Pimp My Messenger Bag: Top 5 Student Gadgets

Everyone gets their favorite graduate something for the dorm -- a mini coffee pot, a travel-sized iron. And while the travel iron might make a mean grilled cheese, it probably won't make it out of the box.  Students take their lives to go, stuffing gym clothes in their backpacks and carrying toothbrushes around campus. Here are five go-anywhere gadgets that make life on the run a little more comfortable. You won't leave the dorm without them.
 
  Canary Wireless Hot Spot Finder, $50 
You could just walk around with your laptop open looking for a free wi-fi signal. You could also pin a "mug the noob" sign to your back. Your call.

Breathalyzer, $90  
The best way to get through college without a single "give me your keys" argument.

  
Zumreed Headphones, $60
It's finals week. Keep your sound system to yourself.

 
Rap Cap Microphone, $15 
Use this mini-microphone to record lectures, or just to prove that your roommate snores. 


iTRAX iPod Mixer Console, $103 
You spent all summer converting your vinyl to MP3. Portability is the payoff. 

Tips for cool and useful grad gifts are welcome in comments. And while you're there, tell us: What's in your bag that you couldn't live without?

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Margaret Mason is the author of No One Cares What You Had for Lunch: 100 Ideas for Your Blog, publisher of Mighty Mighty Media, and a Twitter power user (@Maggie). Her personal blog, Mighty Girl was recently nominated for a SxSW Lifetime Achievement Award, and she was named one of Silicon Valley's Top 50 Influencers by Now Public.