Wifi villasol

[annenpaul]

hi everybody. What is the wifi like on campsite villasol and do you have to pay for it when staying for 6 months

Cheers Paul and Anne

 

[roncab]

Hi wifi is available on Villasol you do pay for it your better to walk upto the cloud wifi shop opposite El raco better signal and cheaper than what they charge you on site

 

[hilldweller]

Yes you pay and if I remember correctly we got better braodband by buying a local SIM in the market for about 15 euros which gave us a whole lot of data to use via our MiFi.

 

[billy&val]

we also get a sim from indoor market in benidorm for our mifi there are two stalls that sell them very good and reasonable

 

[Welsh girl]

I bought a local sim too on la torretta rather than pay for the WiFi which was slow anyway unless you are near a mast.plus you can then use data on a day out if you want to.

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[annenpaul]

Yes you pay and if I remember correctly we got better braodband by buying a local SIM in the market for about 15 euros which gave us a whole lot of data to use via our MiFi.

Thanks for that. Can I buy a mifi in Benidorm?

 

[hilldweller]

Thanks for that. Can I buy a mifi in Benidorm?

Don't know. Search on here for tips and then ebay. They really are a good investment. It also worked a treat when we moved on to Portugal. And Morocco.

 

[wiljoy]

We just use our 3 mobiles and also had a Mifi from 3.
Excellent reception at villasol with all mobile devices.

 

[stewartwebr]

Yes you have to pay for wifi at Villasol the cost is currently €30 for 30 days. Lesser packages of time are more expensive as usual. You can only connect one device at a time unless you have a Motorhome wifi device or similar.

If you are staying for 6 months you are best to get a contract with iCloud who are located across from Benidorm Palace. They fit a receiver and provide a private wifi to your van for €20 a month. It is much faster and more stable than the site system. You pay €70 deposit for the device.

 

[stewartwebr]

Yes you have to pay for wifi at Villasol the cost is currently €30 for 30 days. Lesser packages of time are more expensive as usual. You can only connect one device at a time unless you have a Motorhome wifi device or similar.

If you are staying for 6 months you are best to get a contract with iCloud who are located across from Benidorm Palace. They fit a receiver and provide a private wifi to your van for €20 a month. It is much faster and more stable than the site system. You pay €70 deposit for the device.

Should have added electric is the real expensive item at Villasol at €0.42 per KWh

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[annenpaul]

Should have added electric is the real expensive item at Villasol at €0.42 per KWh

Thanks stewartwebr that sounds much better. I have read about the electric price but I have no idea what a kWh is or how to work it out. I have two solar panels and 3 leisure batteries so hopefully I can run most of my mh on that apart from my electric cooking hobs and just recharge my batteries with hook up when needed

 

[annenpaul]

Should have added electric is the real expensive item at Villasol at €0.42 per KWh

Should of also said I have two refillable gas canisters as well so might be better to run fridge on them? And BBQ food with my cadac BBQ through my gas bottles?

 

[Richard n Ann]

Thanks stewartwebr that sounds much better. I have read about the electric price but I have no idea what a kWh is or how to work it out. I have two solar panels and 3 leisure batteries so hopefully I can run most of my mh on that apart from my electric cooking hobs and just recharge my batteries with hook up when needed

Our small fridge uses roughly 3kwh per day. Gas is cheaper for us as we have a refillable Gaslow system.

 

[Sheddy]

The Wifi situation on Villasol can and has changed from year to year.
The site wifi can be relatively expensive, unreliable and slow, unless they have made substantial progress over the summer I would find an alternative.
If you are staying for the six months, then a contract with a local supplier would be your best option. If you are staying for less time then the Mifi and sim option would be fine so long as you are not using it for streaming or downloading TV.
There is the 'cloud' option as mentioned above which would be OK for the six months, again there were issues relating to speed and availability with some of their users last winter but most seem generally satisfied.
As we plan to be on Villasol in the future winters we have arranged an unlimited usage / 6MBps contract with 'Aeromax' which allows us to suspend the service when not in Beni, we pay DD €20 per month when connected and €10 when suspended. Initially we payed an additional €20 for the router which we now own, and a €50 deposit for the antenna, all the gear we keep and will set up when we return in October. Last winter we shared the service and cost with Funster neighbours, the system coped well with multiple devices connected.

