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Anker power banks, 50 bucks, enough juice to charge my iPhone 11, 5 times.

Let's shorten that and make it clickable:

https://www.amazon.com/35800mAh-Wireless-Waterproof-Flashlights-Compatible/dp/B08BZ83FD1/

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00FU8RBP...mFtZT1zcF9kZXRhaWxfdGhlbWF0aWM&th=1.






Skeptical as heck, but it seem cool.
Pretty expensive charger.

https://www.walmart.com/ip/LED-Zoom...e-Waterproof-Lamp-Ultra-Bright/823489221

...and stash of 26650s

Or similar

well this IS a hunting forum, and Ed did put in many hard years working in order to be able to do these kinds of hunting trips.

For a lot less money, you can get a half dozen CAMERA batteries that will take a couple thousand top quality photos.

Whatever you decide, try it at home ( as long as your trip ) before you leave to make sure it will do what you want.

8 million retard posts and you hens flip chit at Ed for asking a legitimate question.


We're all not as tech savvy as some of you nerds.

I carry a couple fo 20,000 whatever the abreviation is for those amps batteries from Walmart. I rarely go through more than 2 in a month in the bush. But I sleep rather than play games on a phone. Its used to run my Garmin and for mapping checks mostly.

I do carry a solar panel as backup, but last fall you would have never gotten much use..

I know, it’s funny isn’t it.

Phone cameras are so good these days. We rarely see anyone carry a real camera. Just larger, heavier, different batteries. More junk basically. If you have ever been in a super cub size and weight getting to camps is an issue for sure in Alaska and anywhere you carry stuff on your back and in a small plane.

I am constantly trying to find things that do double duty and slim down both size and weight.

a few years ago I got my kids a battery bank that was the size of a thick smartphone that was capable of jumping a car battery - came with jumper clips, and charged with a micro USB adapter. it has a USB port for phone charging, so I got one for myself and started carrying it on trips. Now every car has one under the seat continually charging when we drive the cars.

No shortage of good ones out there that will charge a phone multiple times in the $30ish range

Exactly. Cameras on the newer iPhones are so good the pictures hurt your eyes. Another big advantage to the phone is you can Bluetooth to your Delorme. Then you can text on your phone without having to use the [bleep] system they have on the unit I always give my wife the courtesy of a check in a few times a day so she doesn’t get stressed when I am gone for extended periods of time.

Ok my north slope caribou/ grizzly hunt i got stuck an extra 7 days due to weather..i went through all of my battery packs(4). Between reading on my kindle app and texting- checking weather on my Zoleo i burned through them all. The day i got picked up i didn't know the plane was coming.

Solar was a complete waste.

On my goat hunt last year i took 6 battery packs. I only used 1 as the weather was much better and i got picked up after only a 2 day delay. Solar might have worked on that hunt as i was in short sleeves the whole time.
If you can't bring them with you i will let you use as many as you want when you come through. Just let me know.

Good luck on your hunt, EdM. I look forward to some pics.

Good luck Ed.

What battery packs?

A single Shargeek 100 (25,600 mAh) will charge an iPhone about 6 times from dead to full.

My family has had good luck with the Anker brand power banks. Someone gave me a solar rechargeable like the one Cheesy linked. It takes a long time to charge up using solar energy and I just don't know about the quality enough to use it as a primary in a remote area. Someone also gave me a rechargeable Ocoopa hand warmer that I used last hunting season that also doubles as a power bank.

Another thing I like is a single USB charging cable that will work with lightning, micro and USB type C devices. This allows me to recharge batteries with charging ports for my rechargeable flashlights. I hate traveling with multiple cables and adapters.
https://www.bestbuy.com/site/native...pe-c-cable-zebra/6394136.p?skuId=6394136

One more data point. My experience is a newer iphone (new battery) holds a longer charge than an older one.

if your phone is more than 2 years old, or is at 50/60% at the end of a day, might want to get new phone before the trip?

Sycamore

Get a couple of the Anker or Shargeek (north of 20k mAH) packs and you should be covered.

What's oftentimes overlooked is the settings on the phone;

Turn down display brightness and lessen screen time-out settings.
And of course, turn off cellular data, wifi and bluetooth so it's not searching for a signal.