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Review of Chargecandy at Download Festival

Overall rating: 4 Verified review

Was good just wish there was pick up n drop off closer to campsite not just at arena because was over half hour walk away

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Review of Chargecandy at Download Festival

Overall rating: 4 Verified review

I use Chargecandy whenever I festival, they have always been reliable & a decent price, I have genuinely recommended them to my mates.

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Review of Chargecandy at Download Festival

Overall rating: 4.5 Verified review

Absolutely banging event so blessed to see so many great bands

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Review of Chargecandy at Download Festival

Overall rating: 5 Verified review

Very friendly staff and chargers were great, giving full charge every day plus extra

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Review of Chargecandy at Download Festival

Overall rating: 5 Verified review

Very quick service. Chargecandy is definitely worth getting when going to a festival as it gives your phone a full charge each day.

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Review of Chargecandy at Download Festival

Overall rating: 3 Verified review

Pre booked but had issues with initial charge, as after showing confirmation email they charged me again rather than just taking a deposit, after this problem I then noticed as I was picking the charger up on the second day they had already marked as marked off the previous day's charger even though I had not had it.

The charger capacity was also very limited and would not fully charge my google 7 so by end of the festival then phone battery was dead. Will look at alternatives next year

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Review of Chargecandy at Download Festival

Overall rating: 5 Verified review

Great service, friendly staff and well worth getting of you don't have a portable charger already! Would highly recommend ChargeCandy.

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Review of Chargecandy at Download Festival

Overall rating: 4.5 Verified review

Kind of saddened by the phone charger, one of the nights my phone barely left half way full, I literally left it and went back to it and it had shot down to 16%... Think the chargers fried my phone, always charged with my phone off as advised by the staff.. there were quite a few dud chargers by the sounds of it... Zero charge today as my last charger died a hour after using it yesterday... Guys at the stands were great, just a shame the chargers weren't merely as useful as they could've been...

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Would you recommended: No

Review of Chargecandy at Download Festival

Overall rating: 5 Verified review

Found the experience of using Chargecandy very easy, we used a power bank per day between 2 of us and this kept both phones charged with capacity to spare. A very good idea that is well managed and friendly staff. Will be using again at next years Download

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Review of Chargecandy at Download Festival

Overall rating: 5 Verified review

My chargecandy experience at Download was more than disappointing. The chargers at 5000mAh should charge an IPhone once. I purchased two festival packages, meaning that we could swap the two chargers for a fully charged one, once a day for the entire festival. Out of the 10 chargers we only had one fully charge our phone. All the others put around 20% charge on the phones before being completely flat and stop charging. We charged our phones when we went to bed so it’s not as if we were using the phones while they were being charged. The £10 deposit(x2)! Expect a huge queue to get your deposit back in the end we had to leave because of our transport arrangements. All in all I paid just short of £80 to charge mine and my wife’s phone for 5 days and with the exception of 1 charger hardly got 20% a day! Raised the issue each day with staff and was told it’s probably an older one, and told the new one is a newer one and should be ok!

A complete waste of money and I would not recommend chargecandy to anyone. You would be much better off buy bigger capacity one off Amazon. At least that way if they are rubbish like the ones used by Chargecandy you will be able to get a refund.

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Would you recommended: No

Review of Chargecandy at Download Festival

Overall rating: 4.5 Verified review

The music was LOUD and the staff were dancing pretty much every time I saw them. It made for a good atmosphere. The staff were great and very quick at serving. The charger managed to get my IPhone pro plus to 70% before failing which was more than enough for the day. Worth the money and the charger itself wasn’t too bulky so took up next to no room in my bumbag.

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Review of Chargecandy at Download Festival

Overall rating: 3 Verified review

Batteries were clearly very used, capacity not what's stated. Handy to have but expensive.

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Review of Chargecandy at Download Festival

Overall rating: 5 Verified review

The customer service was brilliant! I didn’t have a cable for the charger, so the guy behind the counter loaned me one for free. That you sir, you are a legend!!

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Review of Chargecandy at Download Festival

Charger banks couldn't charge phone. Nobody at booth to exchange for return of deposit. Rude staff.

Review of Chargecandy at Download Festival

Overall rating: 4.5 Verified review

Good service, did what it was meant to. Easy !!!

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Review of Chargecandy at Download Festival

Overall rating: 2 Verified review

I've been to download 5 times and used charge candy every time. I have never once had an issue with the chargers or returning them, until this year. I barely got 30% charge out of any of the chargers this year even when charging with my phone off.. I thought maybe it was my phone until I tried another phone with the next charger and got the same result. The cherry on top was being refused my deposit back because and I quote "We can't refund deposits because we can't provide paper receipts'. Thanks for the dodgy chargers and thanks for ripping us off and leaving us stuck with one.

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Would you recommended: No

Review of Chargecandy at Download Festival

Overall rating: 1 Verified review

Really disappointed with the service. Pre-paid for a charger for each day at download festival, staff were friendly enough to begin with however I didn’t get a single full charge out of any of the packs given. I got a maximum 55-60% charge from any of the packs. When returning the last pack, with the festival being cashless the £10 deposit is given back through the card machines, I’m yet to receive even a pending transaction of my return deposit… when I went to ask the staff member for a receipt or confirmation the payment had been processed they had turned their back to me talking to another staff member, the music was that loud in the booth it felt impossible to get their attention (I understand it is a music festival but to hear your customers might be some use)… so I gave up! Using the website I had contacted the customer services WhatsApp number to notify my issue of not receiving a refund and am yet to be acknowledged, all in all really disappointed with both the product and the customer service on return. Would not recommend for a multi day festival, may be more use for a one day outing as a last resort but make sure you get your deposit back!!! 100% will not use this company again 👎🏻

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Would you recommended: No

Review of Chargecandy at Download Festival

Overall rating: 1 Verified review

Download was good charge candy couldn't charge a double A battery if they tried. Absolute t**ts of customer service in there

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Review of Chargecandy at Download Festival

Overall rating: 4 Verified review

Download festival was excellent, but the chargecandy charges were very poor. Was given 2 chargers with less than full charge and even the chargers with full charge could barely maintain battery level whilst using the phone and only charge phone to 50% if unused.
Claim to be for a heavy phone user but couldnt keep up with low usage.

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Would you recommended: No

Review of Chargecandy at Download Festival

Overall rating: 5 Verified review

Chargecandy were an absolute lifesaver this festival, bought the weekend pass in advance and never ran out of charge over the weekend

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Would you recommended: Yes

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