On the Elec and Gas, I would recommend the local Repsol propane gas cylinders they are available second hand and can be exchanged either on the site or at the Repsol depot just down the road (11kg €11.80 last year). You may need one of these to connect it to the filler point for your refillable cylinders.
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We run the fridge and heating on the gas using approx one cylinder every 2 weeks in the coldest months.
Depending on your 12v usage you may get away with very little metered electricty using the solar panels.
We have a lot of solar and batteries and run an inverter for 240v, last winter we only used €19 for the 6 months.
Cheers
Ed

 

[hilldweller]

I have no idea what a kWh is or how to work it out.

An decent electric heater is 3kW ( it's on a label somewhere ) so switch it on for an hour and you use 3kWh.

A 100Ah 12V battery stores about 1200Wh or 1.2kWh so very roughly that's what it cost to fully charge.

Two solar panels, guess 100W each, at the very best you could get 200W every hour or 0.2kWh. Enough for lighting and TV but nothing when it comes to electric kettles.

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[Madcaravanner]

We stay on Camping Arena Blanca they have fairly decent free site wide WiFi BUT the indoor market sims are a good idea for a MiFi unit as they give better signal and faster data streams than Villasols did last year (according to someone who stayed there)

 

[ianthebuilder]

Yes you have to pay for wifi at Villasol the cost is currently €30 for 30 days. Lesser packages of time are more expensive as usual. You can only connect one device at a time unless you have a Motorhome wifi device or similar.

If you are staying for 6 months you are best to get a contract with iCloud who are located across from Benidorm Palace. They fit a receiver and provide a private wifi to your van for €20 a month. It is much faster and more stable than the site system. You pay €70 deposit for the device.

I have the device from the I cloud shop, cost me 70 euros last year and they said it was the same price to buy it, so I did,,,

Now I won't be there this year ( I don't think) so if someone wants it, they can have it for £20 plus any postage!! Just a thought, it's only sitting in my wardrobe in the box! Xx

 

[annenpaul]

Hi

The Wifi situation on Villasol can and has changed from year to year.
The site wifi can be relatively expensive, unreliable and slow, unless they have made substantial progress over the summer I would find an alternative.
If you are staying for the six months, then a contract with a local supplier would be your best option. If you are staying for less time then the Mifi and sim option would be fine so long as you are not using it for streaming or downloading TV.
There is the 'cloud' option as mentioned above which would be OK for the six months, again there were issues relating to speed and availability with some of their users last winter but most seem generally satisfied.
As we plan to be on Villasol in the future winters we have arranged an unlimited usage / 6MBps contract with 'Aeromax' which allows us to suspend the service when not in Beni, we pay DD €20 per month when connected and €10 when suspended. Initially we payed an additional €20 for the router which we now own, and a €50 deposit for the antenna, all the gear we keep and will set up when we return in October. Last winter we shared the service and cost with Funster neighbours, the system coped well with multiple devices connected.

On the Elec and Gas, I would recommend the local Repsol propane gas cylinders they are available second hand and can be exchanged either on the site or at the Repsol depot just down the road (11kg €11.80 last year). You may need one of these to connect it to the filler point for your refillable cylinders.
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We run the fridge and heating on the gas using approx one cylinder every 2 weeks in the coldest months.
Depending on your 12v usage you may get away with very little metered electricty using the solar panels.
We have a lot of solar and batteries and run an inverter for 240v, last winter we only used €19 for the 6 months.
Cheers
Ed

Hi Ed. thank you for the excellent info. I have just clicked on the gaslow link. Do you know which adapter I need for the repsol tank?
Many thanks Paul

 

[annenpaul]

An decent electric heater is 3kW ( it's on a label somewhere ) so switch it on for an hour and you use 3kWh.

A 100Ah 12V battery stores about 1200Wh or 1.2kWh so very roughly that's what it cost to fully charge.

Two solar panels, guess 100W each, at the very best you could get 200W every hour or 0.2kWh. Enough for lighting and TV but nothing when it comes to electric kettles.

Hi hilldweller thanks for the info. Much appreciated. Paul

 

[Sheddy]

Hi

Hi Ed. thank you for the excellent info. I have just clicked on the gaslow link. Do you know which adapter I need for the repsol tank?
Many thanks Paul

The hose and this one will be fine.
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You will not need the right angle as there is a gap in the top surround of the repsol propane cylinders.
Cheers
Ed

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[annenpaul]

Cheers

The hose and this one will be fine.
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You will not need the right angle as there is a gap in the top surround of the repsol propane cylinders.
Cheers
Ed

Cheers Ed your a star. I will buy you a drink if we meet in villasol. Kindest regards Paul