Tourists are constantly warned that they should store all important documents and large sum of money in the safe. But only safe in a hotel room gave up to be a reliable storehouse of your items. As it was shown by the recent series of robberies, it is more reliable to hide money in dirty socks, than to use an iron box given by a hotel. And robbers often have arrangement with employees of hotel and open reliable storehouses without any difficulties, or finally they take away all contents of room together with the safe. The local security service would not be engaged in search of the stolen property -there would be no evidences , and even if they catch the criminal, you would hardly prolong your holiday for couple of months in order to testify in court so pilferers remain unpunished. So in order not to mourn about stolen during the holiday hereditary grandmothers earrings, it would be better to take safety of personal property in your own hands, and several comparatively inexpensive gadgets would help you in this task.
So, if you are not sure about the safety of the hotel and the reliability of the door lock causes some doubts then an old portable door signal system Wedge Alarm, which costs only 15 dollars, would rescue you. This small device is inserted into a gap between a door and a floor of the rooms. If malefactors will try to get into number the device firstly, will jam a door, and secondly, will turn on a loud alarm signal which presumably should frighten potential pilferers, or even wake lodgers so that they could catch unbidden visitors. But if you unsuccessfully get a number on the ground floor the signal system can be fixed on a window.
In case you worry about chambermaids working in your room during your absence, then it is quite possible to establish video observation. The tiny espionage camera called Super Slim Spy Pen which is built in a pen would be perfect for this purpose. Externally the handle does not differ from a usual desk set, its diameter is 13 mm, and the length is 140 mm. The device is equipped with 2Gb built-in microSD memory cards and a sloth, allowing to expand memory of “ball pen” for 8Gb. Well and certainly, the espionage handle is equipped with a recharged accumulator, allowing to write down till 7,5 hours video on one charge. The format of the record is AVI (736×576), and as a bonus the user will have an opportunity to take pictures in the resolution of 1280×960 pixels. The ball pen left on a table will not cause any suspicions neither to the chambermaid, nor to other visitors of your number during your absence, and you can see, whether someone is interested in contents of your suitcases or at last give a local police the pictures of person who was in your room.
It is also possible to use sunglasses with the built in video camera from the same Chinese manufacturer to spy the hotel room. However, they are more expensive than the above presented “video ball pen”. The cost of the device is approximately 190 dollars. But characteristics of “glasses” are a little bit worse. Batteries have charge for only 5 hour record, and the video will have worse resolution. Besides the sunglasses can attract robbers and they will carry away them with all other property while the imperceptible pen will, most likely, not interest them.
But passive spying is not capable to prevent theft, so items of active defense against pilferers should be present in an arsenal of a tourist . For example, the beach safe YELPIE is designed to protect your belongings while you dive for seashells. The main feature of the safe is not only the fact that it is not so easy thing for illegal opening, it is impossible to shift YELPIE from a place, not having disturbed gauges of the built in signal system. As soon as beach pilferers touch your safe, it will deafen them by its loud siren, at the same time informing all associates about attempt of theft. Hardly there will be a malefactor, risked to steal the safe, screaming as the automobile signal system. For the same reason the safe can work not only on a beach, but also in a hotel room. It is impossible to carry a loudly screaming box out of the territory of a hotel.
Cheaper variants of compact signal systems for luggage, such, as, for example, Bag Protector Alert SE-0304 also exist. Gadget costing about 20 dollars allows to protect bags and suitcases. The principle of action of the device is similar to the beach safe described above. Fix the device which is similar to a trinket on a bag and switch it on. And that’s all, Bag Protector Alert would be on the guard of your property. Now as soon as someone seizes your luggage, the device will switch a loud siren, which will force the criminal to retire in order not to attract attention. It is possible to switch off the sound only if you enter a personal PIN-code.
Overall, there are a number of various gadgets designed to protect the health and property of the traveler, and you will find the majority of them without any effort.
