Chargy is a shared power-bank network. Scan the code on any station, take a charged bank, and drop it back at any other station in the city.
Point your camera at the QR code on the station. The rental screen opens in your browser — nothing to download first.
A bank unlocks and slides out with cables already attached. Full phone in about 35 minutes, while you carry on with your day.
Push it into a free slot at any Chargy station. The rental ends by itself — no receipts, no one to hand it to.
The camera does the work. You can be charging within seconds of walking up to a station.
USB-C, Lightning and micro-USB are built into every bank. Nothing else to carry or borrow.
You are not tied to the place you started. Any station in the network takes any bank.
Banks recharge in the slot and are monitored remotely. A station only releases a healthy one.
You only pay for the time you keep the bank, and a daily cap means a long day never turns into a surprise. Final rates are published at launch.
The clock stops the moment you return it.
Keep it all day and you still pay the cap, no more.
Refunded automatically once the bank is back in a slot.
Hosting a Chargy station costs nothing and earns you a share of every rental.
An hourly rate with a daily cap, plus a deposit that comes back when you return the bank. Exact figures are published when we launch.
Three, attached to the bank itself: USB-C, Lightning and micro-USB. Almost any phone works without an adapter.
The rental page shows every nearby station and how many free slots each one has, so you can see where to drop it before you set off.
Once the daily cap is reached for several days running, the deposit covers the bank and the rental closes. Nothing keeps accruing in the background.
Every bank is certified, current-limited and monitored from the station. Any unit that reports a fault is locked out of circulation.
First stations go live in Cairo shortly, starting with campuses and cafés. Follow @chargyeg and you will see them appear.