I’m currently cold-weather camping, and I’m worried my phone will freeze.
EDIT: Felt like I needed to clarify this, it’s about 35° F, or 1.6° C.
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Electronics like a computer chip won’t be much affected but battery life can be severely reduced in cold weather, expect your charges to die quickly and be prepared for that. As the “L” in LCD screen is “liquid” that can freeze as well.
Long story short, depending on how cold your cold is going to be, I might leave my devices at home. I would potentially plan on no cell phone, ipad or laptop, but something like a 2-way radio might be OK, but again, expect problems with screens and batteries.
EDIT: For what’s it’s worth, if you’re asking this kind of question I would personally be concerned about cold weather camping for you. I’m a somewhat experienced camper and anything below 40F request special gear and experience. My sub-40F gear cost me roughly $1,000 and is a completely separate set of gear than I’d carry for a normal hiking trip. Even then, I’d only trust that gear for a somewhat uncomfortable 25-40F trip, I wouldn’t go south of that. Even if your gear is advertised as being rated for those ranges, that’s typically for “survival”, you don’t want to be pushing the survivability limit on your gear for a recreational trip.
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