keeping gadgets charged while camping

[familyguy1]

Hi all,

We are back into the swing of camping but now with two kids so some use of iphones/ipads whilst away is useful. We don't have an electric hook up and go to sites where there isn't one, so I'm thinking about getting

https://www.amazon.co.uk/25000mAh-Portable-Capacit...

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B01FH2HYCW/ref=wl_it_d...

I know it will take a while to charge the powerbank when its empty, but it will be fully charged when we leave.

We will have a usb charger in the car, but whilst away we don't use the car that much and so it won't charge gadgets that much.

Thoughts/ideas welcome

Paul

[sausage76]

Get the largest one you can afford as will save on charging.

I have one for my phone will charge my iphone 50 times and has in built solar panel so charges itself.

[familyguy1]

i've looked at power banks thats come with solar panels and comments show that the panel size for the battery capacity will take days to charge it, whilst have solar panel and battery seperate means if either goes bad I can plug a new one in.

Well that's my thinking and research

[C0ffin D0dger]

I've just purchased similar in anticipation of a week away starting tomorrow, hoping the weather plays ball...

I got this one from Amazon as it seemed to be the best in terms of value vs. capacity: https://www.amazon.co.uk/d/Cell-Phone-Portable-Pow...

Plan is to fully charge before going away then top it up daily when we're out and about in the car. Also got a supposedly decent car charger (2.4A x 2) to pump some charge into it.

Got an email from the campsite with details of facilities etc. saying it's ok to charge up stuff in the laundry / washing up room and it's only a small site so will probably be happy to leave the power bank in their to charge up when we're on the site.

[familyguy1]

C0ffin D0dger said:

I've just purchased similar in anticipation of a week away starting tomorrow, hoping the weather plays ball...

I got this one from Amazon as it seemed to be the best in terms of value vs. capacity: https://www.amazon.co.uk/d/Cell-Phone-Portable-Pow...

Plan is to fully charge before going away then top it up daily when we're out and about in the car. Also got a supposedly decent car charger (2.4A x 2) to pump some charge into it.

Got an email from the campsite with details of facilities etc. saying it's ok to charge up stuff in the laundry / washing up room and it's only a small site so will probably be happy to leave the power bank in their to charge up when we're on the site.

Thanks I was looking at a minimum of 20,000AH capacity.

[shatter]

We did a long weekend with our 25000mAh Imuto power bank a few weeks back and it kept Junior's Ipad, the and the Wifes and my iphones and watchs going no problem, it only used about half the charge if we kept topping up as and when during the weekend rather than running each device down to flat.

It did take some charging back up again though once I eventually ran it down to see how long it would last, at least something like that is less nickable than an actual phone or tablet being left in a laundry room charging up unattended.

[Max5476]

Im away next week, so have bought this one:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/d/Cell-Phone-Portable-Pow...

To go with the 5000 mah one I had. I don't expect any access to a socket, and won't be driving at all, so will see how it gets on.


Interestingly the Amazon link says unavailable due to a description era, not sure what's up though, it appeared as described to me. It was a lightning deal last weekend for only £17

[Yipper]

I recently used this on a 7-country roadtrip. Kept a Samsung S7 with continuous Google Maps, Waze and WhatsApp at full charge for ~15hrs a day. Takes around ~8hrs to fully recharge overnight in a UK or EU plug socket and a good USB plug. In other words, use all day, recharge at night.