Charging phone in the car

[babyblade41]

Maybe a daft question but I am at Worthy View and by all accounts not too far from the car park... would it be possible if my phone went flat would I be allowed to go back to the car to get a small charge  or is there something I can take.... my daughter has a gizmo gadget for something to charge phones

[CeriG]

Get a power bank.

ive just bought a power add 20,000 one and it cost me £15.

it charges my I phone 6 times 

[babyblade41]

2 minutes ago, CeriG said:

Get a power bank.

ive just bought a power add 20,000 one and it cost me £15.

it charges my I phone 6 times 

That's the thingy  thank you for that ....off to amazon now :-) 

[CeriG]

when ever I've been camping and charged phone in car it's taken aaaages. 

The poweradd 20,000 is great for £15.

they do so smaller ones too... a 10,000amp would charge your phone about 3 times 

[babyblade41]

Thanks Ceri... I'll buy the one you suggested 

[ivan]

Regarding the car parks you can visit your car as often as you require.

Please remember that you need to take your admission  ticket with you and any temporary pass out they may give you and keep em safe on the journey to and fro.

It is handy to leave stuff that you may not need in  your car or don't want to carry on you trips.  When its been a hot one or we thought it may  we have left walking boots and wellingtons  and waterproofs.  Not wanting to carry 40 cans on our first trip they get left as well until required.

Not sure why but I always enjoy the walk to and from , possibly because if I have gone on the beer run I usually get through 4 on the walk back to camp to  lighten the load ! 

 

[Smash1984]

1 hour ago, ivan said:

Regarding the car parks you can visit your car as often as you require.

Please remember that you need to take your admission  ticket with you and any temporary pass out they may give you and keep em safe on the journey to and fro.

It is handy to leave stuff that you may not need in  your car or don't want to carry on you trips.  When its been a hot one or we thought it may  we have left walking boots and wellingtons  and waterproofs.  Not wanting to carry 40 cans on our first trip they get left as well until required.

Not sure why but I always enjoy the walk to and from , possibly because if I have gone on the beer run I usually get through 4 on the walk back to camp to  lighten the load ! 

 

Not strictly true with WV. They take your whole ticket and give you an easypass wrist band so you would have no issue going back to your car when ever you wanted. However, I'd still recommend getting a power bank, depending where you are located in WV it can be anything from 5mins to 15mins each way.

[babyblade41]

Thank you all very much 

[marathonsteve]

We have in the past left all the valuable stuff in the car as well as Booze. As already been alluded to you can go as many times as you like ,but get the power bank for the phone and keep in the car or lockup which ever is easier

[babyblade41]

thanks for that...as a first time oldie the tips I'm getting is great 

[carlosj]

11 hours ago, babyblade41 said:

That's the thingy  thank you for that ....off to amazon now :-) 

Turn off any services you don't need (Bluetooth, WiFi etc), turn off app updates, email, reduce brightness etc and that will help prolong battery life too.

[babyblade41]

15 minutes ago, carlosj said:

Turn off any services you don't need (Bluetooth, WiFi etc), turn off app updates, email, reduce brightness etc and that will help prolong battery life too.

excellent tip thanks 

[carlosj]

2 hours ago, babyblade41 said:

excellent tip thanks 

You're welcome. Life is too short to charge via your car. The separate batteries are great.

[babyblade41]

I will be buying one this weekend...if I can contain my excitement !!!

[Upside down frowner]

I bought this from Amazon, I got 6 day of full battery from in recently.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/EC-Technology-22400mAh-Capacity-Flashlight/dp/B00F5Q4F0U

 

someone on here suggested charging whilst awake and not over night because it won't stop sending power even when the phone is full. So first thing in the am when you get up

[babyblade41]

my Amazon list is getting longer!!!

[Jules62]

6 hours ago, Upside down frowner said:

I bought this from Amazon, I got 6 day of full battery from in recently.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/EC-Technology-22400mAh-Capacity-Flashlight/dp/B00F5Q4F0U

 

someone on here suggested charging whilst awake and not over night because it won't stop sending power even when the phone is full. So first thing in the am when you get up

I have an Anker one and it switches off as soon as the phone is charged - I always charge up at  night, it charges faster when your phone is not in use... you will have an amazing time!

 

[Deaf Nobby Burton]

I've got a couple of power packs for me and the Mrs, but I've seen a little thing that goes in the cigarette lighter and has two USB connectors coming out of it. I'm going to get this for the journey there (about 3 hours, but last year it was about 12!) As we will use one phone for Satnav and one for music, which will pretty much flatten both batteries before we get there, meaning we are using the power packs almost straight away, This was they will be completely charged when we leave the car and we've always still go the option of charging the phones in the car too and on the ay home if need be.

Something like this: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Anker-Charger-Adapter-PowerDrive-Samsung/dp/B00VH84L5E/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1494759318&sr=8-3&keywords=car+usb+double+charger

[phillyfaddle]

On 11/05/2017 at 11:44 AM, ivan said:

Please remember that you need to take your admission  ticket with you and any temporary pass out they may give you 

Not for WV, it's a different system to the main site. They take your festival ticket away on first entry and give you a special WV wristband. That's all you need to go to and from the car park, which is in the next field - about 5 mins walk from the tents. They then just check your wristband on re-entry.

EDIT: just saw someone's said this with a recommendation too. Ditto :-)

Edited May 15, 2017 by phillyfaddle

[phillyfaddle]

On 13/05/2017 at 2:34 PM, Jules62 said:

I have an Anker one and it switches off as soon as the phone is charged - I always charge up at  night, it charges faster when your phone is not in use... you will have an amazing time!

 

I just bought myself one of these. Great reviews