Rapid Charing with Instavolt
Having had 3 types of Electric Cars now since 2017 I thought I would share my views as to why I think Instavolt are the best charging network.
If you watch the video above you will see just how simple they are to use.
I recently visited the Fully Charged Live show at Farnborough (see video below)
The entry tickets and two nights accommodation at the Holiday Inn at Farnborough were a birthday present from Karen. I left home with an 89% state of charge with an estimated range of 266 miles in my 64 kWh Hyundai Kona.
I travelled up on Thursday 2nd September 2021 and the weather was fine and a nice warm 20 degrees outside.
I arrived at the Holiday Inn with 21% remaining with an estimated 50 miles of range.
I chose this hotel as it was a 15 minute walk to the showground and they had a BP Pulse charger in the car park where I would be able to charge that night ready for the trip home.
Now I always have a plan B and C when it comes to charging away from home. It was just as well I did. Firstly there was a queue at the hotel charger. Then the charger went defective and I watched as one of the EV owners was on the phone to BP Pulse.
It soon became apparent that the charger was not to be fixed anytime soon.
That is when I decided to have a meal and investigate my plan B.
Later that evening I drove to the Farnborough Business Park some 5 miles from the hotel where I had planned as my fall back option the use of an Instavolt Charger.
Rapid Charing with Instavolt
Once I found the charger hidden away in the parking area I was able to get a charge.
The reason I chose this location as my first fall back plan was this charger could deliver 125 kWh whereas the hotel one was only 50 kWh. My Kona is capable of taking 77 kW per hour for a fair part of the charging cycle.
As can be seen from the image above I was charging for 43 minutes which took me to 80% which was all I needed for my journey home.
However the main point of this blog post is just how simple it was to use this charger.
I just had to swipe my debit card, plug in the CCs cable and bingo it started straight away. When I reached 80% I just swiped my card again and the charge stopped and I replaced the cable. The screen showed the cost of he charge as 0.40p per kWh making a total of £17.64.
Whilst this is not cheap it is worth every penny when you can rely on a network and charger which is easy and simple to use.(the majority of my charging is done at home via my zappi)
But the best news is I was only charged £5.00 on my debit card when I later checked my statement.
I believe this was as a result of me having signed up via some ones referral code a long while ago and this enabled my discount on its first use by me.
I have since discovered I have my own referral code and I have now downloaded the Instavolt App. The App allows you to load a debit card or credit the account via one off top up payment which will give another safety net to pay via an app should you lose or damage your debit / credit card or have no phone signal when you reach a charger.
Rapid Charing with Instavolt
If you want to join Instavolt and earn yourself a £5.00 credit on the Instavolt App then please do use my code V5YNC
Of course I will also get a £5 credit if you do sign up so I do have a vested interest.
So my preferred charging networks are now
1. Instavolt (contactless or app)
2. SWARCO (contactless or app or RFID card – there is a rapid charger now in Ivybridge)
3. Podpoint (app)
I shall now be installing the Insatvolt App on Karen’s phone as she has just taken delivery of her new Fiat 500e – you can read all about it here – Fiat 500e meet Fabio
If you would like to see what the Fully Charged Show was all about then watch this video.
And if you have been, thank you for reading to here!
