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This will be my 3rd roo, and first time not in an RV. Bonnaroo is a family event for us, but we have widely divergent musical tastes and therefore often need to call eachother to meet up.
But usually we are all out of batteries by 7pm, and then its a mess trying to figureout where we all went (we have an emergency meeting spot)
So i was wondering if anyone knew of any good chargers for iphones that are either solar powered or that i can pop some batteries in to get me a quick charge?
THats my only worried about being in a tent this year...no plugs
*edit* Will most likely use laptops/car chargers. But it would be cool to have something out with me in centeroo.
Post by sendmetoalbion on May 27, 2011 9:12:07 GMT -5
I have a small crank/solar radio with a usb port that can charge mobiles, however you have to crank it the whole time you are charging so it is a huge pain in the ass. I have a Droid, so I just bought a ton of extra batteries off Amazon for $5, but the iPhone is more challenging.
I have an iphone 3g xpal battery which charges the phone from dead to 90%. I will be bringing two of them with me. Most likely I will recharge them thru my laptop on my power inverter.
I also read reviews on Amazon and I settled on this model... www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0046LH9YY I wanted something that would clip to the outside of my backpack and my budget was lower. It worked well to charge my droid after charging it on the usb and was even powerful enough to charge my iPad, which needs the new stronger usb power to charge. I haven't tested it solar wise, but it should work just as well with a less full charge. I also have a car battery jumper/air compressor with usb ports I bought at Aldi last year. I kept it in my tent last year and used it to charge my droid at night. It worked fine, but I needed something for Centeroo during the day.
Edit: I think one of the reviewers said it didn't work with their iPhone, but that is incorrect, it has a usb port adapter, so it will work with anything you can charge via usb.
Post by gardenfresh on Jun 1, 2011 10:44:46 GMT -5
Last year I had this thing that I bought at brookstone that it was a three in one: wall charger, car charger, and on the side there was a place you could charge your phone with a 9v battery.
didn't work that quickly and it drains the battery quickly, but if you are desperate and need a charge for an emergency a big stack of 9v's will do you well
I just bought and tested this past weekend a Power Pack that holds about 25 hrs. of battery juice/life for anything that connects to a ISB including my Droid and iTouch, it's called the IMP1000 by New Trent. Basically this past memorial day weekend I didn't charge my Droid or iTouch except by using this device. It should get me through. Shipped real quick through amazon, cost approx. $80 peace, Patrick
