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Thank you, what a great suggestion. I did a quick search. They’re a little spendy. I’d definitely need to stash some cash away for the purchase. I could do another summer Camino, save on not having to add to my kit.I have never yet had the liberty of going without a connection. I take an iPad Air — smallest size. It comes in around 450 G with an apple pencil (crucial for signing documents), and a 3rd party fold out keyboard. I slide it all into the sturdy ziplock container that Black Diamond uses to ship its pole tips. A very tough Zip baggie would likely accomplish the same thing.
I hotspot to my phone if I need to.
On this platforms I can use the entire Office Suite, Zoom, Teams, FaceTime… split my screen to show 2 windows running at the same time (eg: documents on one side, and a meeting window on the other). Today I ran a hiring committee meeting in one window and our admin shared candidate rankings in another. Easy.
I can do all my banking, log in to the platforms my Not-Mac-Oriented workplace requires us to use…
I have several dozen books loaded in my library, the entire Wise Pilgrim Suite, Google Translate (downloaded for use offline)…
The tech stuff and over a full kilogram of meds, plus my 36 L Kyte comes in around 7KG (water not included) for any trip and I always go either early or late i the season now when things like a poncho, gaiters, and down comforter are not negotiable.
My laptop stays in my office.
I hope this information helps.
Same here, worked perfectly on my camino.I use a small microsoft Surface, which fits perfectly in my backpack (9,65" × 6,9" × 0,33") and only weigts 800 grs (1,8 pounds) including charger. It has enough memory, speed and connection capacity for my needs.
You would think it make sense but I'd be concerned with it getting lost or stolen and of course as you mentioned not knowing my stopping points on a daily basis.Just a suggestion: if you would only need it once a week, wouldn't it make more sense to send it ahead every week? With the downside of course that you would have to predict how far you'll walk.
Excellent answer! The new iPad series are particularly good and I learn daily their use. My intention is to add all meeting documents so I can mark them up and use without carrying paper or laptop (not on Camino I may add)I have never yet had the liberty of going without a connection. I take an iPad Air — smallest size. It comes in around 450 G with an apple pencil (crucial for signing documents), and a 3rd party fold out keyboard. I slide it all into the sturdy ziplock container that Black Diamond uses to ship its pole tips. A very tough Zip baggie would likely accomplish the same thing.
I hotspot to my phone if I need to.
On this platforms I can use the entire Office Suite, Zoom, Teams, FaceTime… split my screen to show 2 windows running at the same time (eg: documents on one side, and a meeting window on the other). Today I ran a hiring committee meeting in one window and our admin shared candidate rankings in another. Easy.
I can do all my banking, log in to the platforms my Not-Mac-Oriented workplace requires us to use…
I have several dozen books loaded in my library, the entire Wise Pilgrim Suite, Google Translate (downloaded for use offline)…
The tech stuff and over a full kilogram of meds, plus my 36 L Kyte comes in around 7KG (water not included) for any trip and I always go either early or late i the season now when things like a poncho, gaiters, and down comforter are not negotiable.
My laptop stays in my office.
I hope this information helps.
Probably the lightest and cheapest laptop you could buy will be some sort of chrome book.You’re right, it’s not ideal but I may need to bring a laptop if I want to walk the 800k on the Frances. I’d only need to use it once a week then at month end.
Can anyone share experiences in carrying a laptop? What size? How to pack it? Any info on a lightweight one?
Of course I’d still like to keep my weight to 15 lbs or under.My next Camino will be my 4th, and possibly late Fall or late Winter, God willing.
Thanks! I’ll be using it to access a particular website where I’ll then copy into excel, do a lot of sorting. I’ll need to use a mouse so will bring my wireless one. I’ll then need Word and PDF and of course email. I’m a bookkeeper/accountant for my brother-in-laws business. I do AR/Payroll. I’ll only need someone at home to print the paychecks 1st day of the month. All else can be done remotely.Probably the lightest and cheapest laptop you could buy will be some sort of chrome book.
You don't say what you need to do, but if you just need to type, you can get a small keyboard that will interface with your phone. And use dictation.
Something like an iPad is probably the easiest thing to use. You can find them used on sites like
swappa.com or even amazon. You can get external keyboards for those as well, although I find that with a little practice, the screen keyboard works fine. Or just dictation also.
Hi FourSeasons!Can anyone share experiences in carrying a laptop? What size? How to pack it? Any info on a lightweight one?
Thanks Woody,Hi FourSeasons!
I take my Galaxy 8 inch tablet , Bluetooth foldable keyboard and Bluetooth mouse.
I works just like my desktop set up at home.
I can input with voice only; but oh my it makes a lot of errors i think because of my accent (souf instead of south for example plus a lot worse i listen to them back and think they make no sense)
The tablet and keyboard have assistive tech so i have audio feed back of whats on screen and what keys i press.
Tablet 347 grams. Moko Bluetooth Keyboard 137 grams, Bluetooth mouse 78 grams,Tablet stand 23 grams
Total 585 grams.
I carry the tablet anyway so the additional weight to make a usable desktop set up is only another 238 grams for me it's worth it!
Woody
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