General Recharging all your stuff...

[Onlynine]

I can see that there is a battery service if you have 'amped' battery...but is that the only option for recharging you camera, phone etc?

 

Thanks

 

Bo

[Tatt]

Generally yes, unless you can make friends with someone with a plug point in the camp.

 

Always wise to take a car and plug in charger, as you will be able to make a plan.

 

Also bring a nice big additional battery...

 

Tom

[New2tri]

I bought an Amped battery at the Sani2C a while ago, and yes they charge them. Unfortunately at that stage I had a Garmin which didn't want to charge on the battery. They did however have a little container thing there which had about 30 plugs that you could pay lets say R20 and have your stuff charged for 4h. This did help a lot of people. Not sure what event you are doing.

[V12man]

Basically Amped or rely on finding a plug socket... which is damn hard... but an amped will keep you charged fine - as long as you don't have a zillion devices.

 

I have a hydra headed cable which charges my Garmin and phone at the same time - and if push comes to shove I can use the built in one to charge my kindle too.

[sawystertrance]

I bought all three of these in combination. I can recharge from it or even run my camera on it. Runs overnight if on Time Lapse cycle.

 

http://www.4x4direct.co.za/deep-cycle/5766-12v-battery-7-ah.html

 

http://www.4x4direct.co.za/battery-accessories/5765-battery-top-with-socket-and-fuse.html

 

http://www.4x4direct.co.za/battery-boxes/5768-battery-bag.html

[V12man]

I bought all three of these in combination. I can recharge from it or even run my camera on it. Runs overnight if on Time Lapse cycle.

 

http://www.4x4direct.co.za/deep-cycle/5766-12v-battery-7-ah.html

 

http://www.4x4direct.co.za/battery-accessories/5765-battery-top-with-socket-and-fuse.html

 

http://www.4x4direct.co.za/battery-boxes/5768-battery-bag.html

You don't have space to transport those if you are tenting it... maybe if you have a camper van

[sawystertrance]

Haha. Point. Is the OP tenting it? 

[Onlynine]

Thanks for the answers!

 

Is it easy to have the amped battery charged? I mean you just plug it in while you ride and collect afterwards?

 

Can you have two amped batteries if you want?

[Tatt]

Yes, charge during the day and collect in the afternoon/evening.

 

I don't see any reason why you can't have two batteries - why don't you drop the Amped Team an email?

 

www.amped.co.za - you can message them on their site.

 

Tom

[Tatt]

I bought all three of these in combination. I can recharge from it or even run my camera on it. Runs overnight if on Time Lapse cycle.

 

http://www.4x4direct.co.za/deep-cycle/5766-12v-battery-7-ah.html

 

http://www.4x4direct.co.za/battery-accessories/5765-battery-top-with-socket-and-fuse.html

 

http://www.4x4direct.co.za/battery-boxes/5768-battery-bag.html

 

I like this idea! Will invest in one shortly.