gear that is newly added but is gaining upvotes fast is on the top of the list, instead of having always the same products on the top of the list that can never be beat because they have a million votes. My 2 cents
iPhone? MacBook Pro 15''? Apple Magic Keyboard? Google Chromecast? So we can put there probably anything. It's basically a list of some common products, after ~month using it by people (or not) it will present a stale data based on votes.
@jakub_pomykala I was thinking the same. I believe that presenting the products in a Top 10 could be more effective because products will reach the spotlight and people will be more interested in an Awesome Backpack #1 than iPhone 7 #1.
@jakub_pomykala Theoretically, yes. Practically, that's not really what's happening.
A lot of the top products are essential for travelers, like the Bose Quiet Comfort 35 headphones that reduce noise when flying (nomads fly a lot!).
The Roost Stand is the quintessential nomad product made popular by nomads.
N26 and Revolut are new fintech banks that are built around the idea of international app-based banking: I've had incredible trouble with my old traditional banks since becoming nomad!
Schwab is a bank for US citizens that has specific products for international travelers (like refunding ATM fees).
@levelsio Great idea, very useful! & even better if you give away an item a week. Maybe start with the nomad list membership ;-) #marketing
Anyways it has been really helpful for me so far in deciding where I want to go in europe. So kudos to levels!
Pros:It's authentic because so many people have voted for verifying this data.
Cons:Some times the filters on the website don't work the way they should.
In general, it is very convenient and understandable
Pros:I really love this
Cons:Spending money is a bad side
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