These days we may find our ‘office’ could be a desk in our home, a table at a coffee shop, a booth in a coworking space, or some days, a desk in a traditional office building.
We are a more versatile, fluid population of workers. As we know: Work is what you do not where you are.
With this in mind we have taken the notion of ‘on the go’ for this issue’s roundup of home office essentials.
To read the full ‘hybrid’ issue: Go here.
Hot Box Caddies
On the go at home or out and about.
Hot Box desk caddies make storage simple and convenient.
Hotbox wanted to make it easy to work from anywhere – whether out of or within the home. It is why we picked this as one of our hybrid work essentials.
The Hotbox 1 desk caddy is large enough to hold all your work day essentials while remaining easily portable to take from room to room or to keep your desk uncluttered.
We love the large section at the back which can take notebooks and planners. The other compartments comfortably fit a cup, stationery, and your phone and charging cable.
It is designed with a soft grip handle, made from recycled plastic waste, and comes in a range of colours to suit your own decor and tastes.
Perfect for homeworking or hybrid working to save you from clearing everything from your desk and into bags to unpack each time you need to move. Stay organised; simply load up and go.
They also have the Hotbox 4 which is perfect for working out of the home. If you travel or like to work from different spaces, this caddy becomes storage for your stationery while the handle converts into a laptop riser so you can work in comfort.
Hot Box, from £33, available at Hot Box
Noise Cancelling Earbuds
To do your best work in a communal space, you sometimes need to block out the noise and distractions. But lugging large headphones around can also be cumbersome and inconvenient.
These earbuds from Sony are designed to cancel out external noises while delivering great sound quality for your calls and music. With an AI-based noise algorithm, your voice should also cut through so you can be heard clearly even when outside or in a noisy environment.
Smart compact, and compatible with iOS and Android, these are great little earbuds to keep with you when you’re on the go.
Sony earbuds, £259, from Very
Laptop Bag for hybrid working
For coworking, client meetings or whenever you need to travel with your laptop.
Finally, a laptop bag that doesn’t look like a laptop bag! When switching between the office and home or visiting clients, a stylish case for your laptop becomes one of your hybrid work essentials. This chic backpack is smart enough to take to meetings and then on into the evening.
Designed to fit a 13 inch laptop and other essentials, the Peggy bag leaves you handsfree. We love this green shade but it also comes in camel and black. Made from faux leather with a gorgeous Marble Arch Twist Lock clasp.
You can see a bigger roundup of laptop and work bags in issue 18 in the Back Issue Library.
Peggy laptop backpack, £110, Luella Grey
Anker Nano Power Bank
The Anker Nano Power Bank is a compact device perfect for keeping your phone topped up on the go.
It has a convenient integrated USB-C cable from which you can charge your devices – and from where you can charge up the power bank itself (a full charge should take about an hour).
We love that it is made from 80% recycled plastic and it is small enough to keep in your bag or even pocket without lugging a great big battery pack around! The colour display showing percentage charged is also really helpful. It also comes in a range of pretty shades – or plain back if that’s your preference.
With new phones you may just get a full charge but it is certainly handy to give any device a quick boost of power relatively quickly while you’re out.
Anker Nano Power Bank, £39.99, Anker
Mini travel cases
Mini travel case
Whenever you are moving around whether room to room or home to office, a handy travel case is perfect for all the little things you want to keep safe.
From paperclips, earphones, keys to other small items, this is a fun way to store and take accessories with you.
The cases come in a range of designs.
Mini travel case, £3.95, Rex London
Memphis Slip Case
We love these colourful and versatile pouches.
They can serve as a slip case for your phone or sunglasses, or a neat and compact way to store a few pens and pencils.
The handy snap closure and sturdy neoprene casing keep your belongings safe and they would work well with a portable desk caddy.
Slip case, £35, Neonimo*
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About the author
Louise is an award-winning journalist and speaker who focuses on working from home, remote work and wellbeing. She is the founder of The Homeworker, which is dedicated to helping you thrive when you work from home. The Homeworker publishes articles that are designed to keep you healthy, happy, fulfilled, and more productive in work and life.
