15 Festival Gadgets You Need this Summer
It’s almost that time of year again; time to pitch a tent don a dodgy hat and abandon your daily hygiene routine to enjoy your favourite bands in a muddy field. Ah there’s nothing quite like festival season. And this one is going to be the best one yet – gadgets are going to make it so!
From tins that make cold beans obsolete to towel-sized wet-wipes here are 15 gadgets worth making room in your backpack for.
1. SuperSpot Power bank - £34.99
With secret gigs taking place in obscure locations ample opportunities for selfies and the inevitable occurrence of losing your mates at some point you’re going to need your smartphone close to hand all times to keep you in the loop. Keep your device fully juiced with this SuperSpot Executive power bank. At 20800mAh there’s enough capacity here to charge your device up to eight times which should easily see you through.
2. UAG Amoured Case - from £24.99
You paid a lot for your smartphone for god sake protect it from harm. We’ve got a range of UAG armoured shell cases that should do the trick.
3. Matador Pocket Blanket - £19.99
Is a blanket a gadget? It’s certainly one of the more boring ones if it is. But at the end of the day all anybody wants is a clean place to sit and Matador's Pocket Travel Blanket affords you exactly that. It’s a full size blanket that folds down to the size of a credit card. It also has waterproof and has weighted corners so it doesn’t blow away! Fantastic.
4. Caseflex Bluetooth speaker - £12.99
Your Spotify playlist is as eclectic as anything that’s ever been compiled. People deserve to hear it. And they shall from one of these Caseflex mini Bluetooth speakers.
5. Beer belt - £6.95
Who doesn’t want to access their lukewarm beers like a Wild West gunslinger? Keep yourself fully liquidated with this six pronged beer belt and be the envy of... someone somewhere.
6. Caseflex Selfie stick - £7.99
When arm’s length isn’t enough the YouSave Selfie Stick allows you to snap that Instagram-worthy selfie without any of your friends having to endure the humiliation of being cut out of the shot.
7. Yellowstone Mini Folding BBQ - £14.95
Dry noodles sloppy tinned food and cold sausage rolls are tolerable for a while but there comes a point when all you want is a good chargrilled burger that doesn’t cost £6. Set up this Yellowstone barbeque and watch people flock from far and wide to marvel at your genius.
8. LED Lenser Head Torch - £24.99
Getting back to your tent after a day of music booze and after-parties is hard enough as it is. Throw in a few thousand tent guy ropes and the dark of night and you’ve got Mission Impossible. Do yourself a huge favour and buy a head torch.
9. Hot Cans - £3.99
Gone are days when you’d have to chisel your way into an uninspiring cold tin of beans and sausages because you forgot your tin opener. Hot cans have changed the game. Simply pierce the can with the included key and – as if by magic – enjoy a nourishing hot meal.
10. YouSave Camera Tripod - £10.99
The bands the people the landscape… Festivals are a great source of material for photographers. Unfortunately the terrain is ideal for carrying gear. If you’re pitching up at a festival in search of memorable snaps you’ll find this YouSave fold-down tripod very useful indeed. It’s lightweight and folds down to just 350mm – perfect for your backpack!
11. Windcatcher AirPad 2 - £99.99
Not much time spent at a festival involves sleep. But on the rare occasions you retire for a bit of shut eye you want to enjoy it. The Windcatcher AirPad 2 is a next level airbed tailormade for the outdoors. It inflates and deflates in seconds without your mouth having to go anywhere near a dirty valve and even transforms into a seat!
12. Big Body Wipes - £5.99
When you sign up for a festival you are essentially committing to several days without showering. There’s nothing wrong with a bit grub and grime but you don’t want to let things slide too much – not to the point where body odour becomes an issue. What you need is some Big Body Wipes. If anything was made for festivals it’s these. At 4ft x 2ft these are massive enough to have you looking and feeling thoroughly refreshed.
13. Sitpack - £43.20
When watching bands at festivals there are two things you can do: stand or sit. Sitting is rubbish because you can’t see anything. Standing is a little less rubbish but it renders your legs unusable by the end of a set.
Enter the Sitpack – a T-shaped seat that securely grips the ground and folds up into a 16.8cm cylinder that can be popped into your backpack. Revolutionary stuff!
14. Scrubba Portable Washing Machine - £34.99
You know who doesn’t like festivals? The person left to tackle your washing when you get home. Imagine the scenes of joy of you tipping out a bag of washed and folded clothes. The scrubba washbag can wash your favourite festival t-shirt in minutes and folds down to pocket-size. It will also make your Mum’s day.
15. Cobra Walkie Talkies - £59.99
When phone signal deserts you get in-touch with your mates using these walkie talkies. This twin pack of handsets has a range of 12km and gives you a full day's use from one charge. Use the phonetic alphabet when conversing to look and sound proper cool.