5 Annoying (But 100% Preventable) Asks From Your Rave Fam

You love your rave fam and you'd truly do anything for them...which is why you intentionally (or unintentionally) became the rave parent of the group.  But it's a love/hate role at times when you get tapped on the shoulder a couple times every set where you're asking to do something...

Here are the four most common (and very much preventable) asks your rave fam will hit you with — and how to make sure you're prepared. Or better yet, you arm them with the right tools to be independent ravers! 

1. "Can I just have a sip of your water?"

It always starts innocently. One sip turns into three. By 9pm, your water is just gone and you have to fill up. It's tough cause you've carried this water on your back all day and you of course want your friends to be safe and hydrated. 

The fix: Come strapped with a a lunchbox hydration pack which keeps your water cool and has a free flow mode on the bite valve so that you can share your water without people putting their mouths on your bite vale. Better yet, upgrade to a 3 liter bladder (vs the standard 2 liter) so that you have plenty to go around and reduce your trips to the water line. 2. "My phone died — can I borrow your battery pack?" Or better yet, join the lunchbox loyalty program and share your personal link with your rave fam so that they can get their own hydro pack AND you earn loyalty points ;) 

2. "My phone died — can I borrow your battery pack?"

This one hits different because a dead phone at a festival means no maps, no group chat, no photos, and worst of all, no way to find your friends when the set ends and everyone scatters into a sea of glow sticks.

The fix: Everyone brings their own charge like the lunchbox powerbox! It has 10K mAh of charge and supports both USB-A and USB-C. When everyone's self-sufficient on power, nobody's phone becomes a shared resource, and nobody's stranded without a way home.

3. "Can you hold my stuff for a sec?"

You know this one. Someone's phone, someone's new trinket, someone's ID and credit cards somehow all end up in your hydration pack. And now you're the designated pack mule for the group while everyone else dances freely.

This isn't really about laziness. It's about not having anywhere to put things in the first place. If your only storage is your pockets, you'll likely hand it off to someone with a bag or worse...lose it!

The fix: A lunchbox hydration pack boasts a total of 8 liters of storage with 6 interior organizational pockets. Plenty of room for your own stuff...and others that get added along the night. Or better yet, encourage each person to get their own pack! Lunchbox has a variety of pack styles and sizes so that each person can find their match. Don't forget to join the lunchbox loyalty program first so that you can share your personal link with your rave fam so that they grab a pack and you get loyalty points. Talk about win-win!

4. "Ouch, my ears are ringing!"

When the last set wraps and the music stops. Your friends' ears start to ring cause they forgot to bring earplugs or even worse...didn't think to wear earplugs at all. Live events can be LOUD and they can do some permanent damage to your ears! If you want to keep going to events, make sure you protectors those bad boys.

The fix: Our sister brand Unplugs, has created click-to-control earplugs where you can easily click in to add 20 decibls of hearing protection or click out to have a conversation or simply allow more sound in. All without sacrificing premium hi-fi sound quality. 

5. "Wait... where's my phone?"

The final boss of preventable rave fam problems. Somewhere between the crowd surge and tearing up the dance floor at a set, a phone goes missing — sometimes for good, sometimes it turns up at lost and found.

The fix: Grab a lunchbox lifeline phone tether and clip it to your lunchbox pack, belt loop, overalls, or really whatever you can so that your phone stays with you no mater what! 

The common thread? Every single one of these "asks" comes down to the same root cause: not enough personal gear to be self-sufficient for a full day (or night, or three-day-weekend) out. The fix isn't a better group of friends — it's better gear, for every single person in the group!

Come prepared, and the only thing you'll be sharing with your rave fam are the best memories.