Battery
E-ink badges sip power — faces hold without a backlight. Kits leave Cleckheaton charged for typical single-day chapter mornings and conference sessions. Multi-day hire needs a simple overnight charging habit, not a generator on the stand. Hire days still follow qty × days × £6 on the invoice.
Badges arrive charged for normal meeting hours — greeters hand them out without a cable ritual at the door. We do not usually include charging cables for single-day hire; devices use standard USB charging when you need a top-up.
If your venue days run twelve hours of continuous refresh, email hire@inkbadgehire.com when booking so we can advise on quantity and charging expectations.
Multi-day hire multiplies qty × days × £6 — power planning is your hotel desk, not an extra line on our invoice.
Stack badges bezel-down at the hotel or office overnight and charge in batches. E-paper does not glow — battery mostly moves when the face updates, not while it sits on a lanyard.
Hire spans calendar days on your invoice. A three-day summit is three days on the qty × days × £6 line plus postage.
Charging overnight does not add a fee line — it keeps faces alive for morning registration when you batch-update names.
Changing a name or QR during the hire window uses a short wireless update — plan updates before doors open if you are batch-refreshing fifty faces at once.
If a device shows a stuck face, charge first before assuming a hardware fault — flat batteries mimic sync failures.
Single-day chapter hire rarely needs cables in the box — multi-day conferences should plan a hub overnight.
Batch updates before breakfast beat troubleshooting one badge while members queue at the door.
Pack badges back charged enough to survive courier handling. We refresh fully between hires at Cleckheaton; you are not billing for electricity, just avoiding dead units in the return box.
A three-hour chapter morning rarely needs mid-session charging. A ten-hour expo floor with live face updates may — plan a USB hub at the hotel desk the same way you plan badge quantity.
E-paper is not a phone screen — delegates should not expect a glow in a dark hall. Readable ambient light is enough; battery goes to sync, not backlight.
Return kits with enough charge to survive transit — we top up fully between hires at Cleckheaton.
Three inks need no backlight — battery serves sync, not screen glow.