what do i do when we go camping

[dspin]

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[Skullduggery]

Get a big huge battery or two

 

[TarFreeMe]

Yep, I think a usb car charger should work just fine. I love to camp, so I have an inverter. Plugs right into your car's lighter port and you can attach a regular house cord to it. Probably more than you would like to spend though. However, having one of these when camping comes in really handy! You can plug in smaller stuff, like chargers, lights, etc. I always have rechargeables for my flashlights, too, so I can charge those up if need be!

Definitely test first though and make sure you bring enough juice and cartos, or whatever you are using. Most of all, have FUN!!!!

I'm a new vaper and going camping soon as well. I plan to go with an inverter just as Snus said. It will also be handy for charging phones, the kids' ipods and games, and almost anything else you can think of.

Newegg has some that seem pretty reasonable and sufficient for my needs. I may even a get 2 to make sure I don't get stuck with dead batteries because of a dead inverter.

We'll have probably 10+ families along and probably half of them smoke. Don't wanna take any chances with that kind of temptation around!

 

[Slim Batz]

When there is a vehicle available, the inverter is definitely the way to go. I got really tired of buying car adapters for all the devices a typical family normally carries.

 

[yzer]

I frequently go off the grid for a week on the boat. There I have 64 watts of thin film flexible solar panels that provide up to 30 amp hours charging per day for two group 27 deep cycle batteries.

I could use power from the solar charged batteries to charge my PV if I had a battery charger that works off of 12VDC. But, I don't. There is a much less expensive solution available.

My PV is an E-Power 14650. The batteries are protected Li-ion 14650 which are about the same size as AA cells but 3/4" longer. They cost me $4 apiece. I just charge them from a big multi-cell charger at home and pack enough batteries to last me a week. One week: about seven charged 14650 batteries.

Having designed and installed a solar charging system for a small cruiser including panels, switching, wiring, batteries and charge control I can assure you that the most practical and cost effective way to go off the grid with a PV for a week is to buy a PV that uses standard cylindrical batteries and pack enough charged batteries for the trip.

 

[invididual]

on a side note, make sure you dont run your car battery dead charging stuff

 

[Thompson]

^ that is what I was thinking



Just have to let it idle for awhile if you are using it for charging often. Dead car battery in the woods = annoying situation

 

[Slim Batz]

I believe a typical car battery is, more or less, rated at 50ah = 50,000mah. I wouldn't be overly concerned running a handful of ecig battery charge cycles on it over a few days.

 

[yzer]

Yes, a car battery has a lot of capacity. The deep cycle batteries I use on the boat are rated a minimum of 90ah. Just make sure the battery in good condition.

Car camping and boating makes available a big 12V battery to charge the PV. You don't want to pack one of these along on a backpacking trip.

Having enough charged standard cylindrical batteries at hand makes a lot of sense. If you are going to spend weeks off the grid consider solar charging or running a generator.

 

[Leothwyn]

Yeah, I was wondering about my car battery (which is pretty old) when I first tried camping and vaping. I started the car a couple of times to let its battery get charged again, but it seemed to me that the PV charging wasn't draining it at all. Next time I went I didn't bother starting the car at all over a few day trip... no problem.

 

[JQside]

That's why it's better to buy e-cigs with removable batteries. Buy E-Power, or equivalent, instead of KGO, or equivalent for instance. You don't have to worry about replacing the whole unit if it stops working.

14650 batts are relatively cheap and I got lots of them. I bring enough when I'm out and about. 14650's are probably among the best small batts out there, in my opinion. With LR cartos, I don't need a big VV mod.

 

[Huuwap]

I was worried about my first camping trip as a new vaper last summer... I picked up a car lighter/usb adapter from harbor freight for $5, and it worked out great.

I just went on my first camping trip of the year week before last. My battery / mod options are kind of limited - I have 4 slim batteries that I never use (got them for my wife, and she decided just quitting was better than vaping...weird I know), a KGO and my ProVari with 2 18490s. All I can say is thank god I got one of these for Christmas: Portable Power 1150- DieHard-Automotive-Battery Accessories-Portable Power

The thing is a tank, and battery life is estimated at 1.5 hours with 100W power draw. The self checking battery level hasn't dipped under 100% since I gave it its first charge in January...though I really only used it to inflate an air mattress once for around 5 minutes, and had my Tenergy charger and one battery hooked up to it for around 3 hours. Awesome emergency power.

Anyway, figured I'd throw in another, probably less ideal solution...but you could totally plug a portable stereo into it for a few hours of music as well .

 

[JerryA]

Have a nice trip! Theres nothing like a nice weekend of camping!

 

[JerryA]

@rescued Not sure what brand you use but a lot of e-cig companies do sell portable charging cases. Normally they are good to charge about 5 batteries. And if you do have an auto adapter you can just charge the case instead of having to charge each individual battery.

 

[Traveling_Raven]

they make a portable battery for charging cell phones that works well

 

[kia2]

A solar charger (hope it doesn't rain), a pcc, a car adapter, or maybe something like this Smokeless Image | Only The Best Electronic Cigarette | Power Pack - Accessories. Those and similar chargers can be found at places like Amazon.com or even at the vendor for your battery, perhaps.

 

[zoiDman]

I have 3 of these things and they work super, be great to take just one camping to charge your ecigs, you can plug into the car cig lighter to charge also when the power cells deplete.

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MWA's New Trent s great and I use this one - Anker Astro


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External Batteries are the way to go when you don't have access to a plug or your car. Here's mine.

9,800 mah. Got it on e-Bay NIB for about $25.