Ended up buying a 'nutool' generator from the focus local to me, £59 with 650w. it ran my charger, iron, phone charger, bathys big ipod speaker plus other things like my smart tray etc all fine, i think on saturday it used about 2.5 litres of fuel, topped it up for sunday and theres still pleanty left.

They're big and yellow (or some are red) and buzz nicely, how can you loose one! :D

Chris, im sure you will lose yours on sunday:D

we had Junior/Senior going on with KIPORS at the weekend :p

I had a bad case of generator envy, his was twice the size of mine!

A:o :eh?:

Not that ive ever heard this but.... its what you do with it that counts.

Thats just another way of saying his geni is bigger and better than mine, but mine does the same job, just cant handle heavy applications....:p

Is this one that people tend to go for?

http://www.nwtractors.co.uk/shop/ind...roducts_id=127

yip its what we use, there ace

if you are using the red kipor make sure you use a surge protector extention lead though

i cant find them anywhere:(

Generators or surge protectors ?

a kipor 980 gennie, :(

whots the fuss bout these? do we need them? for outdoors or jus a novelty?

Well unless you can find another mains source in the middle of a field...

or do the same as indoors - use a 12v

Can't see it lasting all weekend. Or running the tent lights. And we don't even have a TV, laptop, heater...!

Personal preference - generator is a lot more convenient for what we want.

Plus, we don't have a 12V!

since when do we pitch tents and race all weekend, id rather book a hotel lol, but i dont have enough funds to buy a generator, a heater, a laptop and a tent and a weekends race fees .......lifes hard and so is money at 15.:(

We pitch tents and race all weekend at Nationals...!

The laptop and heater aren't exactly essential items... heaters are only for southern softies, not hardcore northerners like myself. :D