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All Hail This New Beach Mat That Charges Your Phone & Chills Your Beer

All Hail This New Beach Mat That Charges Your Phone & Chills Your Beer

It’s basically your dream invention – a 23-year-old design student in Lebanon has created an eco-friendly beach mat that charges your phone and keeps your beverages cool while you soak up the rays. Hello, future? Is that you?

Designed using a waterproof fabric, the ‘Beachill’ (get it? Be chill?) uses solar power to recharge electronic devices and power its built-in thermal fridge. The mat’s designer, Antoine Sayah, told Reuters that he wanted to design something that could solve all his regular beach-going problems. “My phone runs out of battery, water warms up in bottles, [and] I can’t relax because mattresses cause back pain,” Antoine explains.

He’s not alone – how many times have you gone to the beach only to realise your phone has run out of battery and you can’t take that glorious sunset shot, or a jokey #hotdogsorlegs pic? Ever cursed the sky that your cooler-than-cool water bottle now tastes like lukewarm tea? Summer bummer, right?

Now you’ll be able to sit back, relax, and enjoy a chilled bevvie while you snap away at those waves. Oh, and did we mention they’re super lightweight and compact?

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Antoine has begun advertising The Beachill solely on Instagram and has already been inundated with orders from across the globe. In terms of price, a solar mat costs $150USD, which is about $208AUD – a nice investment for a future of chilled-out summer days.

(Lead image: left photo, beachill_mattress/Instagram, right image, sayahelie/Instagram)

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