I have checked the search facility and the tech section and only got threads of some time ago ! I generally don’t care for my phone being a useable emergency mobile thing, I bike to get away from this crap but!!! Family are asking that the old duffer can be contacted, esp when he disappears for several days with no way of finding him !!! Do we know of any good solar( I know) chargers that will recharge my I phone, 6? I think . ? My “ expeditions so far have been only a few days but am getting to the couple of weeks away stage so should prob consider some back up system ! Obviously I still carry polo mints which could be sucked and used as 5 p pieced for telephone boxes but I can’t find any of these either!
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I phone charging!
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Posted 5 years ago #
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Solar chargers are a bit of waste of time. Not just for the obvious reasons, but they only really generate their stated output at mid-day and only if facing the sun and tilted at the correct angle.
If you're cycling a dynamo is good solution but a good quality charging adaptor is expensive.
I generally go with the large battery pack, quick charger and aim to find somewhere that sells tea and plug in for half an hour. (Living off the land)
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Hmm that sounds like a much better idea! Son has a fancy box that holds several charges( black magic !) my normal days involve driving the truck that comes complete with power station cooking facility bed and central heating ! Are most tea and cake dispensers agreeable to you purloining their lectricity ? I don’t really visit places where you have to pay for sugar based sustenance !!!
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Yep - modern phones & solar chargers aren't a good mix outside of super sunny climes. I mean, I think @Iwrats could probably charge his phone from the 12 1/2 minutes of proper sunshine you might get on an average day, but unless you want to regress similarly I'd go the battery pack route. My best one does c. 2.5-3 full charges of a smartphone in optimum conditions, so that plus cake & electricity stops & you should be fine. If you just need to ensure enough juice to send the odd text / whatsapp then a wee one-charge pack would probably be fine - just need to factor in slightly more regular tea stops.
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@unhurt
What makes you think my phone is electrical?
In general photovoltaics operate on sunlight, not just sunshine. There's mare o'that nor you may think, even here. My outside lights are all solar, the panel tilted at a miserly twelve degrees for the winter solstice glow in but two weeks.
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If you want a true emergency phone then an old/reissued grey/black LCD display pre-smart-phone is ideal, as they last for days (unless they're really struggling to get reception), can be refilled several times from even a small battery pack and you can't accidentally use up all their battery browsing an internet.
Otherwise, in order of usefulness, a USB-charging front dynamo light, then an external power pack which can also use shop-bought dry cells, then a USB/mains-charged external power pack.Posted 5 years ago # -
One of these days I'm going to try my "windmill" idea to get the front wheel to spin in a breeze and charge a battery while you sleep.
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A 20000 plus power bank like Anker PowerCore will charge a phone at least 4 times and cost from £20-30. I have been away for 3 days and kept phone and lights charged in summer. It may be the most cheap and easy solution.
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I use a Dynamo but only as most of my bikes have one. I use a Kemo USB charger which are not expensive and pretty robust.
Dave C
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When I'm on my travels I turn my phone off unless I'm using it. That seems to last for weeks.
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Aye but I think Splitshift's family want to be able to contact him at THEIR convenience.
I know what you mean though, I leave my phone in Airplane mode so i can still take pics. My dad turns his off at all times. He says his mobile phone is for HIS convenience not mine. :D
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My iPhone is so old that it's effectively a landline due to needing charged so frequently. After going totally flat on me when I needed it to check where I was versus where I thought I was, I now carry an Anker power pack.
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My i phone went like that, the apple is bad, a bad design as cant change the battery. I now have a Samsung on its second battery.
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I could change the battery/carry a spare on my first couple of non-i-phones but they now tend to be disappointingly glued between various delicate components behind at least twenty Torx bolts.
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I still have my Nokia 3210. It's not almost 20 years old but still works perfectly. It has outlived several "smart" phones which have all become obsolescent due to having unsupported operating systems and suppliers/manufacturers who choose not to update the software.
It is just as well that these older phones have such good battery lives as I can't imagine it is easy for IWRATS to measure remaining battery life using his micrometer.
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I still have my Nokia 3210 and a spare batteries from my wife's Nokia 3210 and my mum's Nokia 3210. I'd probably use the 6310i if I were heading into the wilderness for a while, though I'd have to take it out of the picture frame it's currently displayed in.
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Collectors’ item!
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I can't imagine it is easy for IWRATS to measure remaining battery life using his micrometer
Gold leaf electroscope my friend.
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Homemade?
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Hand carved. Hand rolled.
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Bikepacking compatible?
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I would fear for the hand-blown glass bell-jar.
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Presumably one could fashion an adaptor to go on the end of your bars and convert them to a blowing tube should you need to fashion a replacement on the road.
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