When you’re in a group chat full of travel writers, the conversation inevitably turns to travel gear. It doesn’t matter if the topic is packing cubes or power banks; we all have our two cents, and we’re more than happy to talk about it. In fact, a lot of the gear I own comes from recommendations from travel writer friends and colleagues I’ve gotten to know after nearly a decade in the business. Combined, they have at least 100 years of traveling the world (and testing travel products) between them.  While I’d like to invite you to join our chat, it’s already kind of out of control. So in lieu…