Chill n Charge

[coma girl]

Just thought I'd show that sometimes people do need to check their emails at festivals.

[markeee]

Agree Coma Girl. No business for anyone to be in Chill and Charge on Wednesday, ditto hair straightening places too! Actually hair dressers anytime during G is plain unnecessary.

[JBarbour]

I use something called a Powerbank with 12000mAh. Amazon sell them at over £40 but can pick them up on eBay for less than £20

Charge a few devices at once and multiple times

Edited October 31, 2012 by craigb

[Madyokel]

I never really noticed the tent in the last 2 years but it was manic around there in 2009.

Never needed to use it as I have other means of recharge..

Only really use my phone to make sure I am in touch with my daughter on site..

[Joeskeppi]

In a large group you really need a phone so you can meet up with people again when you split up.

I take a lot of photos too, good memories. Don't bother with facebook though, can't afford to waste the battery.

[Calvin Klein]

I don't really need a phone, but how do you all charge your camera's battery (if you take one)?

[Calvin Klein]

Hate people who film gigs too. It's incredible.

[Spirit of 71]

I don't really need a phone, but how do you all charge your camera's battery (if you take one)?

[Filthclough]

Last year I used an iPhone for photos, checking Twitter for Rumours in the morning and occasionally meeting up with my brother & his mates who stayed in a campervan. Arrived Tuesday, left Monday lunchtime and never had my phone die. I did use two battery chargers which give maybe 60% charge.

Turn it off while you sleep, turn off all 3G & wifi and be quick like a ninja with photos & calls. Not hard really to preserve battery.

Like wet weather & everything else, a bit of good perparation means you can avoid the Orange tent

[rexclark]

I just take my old phone to festivals. I stilll go on the internet for a bit in the morning (mostly on here) just to see if anything interesting's happening, any secret sets, any celebrity deaths, the usual. I certainly don't spend my time updating Facebook or Twitter. I just take a spare battery and it more than does the weeknd.

[markeee]

It's becoming hugely depressing. Saw the Horrors at Reading last year and someone stood near me filmed the whole gig. Then last month I saw someone at a gig with a fecking Ipad! Who then looked surprised when people asked him to put it down!

[amfy]

I hate the people who film gigs - then when I get back I love trawling youtube to see if anyone has got any decent footage of that great gig I went to! So in this sense I am maybe a bit of a hypocrite! I do remember screaming repeatedly at someone at the Chemical Brothers at the NIA - "Don't film it! Live it!", and he did smile & put the phone away!

I have to own up and say I do like updating facebook though! Not constantly, but if I am at something brilliant I want to tell people. It probably is just to show off "Look at me - I'm at Glastonbury!" Sorry - I just get excited! I want everyone to know what a brilliant time I'm having! I know it is sad, but it is me.

[tijuana_man]

iPads? Good grief.

I just had a flash forward to two years from now where the 'flags in front of the stage' issue had moved on to a sea of people all holding up their bloody ipads. I hope I'm wrong...