Daft question...maybe?
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Cheers...where can I buy one and for how much?
stumpy66
Veteran
- Location
- Lanarkshire
Buy a battery pack, if your touring in uk you would struggle to keep your phone charged. I had one of these and it charged my gps and phone for 5 days before needing charged. http://www.amazon.co.uk/TeckNet®-iE...UTF8&qid=1372484227&sr=1-2&keywords=batteries
stumpy66
Veteran
- Location
- Lanarkshire
Btw, my mum grew up in Bourtie, before moving south 
vernon
Harder than Ronnie Pickering
- Location
- Meanwood, Leeds
You have several options:
- Take your charger with you and ask cafe/restaurant/bar/pub owners to charge your phone while you eat/drink on their premises. I was never refused.
- Take a spare battery with you and only switch the phone on when it's needed for a call/text/internet.
- Buy a battery pack as suggested by stumpy66
- Get a hub dynamo and Busch and Muller E-werk battery charger. I have/use this option. My batteries are never flat and I've got decent lighting at night without having to woory about batteries for the cycle lams.
- Other combinations of dynamo and charging devices exist.
billflat12
Guru
- Location
- cheshire
Seen these solar/usb power-packs for £9.99 in my local aldi only yesterday,
device has inbuilt battery similar to the amazon device for £29.97, wouldn't rely on the solar but if used with a usb mains charger it would be more useful, has mixed reviews so jury,s still out for me .
http://forum.ctc.org.uk/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=51928
while camping I keep things to a minimum an leave the smartphone at home to take my old samsung with better battery life, have one of these as backup .
http://www.maplin.co.uk/battery-powered-emergency-mobile-phone-charger-222899
marzjennings
Legendary Member
- Location
- Houston, Texas, USA
On a recent 5 day kayaking trip I picked up a Goal Zero solar power unit...
...and was very impressed how it was able to charger my phone and camera in just a few hours every day (weather was great with plenty of sunshine). It also came with a battery pack that you can pre-charge and cables. I just used the USB slot on the unit to plug in my phone.
Seems to be about 60 squid on Amazon right now.
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...and was very impressed how it was able to charger my phone and camera in just a few hours every day (weather was great with plenty of sunshine). It also came with a battery pack that you can pre-charge and cables. I just used the USB slot on the unit to plug in my phone.
Seems to be about 60 squid on Amazon right now.
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CopperBrompton
Bicycle: a means of transport between cake-stops
- Location
- London
In Texas, sure! In the UK, forget it: portable solar is a complete waste of money.
As Vernon says, most pubs will let you plug it in, but a portable charger is more flexible - just ask to plug that in instead. I have this one, which keeps a phone charged for several days: http://9to5mac.com/2013/03/27/review-digital-treasures-powerflask/
As Vernon says, most pubs will let you plug it in, but a portable charger is more flexible - just ask to plug that in instead. I have this one, which keeps a phone charged for several days: http://9to5mac.com/2013/03/27/review-digital-treasures-powerflask/
marzjennings
Legendary Member
- Location
- Houston, Texas, USA
True if I used it in Texas, but my trip was around Seattle in May which gets similar weather to the UK. I did get lucky with a couple of sunny days when phone charging was about 3 hours, but even on over cast days I'd get enough power to keep the phone charged.
One of the guys on our trip strapped his charger to the back of the kayak and was able to charge all day. I guess it would work the same with strapping a charger to panniers.
CopperBrompton
Bicycle: a means of transport between cake-stops
- Location
- London
I've only ever spent a couple of weeks in Seattle, but I really don't think it does, you know. :-)
Ticktockmy
Guru
- Location
- Crawley, West Sussex
Personally I charge mine before I go away, then only switch it on briefly each evening to see if anyone has left any messages, but there again I am old enough to remember life before Mobile phones. and the bliss and peace I now appreciate before the pesky things where invented..LOL
Yep, same here, I didn't ever have to charge my Nokia E71 through my last 3 week tour. Used it for emails/browsing at night too.
I do likewise and occasionally top it up from the shaver adaptor points in the camp toilet block. I choose a quiet camp and the phone isn't state of the art. I do the same with camera batteries if necessary. Most campsites that I use are small and full of similar kinds of people. There is a large element of trust from mobile home tourers who leave tables, chairs, dryers, bikes unattended, to bike tourers who leave cooking, sleeping stuff, clothes in an unlocked tent.
Within reason, the whole thing works on trust and I've never had anything nicked from a camp.
