Phone charging

[gracebelfast]

Just wondering what the options are for charging your phone. I know EE did a juice exchange, but I don't think they're doing that any more. Does anyone know if they are? Or are there any alternatives. Thanks 

[6t6o6m]

Portable charger 

[deebeedoobee]

Spare batteries 

[Crazyfool01]

5 minutes ago, gracebelfast said:

Just wondering what the options are for charging your phone. I know EE did a juice exchange, but I don't think they're doing that any more. Does anyone know if they are? Or are there any alternatives. Thanks 

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

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something like this ... don't waste your time queuing for any other charging options .. too much going on at the fest for that 

[WS_Jack_III]

Get a power bank. Class! I had my phone ever day and got loads of photos/videos.

[Deaf Nobby Burton]

This might help.

[MrHew]

The lock ups do phone charging for a few quid. 

[Gnomicide]

43 minutes ago, crazyfool1 said:

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

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something like this ... don't waste your time queuing for any other charging options .. too much going on at the fest for that 

You don't need to queue up for a juice bar, at least I never have. Just walk up, hand empty one over, get a charged one back. 

[Crazyfool01]

1 minute ago, Gnomicide said:

You don't need to queue up for a juice bar, at least I never have. Just walk up, hand empty one over, get a charged one back. 

no true but you will need to walk to one I guess unless you are camped nearby and phone batteries don't tend to die at most convenient moments  ..( had forgotten about this option though )  

[IanBelfast]

 Does anyone know if ee are doing the juice bar this year?

 

[Gnomicide]

14 minutes ago, crazyfool1 said:

no true but you will need to walk to one I guess unless you are camped nearby and phone batteries don't tend to die at most convenient moments  ..( had forgotten about this option though )  

Probably depends where you spend your days I suppose. I seem to pass the one by Leftfield several times a day.

[fat_man_joe]

The Anker power banks are great. And it means you don't have to spend time queueing/bothering to go to the EE tent. My friend did that in 2015 and it was just a bit of a pain.

Or you could just take a crappy old digital camera and leave your phone in a locker for the festival. It's quite liberating not having the temptation to look at it.

[sloseph]

You know what else is great about buying your own power bank, you can use it after the festival too 

You can charge as you walk around the house, you don't have to sit next to a plug socket anymore  it's liberating in a way I could never have dreamed 

[fat_man_joe]

3 minutes ago, sloseph said:

You know what else is great about buying your own power bank, you can use it after the festival too 

You can charge as you walk around the house, you don't have to sit next to a plug socket anymore  it's liberating in a way I could never have dreamed 

It made my summer of Pokemon Go a whole lot more successful (coincidentally it was also around the same time that I stopped seeing any of my friends).

[crocodiles]

Power bank is the way to go lasted whole festival last year topping up 2 phones 

[Michaels denim shorts]

39 minutes ago, IanBelfast said:

 Does anyone know if ee are doing the juice bar this year?

 

Not heard it referred to as that before, EE do have the recharge tent, which i guess is the same thing 

[Sasperella]

I always take an old really shitty phone with no internet capability. Those things will last a week!!! Plus it doesn't really matter if you lost it 

[kingbadger]

23 minutes ago, fat_man_joe said:

Or you could just take a crappy old digital camera and leave your phone in a locker for the festival. It's quite liberating not having the temptation to look at it.

I struggle enough trying to arrange and meet people when I'm contacting them on a phone, reckon I'd be fucked if I tried to call someone with a camera.

[Simpo]

1 hour ago, MrHew said:

The lock ups do phone charging for a few quid. 

Stopped doing it last year.

I got mine charged from solar power in the Green Fields for a fiver. You leave it with them then come back when you want.

[balti-pie]

I much prefer binning off the phone for 5 days and going old skool- I'm out for the day then, and if I'm off doing things on my own I'll arrange to meet Herself at a certain time and place that suits. I'm more than happy on my own though, I don't want to be contacted at all 

[Stokesy10]

1 hour ago, deebeedoobee said:

Spare batteries 

This. Will be taking my old mobile (S5) with two or three spare charged batteries. Kept it in perfect condition luckily with those screen protectors, but at the same time won't be a problem if it's damaged as it's my old one. 

The chargers sound a good idea, especially if there cheap (haven't checked?), but going to one of the charging tents - couldn't be doing with that.

Not massively fussed about my phone when I'm there. It's a nice release. 

Edited April 28, 2017 by Stokesy10

[fat_man_joe]

4 minutes ago, kingbadger said:

I struggle enough trying to arrange and meet people when I'm contacting them on a phone, reckon I'd be fucked if I tried to call someone with a camera.

 maybe I should have specified that my advice was given on the assumption you have a crappy 'festival phone'.

[squirrelarmy]

51 minutes ago, IanBelfast said:

 Does anyone know if ee are doing the juice bar this year?

 

There's juice tubes and power points marked on the map

[IanBelfast]

14 minutes ago, squirrelarmy said:

There's juice tubes and power points marked on the map

Thanks

[Avalon_Fields]

I've one of the larger Anker chargers and one smaller one, they just about do me for the entire festival